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Montgomery County, Maryland

2026 election results. Wes Moore (D) has 80% of the vote for governor in Montgomery County, with about 94% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 10.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Montgomery County is split between 3 U.S. House districts. Below are also 19 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Montgomery County

Governor

Wes Moore
80.3%282,478
Dan Cox
16.6%58,306
Andy Ellis
1.8%6,218
Cathy White
1.3%4,718
94% counted

Statewide: Wes Moore wins. Called.

U.S. House: Maryland 4th District

Glenn Ivey
85.5%8,931
George McDermott
11.0%1,151
Sam Husseini
3.5%364
88% counted

Only part of Montgomery County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Glenn Ivey wins. Called.

U.S. House: Maryland 6th District

April McClain-Delaney
78.1%57,005
Robin Ficker
19.1%13,962
Moshe Landman
2.7%2,006
88% counted

Only part of Montgomery County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: April McClain-Delaney wins. Called.

U.S. House: Maryland 8th District

Jamie Raskin
83.3%223,568
Cheryl Riley
15.0%40,198
Nancy Wallace
1.7%4,513
99% counted

Only part of Montgomery County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jamie Raskin wins. Called.

The leader in Montgomery 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.

19 local contests in Montgomery County

County offices, school boards and judges on Montgomery 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
Will Jawando D271,04678.5%
Esther Wells R72,95121.1%
Other Write-Ins1,3630.4%

Will Jawando ahead in Montgomery County.

County Council At Large 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Laurie-Anne Sayles D255,77523.3%
Scott Evan Goldberg D255,51323.3%
Karla Silvestre D252,92223.0%
Marc Elrich D251,84122.9%
Sherwin Wells R76,0436.9%
Other Write-Ins6,6330.6%

Laurie-Anne Sayles, Scott Evan Goldberg, Karla Silvestre and Marc Elrich ahead in Montgomery County.

County Council District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Julie Yang D47,28479.7%
Reardon "Sully" Sullivan R11,93620.1%
Other Write-Ins1100.2%

Julie Yang ahead in Montgomery County.

County Council District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Marilyn Balcombe D40,80496.2%
Arian Borghei, write-in R00.0%
Joseph Abdalla, write-in00.0%
Other Write-Ins1,5973.8%

Marilyn Balcombe ahead in Montgomery County.

County Council District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Jud Ashman D37,72283.2%
Ricky Fai Mui R7,45516.5%
Other Write-Ins1360.3%

Jud Ashman ahead in Montgomery County.

County Council District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Kate Stewart D44,98098.5%
Other Write-Ins6941.5%

Kate Stewart is unopposed.

County Council District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Kristin Mink D39,30684.9%
Josephine Salazar R6,90914.9%
Other Write-Ins600.1%

Kristin Mink ahead in Montgomery County.

County Council District 6

CandidateVotesShare
Natali Fani-González D33,65082.4%
Louella Tham R7,01617.2%
Other Write-Ins1640.4%

Natali Fani-González ahead in Montgomery County.

County Council District 7

CandidateVotesShare
Dawn Luedtke D37,20673.7%
Harold Maldonado R13,20326.1%
Other Write-Ins950.2%

Dawn Luedtke ahead in Montgomery County.

State's Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
John McCarthy D294,71697.9%
Other Write-Ins6,3132.1%

John McCarthy is unopposed.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

CandidateVotesShare
Karen Bushell D290,11398.1%
Other Write-Ins5,4811.9%

Karen Bushell is unopposed.

Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Barbara Ebel D275,70482.2%
T. Dolores Reyes R59,20617.6%
Other Write-Ins5950.2%

Barbara Ebel ahead in Montgomery County.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Will Milam D289,35297.9%
Other Write-Ins6,0752.1%

Will Milam is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education At Large

CandidateVotesShare
Omar Lazo151,05651.3%
Brenda M. Diaz141,29948.0%
Other Write-Ins2,0300.7%

Omar Lazo ahead in Montgomery County.

Board of Education District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Grace Rivera-Oven247,64697.6%
Other Write-Ins6,1312.4%

Grace Rivera-Oven is unopposed.

Board of Education District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Sally A. McCarthy181,51867.6%
Cassandra "Cassi" Sung82,36830.7%
Other Write-Ins4,6801.7%

Sally A. McCarthy ahead in Montgomery County.

Board of Education District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Elma-Lorraine Diggs244,31797.8%
Other Write-Ins5,4482.2%

Elma-Lorraine Diggs is unopposed.

Judges

Judge of the Circuit Court Circuit 6 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Sharon V. Burrell239,69926.1%
Catherine H. McQueen230,31625.1%
Victor M. Del Pino224,83524.5%
James J. Dietrich219,36323.9%
Other Write-Ins4,9870.5%

Sharon V. Burrell, Catherine H. McQueen, Victor M. Del Pino and James J. Dietrich are unopposed.

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland At Large - Dan Friedman

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes259,86889.7%
No29,73110.3%

Yes ahead with 89.7% in Montgomery County. The contest crosses into 23 other counties; across all of them: Yes 1,535,519 (84.0%), No 291,559 (16.0%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MD GovernorD +65.8D +54.9D +10.9
MD-04 part of the countyD +77.2D +58.7Not yet
MD-06 part of the countyD +60.7D +43.3Not yet
MD-08 part of the countyD +69.5D +58.1D +11.5

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 Montgomery County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris74.5%Donald Trump21.7%D +52.8519,221
2020Joe Biden78.6%Donald Trump19.0%D +59.6533,801
2016Hillary Clinton74.7%Donald Trump19.4%D +55.4478,873
2012Barack Obama70.9%Mitt Romney27.1%D +43.9455,992
2008Barack Obama71.6%John McCain27.0%D +44.6439,261
2004John Kerry66.0%George W. Bush32.8%D +33.1415,225
2000Al Gore62.5%George W. Bush33.5%D +29.0371,688

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 +23.7.

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.