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Cecil County, Maryland

2026 election results. Dan Cox (R) has 62% of the vote for governor in Cecil County, with about 94% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 3.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 14 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Cecil County

Governor

Dan Cox
61.7%20,717
Wes Moore
34.4%11,531
Cathy White
2.2%732
Andy Ellis
1.8%589
94% counted

Statewide: Wes Moore wins. Called.

The leader in Cecil County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 13, 10:39 AM.

14 local contests in Cecil County

County offices, school boards, local measures and judges on Cecil County's ballots, from Maryland's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

County Council District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Ray Conger R21,14160.8%
Jasmin R. Howell D13,60639.1%
Other Write-Ins360.1%

Ray Conger ahead in Cecil County.

County Council District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Al Miller R22,03362.7%
Krystal Gorman D13,04237.1%
Other Write-Ins600.2%

Al Miller ahead in Cecil County.

County Council District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Wayne L. Tome, Sr. R25,35996.2%
Other Write-Ins1,0093.8%

Wayne L. Tome, Sr. is unopposed.

State's Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
James A. Dellmyer R25,29096.9%
Other Write-Ins8063.1%

James A. Dellmyer is unopposed.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CandidateVotesShare
Charlene M. Notarcola R21,50562.2%
Jamie Marshall D13,05737.8%
Other Write-Ins150.0%

Charlene M. Notarcola ahead in Cecil County.

Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Amanda J. Pierce R25,75797.6%
Other Write-Ins6332.4%

Amanda J. Pierce is unopposed.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
"Todd" Creek R25,78595.7%
Other Write-Ins1,1654.3%

"Todd" Creek is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Joe Ferdinando13,09549.7%
Dominick F. Mannella, Jr.13,04449.5%
Other Write-Ins2230.8%

Joe Ferdinando ahead in Cecil County.

Board of Education District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Sheila A. Tome17,01560.5%
Brian Hampton10,93938.9%
Other Write-Ins1530.5%

Sheila A. Tome ahead in Cecil County.

Board of Education District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Grant Handley22,38898.2%
Other Write-Ins4031.8%

Grant Handley is unopposed.

Local measures

Question A: Charter Amendment - Date for Submission of the Budget

ChoiceVotesShare
For the Charter Amendment22,39369.7%
Against the Charter Amendment9,73730.3%

For the Charter Amendment ahead with 69.7% in Cecil County.

Judges

Judge of the Circuit Court Circuit 2

CandidateVotesShare
Robert E. Sentman23,94098.1%
Other Write-Ins4641.9%

Robert E. Sentman is unopposed.

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland At Large - Dan Friedman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes22,06879.4%
No5,72020.6%

Yes ahead with 79.4% in Cecil County. The contest crosses into 23 other counties; across all of them: Yes 1,535,519 (84.0%), No 291,559 (16.0%).

Judge of the Orphans' Court 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Carolyn L. Crouch R18,77923.9%
Donna Caudell R17,36322.1%
Jackie Gregory R17,22621.9%
Teresa M. DiFabbio-Crawley D12,97316.5%
David M. Schaeffer, Sr. D12,08115.3%
Other Write-Ins3120.4%

Carolyn L. Crouch, Donna Caudell and Jackie Gregory ahead in Cecil County.

Maryland's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 6:48 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MD GovernorR +28.5R +31.5D +3.1
MD-01R +15.2R +31.5D +16.3

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Cecil County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.4%Donald Trump64.1%R +30.752,831
2020Joe Biden35.4%Donald Trump62.0%R +26.647,462
2016Hillary Clinton30.2%Donald Trump63.8%R +33.645,269
2012Barack Obama39.0%Mitt Romney58.4%R +19.442,480
2008Barack Obama41.6%John McCain56.1%R +14.642,494
2004John Kerry39.0%George W. Bush59.9%R +20.937,674
2000Al Gore42.7%George W. Bush53.7%R +11.028,876

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +19.8.

Other counties in Maryland

Maryland results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Maryland certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Maryland's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.