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Kent County, Maryland

2026 election results. Dan Cox (R) has 51% of the vote for governor in Kent County, with about 92% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 2.7 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Kent County

Governor

Dan Cox
50.9%4,300
Wes Moore
45.6%3,849
Andy Ellis
1.8%149
Cathy White
1.7%143
92% counted

Statewide: Wes Moore wins. Called.

The leader in Kent 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 12, 1:11 PM.

8 local contests in Kent County

County offices, school boards and judges on Kent 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 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Sam Shoge D4,35218.2%
John T. Carroll D4,03916.9%
Thad L. Bench D4,00316.8%
John F. Price R3,88316.3%
Albert Nickerson R3,84016.1%
Ron Fithian R3,71715.6%
Other Write-Ins260.1%

Sam Shoge, John T. Carroll and Thad L. Bench ahead in Kent County.

State's Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Matt Crouch R4,52051.5%
Bryan DiGregory D4,25148.5%
Other Write-Ins10.0%

Matt Crouch ahead in Kent County.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CandidateVotesShare
Sherise L. Kennard D6,82598.2%
Other Write-Ins1261.8%

Sherise L. Kennard is unopposed.

Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Kristi Osborn D6,91598.6%
Other Write-Ins1001.4%

Kristi Osborn is unopposed.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Dennis W. Hickman, Jr. R6,22697.8%
Other Write-Ins1402.2%

Dennis W. Hickman, Jr. is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
"Trish" McGee6,28243.2%
Cameron Brooks3,74625.7%
Zeke Falcon3,49624.0%
Frank B. Rhodes, write-in9156.3%
Other Write-Ins1180.8%

"Trish" McGee, Cameron Brooks and Zeke Falcon ahead in Kent County.

Judges

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland At Large - Dan Friedman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes6,10383.4%
No1,21216.6%

Yes ahead with 83.4% in Kent 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
Elroy G. Boyer, Jr. D5,09433.8%
Allan W. Schauber D4,96933.0%
Joseph L. Holt R4,88832.5%
Other Write-Ins1040.7%

Elroy G. Boyer, Jr., Allan W. Schauber and Joseph L. Holt are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MD GovernorR +5.5R +2.9R +2.7
MD-01D +7.2R +2.9D +10.0

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 Kent County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris47.2%Donald Trump50.0%R +2.811,128
2020Joe Biden49.4%Donald Trump48.1%D +1.210,794
2016Hillary Clinton45.7%Donald Trump48.7%R +3.010,021
2012Barack Obama48.9%Mitt Romney49.2%R +0.39,904
2008Barack Obama49.4%John McCain49.0%D +0.510,020
2004John Kerry46.1%George W. Bush52.8%R +6.79,285
2000Al Gore44.9%George W. Bush51.4%R +6.58,085

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 +3.7.

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.