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Frederick County, Maryland

2026 election results. Wes Moore (D) has 58% of the vote for governor in Frederick County, with about 99% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 10.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 16 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Frederick County

Governor

Wes Moore
57.5%66,338
Dan Cox
38.7%44,608
Andy Ellis
2.2%2,479
Cathy White
1.6%1,851
99% counted

Statewide: Wes Moore wins. Called.

U.S. House: Maryland 6th District

April McClain-Delaney
60.2%69,026
Robin Ficker
36.9%42,344
Moshe Landman
2.9%3,376
100% counted

Whole district: April McClain-Delaney wins. Called.

The leader in Frederick 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.

16 local contests in Frederick County

County offices, school boards, local measures and judges on Frederick 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 Executive

CandidateVotesShare
Jessica Fitzwater D68,33159.4%
William J. Holtzinger R46,52540.4%
Other Write-Ins2500.2%

Jessica Fitzwater ahead in Frederick County.

County Council At Large 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Tiffany Grant D67,12531.0%
Renee Knapp D63,73029.4%
Diane Fouche R42,79519.8%
Jack Felton R42,62519.7%
Other Write-Ins2250.1%

Tiffany Grant and Renee Knapp ahead in Frederick County.

County Council District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Louisa Conklin D15,61759.9%
Frank J. Hollewa R10,41540.0%
Other Write-Ins290.1%

Louisa Conklin ahead in Frederick County.

County Council District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Jamie Shopland D13,17255.4%
Dan Iampieri R10,56944.5%
Other Write-Ins250.1%

Jamie Shopland ahead in Frederick County.

County Council District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Christian Benford D14,66975.0%
Tammie Baugher R4,85824.8%
Other Write-Ins240.1%

Christian Benford ahead in Frederick County.

County Council District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Kavonte Duckett D16,65772.2%
Chaz Packan R6,38327.7%
Other Write-Ins260.1%

Kavonte Duckett ahead in Frederick County.

County Council District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Mason Carter R12,80458.7%
Johnny Mercer D8,99241.2%
Other Write-Ins190.1%

Mason Carter ahead in Frederick County.

State's Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Charlie Smith R70,82093.5%
Other Write-Ins4,9276.5%

Charlie Smith is unopposed.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CandidateVotesShare
Megan LeRoux D65,47757.5%
Sandra K. Dalton R48,31842.4%
Other Write-Ins470.0%

Megan LeRoux ahead in Frederick County.

Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Chris Manners D64,10257.0%
Mary C. Rolle R48,31243.0%
Other Write-Ins470.0%

Chris Manners ahead in Frederick County.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Karl Bickel D67,16459.3%
Chuck Jenkins R45,93940.6%
Other Write-Ins1390.1%

Karl Bickel ahead in Frederick County.

Schools

Board of Education 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Casey Day55,89215.6%
Rae Gallagher52,99214.8%
Dean Rose51,12814.2%
Chad King Wilson, Sr.46,56013.0%
Heather Fletcher44,25212.3%
Shelley L. Potter40,68311.3%
Tyler Walker34,4999.6%
Geoffrey Seidel32,0048.9%
Other Write-Ins9520.3%

Casey Day, Rae Gallagher, Dean Rose and Chad King Wilson, Sr. ahead in Frederick County.

Local measures

Question A: Charter Amendment - Term limits for the County Council and County Executive

ChoiceVotesShare
For the Charter Amendment91,21182.8%
Against the Charter Amendment18,88417.2%

For the Charter Amendment ahead with 82.8% in Frederick County.

Judges

Judge of the Circuit Court Circuit 6

CandidateVotesShare
Julia Ann Minner84,12198.5%
Other Write-Ins1,2411.5%

Julia Ann Minner is unopposed.

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland At Large - Dan Friedman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes77,38384.5%
No14,21915.5%

Yes ahead with 84.5% in Frederick 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
Susan Reeder Jessee D64,28720.5%
Shuan Butcher D62,94020.1%
Lois Jarman D62,35419.9%
Susan W. Wilson R42,00213.4%
Karen Dacey R41,30413.2%
Rebecca Chmelik R40,39412.9%
Other Write-Ins1420.0%

Susan Reeder Jessee, Shuan Butcher and Lois Jarman ahead in Frederick County.

Maryland's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 6:04 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MD GovernorD +19.6D +9.0D +10.6
MD-06D +24.0D +9.0D +14.9

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 Frederick County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris52.8%Donald Trump44.0%D +8.7156,114
2020Joe Biden53.3%Donald Trump43.7%D +9.6145,570
2016Hillary Clinton45.0%Donald Trump47.4%R +2.4125,677
2012Barack Obama47.1%Mitt Romney50.2%R +3.1117,115
2008Barack Obama48.6%John McCain49.6%R +1.0111,186
2004John Kerry39.3%George W. Bush59.6%R +20.3100,594
2000Al Gore39.1%George W. Bush57.7%R +18.678,661

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 +27.3.

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.