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Charles County, Maryland

2026 election results. Wes Moore (D) has 72% of the vote for governor in Charles County, with about 100% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 8.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 15 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Charles County

Governor

Wes Moore
72.2%48,153
Dan Cox
23.8%15,872
Cathy White
2.2%1,472
Andy Ellis
1.9%1,238
100% counted

Statewide: Wes Moore wins. Called.

The leader in Charles 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 5, 8:01 PM.

15 local contests in Charles County

County offices, school boards and judges on Charles 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 Commissioner President

CandidateVotesShare
Amanda Stewart D53,56078.0%
Joe Crawford R14,88121.7%
Other Write-Ins1830.3%

Amanda Stewart ahead in Charles County.

County Commissioner District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Gilbert "BJ" Bowling D11,98665.4%
Walton "Walt" Merchant R6,30234.4%
Other Write-Ins450.2%

Gilbert "BJ" Bowling ahead in Charles County.

County Commissioner District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Brandon A. Paulin D14,23379.5%
Eric Reed R3,62920.3%
Claytron A. Hall, write-in D00.0%
Other Write-Ins500.3%

Brandon A. Paulin ahead in Charles County.

County Commissioner District 3

CandidateVotesShare
McKayla Wilkes D14,58887.5%
Julian D. Clark R2,06212.4%
Other Write-Ins260.2%

McKayla Wilkes ahead in Charles County.

County Commissioner District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Ralph E. Patterson, II D12,08277.3%
Eric Vrem2,93918.8%
Artiium Arbyummi G5623.6%
Other Write-Ins570.4%

Ralph E. Patterson, II ahead in Charles County.

State's Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Anthony "Tony" Covington D59,08997.9%
Other Write-Ins1,2692.1%

Anthony "Tony" Covington is unopposed.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CandidateVotesShare
Lisa E. Yates D59,60098.3%
Other Write-Ins1,0041.7%

Lisa E. Yates is unopposed.

Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Loraine Davies Hennessy D55,27380.4%
Latisha Shorter R13,40019.5%
Other Write-Ins730.1%

Loraine Davies Hennessy ahead in Charles County.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Troy Berry D60,96498.5%
Other Write-Ins9151.5%

Troy Berry is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education District 1 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Bernadette Smith6,90729.5%
Shawna Marks6,46927.6%
Henry Thompson5,80824.8%
Samichie K. Thomas3,97517.0%
Other Write-Ins2761.2%

Bernadette Smith and Shawna Marks ahead in Charles County.

Board of Education District 2 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Jamila Smith8,56032.9%
Eileen G. Parks6,86626.4%
Jason Henry6,02423.2%
Joseph W. Sampson, Jr.4,30016.5%
Other Write-Ins2541.0%

Jamila Smith and Eileen G. Parks ahead in Charles County.

Board of Education District 3 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Dottery A. Butler-Washington8,52733.2%
Nicole M. Kreamer6,53725.4%
Christopher O. J. Alberts5,82422.7%
Aqsa Siddique4,67218.2%
Other Write-Ins1500.6%

Dottery A. Butler-Washington and Nicole M. Kreamer ahead in Charles County.

Board of Education District 4 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Denise M. Joseph11,87154.7%
Michael "Mike" Lukas9,49443.8%
Other Write-Ins3211.5%

Denise M. Joseph and Michael "Mike" Lukas are unopposed.

Judges

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland At Large - Dan Friedman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes52,13583.1%
No10,56916.9%

Yes ahead with 83.1% in Charles 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
Darlene M. Breck D48,44630.3%
Tisha R. Tyler D47,71229.9%
Russell Yates D46,14828.9%
Angela Parker R16,85910.6%
Other Write-Ins5840.4%

Darlene M. Breck, Tisha R. Tyler and Russell Yates ahead in Charles County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MD GovernorD +50.4D +41.6D +8.8
MD-05D +51.5D +41.6D +9.9

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 Charles County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris68.9%Donald Trump28.4%D +40.592,097
2020Joe Biden69.5%Donald Trump28.6%D +40.989,483
2016Hillary Clinton63.0%Donald Trump32.7%D +30.378,303
2012Barack Obama64.8%Mitt Romney33.5%D +31.475,222
2008Barack Obama62.2%John McCain36.7%D +25.570,127
2004John Kerry50.4%George W. Bush48.8%D +1.658,241
2000Al Gore49.1%George W. Bush48.8%D +0.244,592

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 D +40.3.

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.