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Maryland state executive official elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: Oct. 25 - Nov. 1
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Only during early voting period
- Voter ID: No ID required generally
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: February 27, 2018 |
| Primary: June 26, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Maryland |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| Federal and state primary competitiveness State executive elections in 2018 Impact of term limits in 2018 State government trifectas and triplexes |
| Other state executive elections |
The following state executive offices were up for election in Maryland in 2018. Click on the following links to learn more about each race:
Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Comptroller
Candidates and election results
Governor
General election
General election for Governor of Maryland
Incumbent Larry Hogan defeated Ben Jealous, Shawn Quinn, and Ian Schlakman in the general election for Governor of Maryland on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Larry Hogan (R) | 55.4 | 1,275,644 | |
| Ben Jealous (D) | 43.5 | 1,002,639 | ||
| Shawn Quinn (L) | 0.6 | 13,241 | ||
| Ian Schlakman (G) | 0.5 | 11,175 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,813 | ||
| Total votes: 2,304,512 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ben Jealous | 40.9 | 231,895 | |
| Rushern Baker III | 30.3 | 171,697 | ||
| Jim Shea | 8.6 | 48,647 | ||
| Krishanti Vignarajah | 8.5 | 48,042 | ||
| Richard Madaleno | 6.0 | 34,184 | ||
| Alec Ross | 2.4 | 13,780 | ||
| Ralph Jaffe | 1.7 | 9,405 | ||
| James Jones | 1.6 | 9,188 | ||
| Total votes: 566,838 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Maryland
Incumbent Larry Hogan advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Larry Hogan | 100.0 | 210,935 | |
| Total votes: 210,935 | ||||
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Lieutenant governor
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Incumbent Boyd Rutherford defeated Susan Turnbull, Christina Smith, and Annie Chambers in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Boyd Rutherford (R) | 55.4 | 1,275,644 | |
| Susan Turnbull (D) | 43.5 | 1,002,639 | ||
| Christina Smith (L) | 0.6 | 13,241 | ||
| Annie Chambers (G) | 0.5 | 11,175 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,813 | ||
| Total votes: 2,304,512 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Susan Turnbull | 40.9 | 231,895 | |
| Elizabeth Embry | 30.3 | 171,697 | ||
| Brandon Scott | 8.6 | 48,647 | ||
| Sharon Blake | 8.5 | 48,042 | ||
| Luwanda Jenkins | 6.0 | 34,184 | ||
| Julie Verratti | 2.4 | 13,780 | ||
| Freda Jaffe | 1.7 | 9,405 | ||
| Charles Waters | 1.6 | 9,188 | ||
| Total votes: 566,838 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Incumbent Boyd Rutherford advanced from the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Boyd Rutherford | 100.0 | 210,935 | |
| Total votes: 210,935 | ||||
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Attorney general
General election
General election for Attorney General of Maryland
Incumbent Brian Frosh defeated Craig Wolf in the general election for Attorney General of Maryland on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brian Frosh (D) | 64.8 | 1,474,833 | |
| Craig Wolf (R) | 35.1 | 799,035 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,920 | ||
| Total votes: 2,275,788 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Maryland
Incumbent Brian Frosh advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brian Frosh | 100.0 | 505,897 | |
| Total votes: 505,897 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Maryland
Craig Wolf advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Craig Wolf | 100.0 | 175,429 | |
| Total votes: 175,429 | ||||
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Comptroller
General election
General election for Maryland Comptroller
Incumbent Peter Franchot defeated Anjali Phukan in the general election for Maryland Comptroller on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Franchot (D) | 72.1 | 1,620,264 | |
| Anjali Phukan (R) | 27.8 | 624,871 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3,103 | ||
| Total votes: 2,248,238 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland Comptroller
Incumbent Peter Franchot advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland Comptroller on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Franchot | 100.0 | 510,159 | |
| Total votes: 510,159 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland Comptroller
Anjali Phukan advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland Comptroller on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anjali Phukan | 100.0 | 165,242 | |
| Total votes: 165,242 | ||||
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Context of the 2018 elections
Party control in Maryland
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Democrats in Maryland held a state government trifecta from 1992 to 2002 and 2007 to 2014.
Maryland Party Control: 1992-2025
Twenty-two years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Voter information
How the primary works
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Maryland utilizes a closed primary system. Although parties may hold open primaries, parties generally permit only registered party members to vote in their primaries.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Poll times
In Maryland, all polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[3]
Registration requirements
- Check your voter registration status here.
According to the Maryland State Board of Elections, to register to vote in Maryland, one must be a United States citizen and Maryland resident who is at least 16 years old. Although a 16-year-old can register to vote, he or she cannot vote in an election unless he or she will be 18 at the time of the next general election (i.e., 17-year-olds are permitted to vote in primary elections, so long as they'll be 18 by the time of the corresponding general election).[4]
Maryland allows same-day voter registration during the early voting period and on Election Day.[4]
Voters may register online, by mail, or in person at one of the following locations:[4]
- Local board of elections
- The State Board of Elections
- Local Department of Health office
- Maryland Department of Human Services local offices
- Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) offices
- Local Area Agency on Aging offices
- MTA Paratransit Certification Office
- All public institutions of higher education
- Recruitment offices of the U.S. Armed Forces
- Marriage license offices
- Offices for students with disabilities at all Maryland colleges and universities
Automatic registration
Maryland automatically registers eligible individuals to vote through the Motor Vehicle Administration.[5]
Online registration
- See also: Online voter registration
Maryland has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.[5]
Same-day registration
Maryland allows same-day voter registration.[5]
Residency requirements
Maryland law requires 21 days of residency in the state before a person may vote.
Verification of citizenship
Mayland does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. An individual applying to register to vote must attest that they are a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury.
Several local jurisdictions in Maryland permit noncitizens to vote in at least some local elections. These jurisdictions maintain separate voter registration systems for noncitizen voters. See here for more information.
All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[6] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.
Verifying your registration
The voter lookup page, run by the Maryland Board of Elections, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.
Voter ID requirements
Maryland does not require voters to present identification while voting, in most cases.[7]
A voter will be asked to show ID in the following circumstances:
- The voter registered by mail and did not provide proper identification;
- The voter’s identity is challenged; or
- The voter registers to vote during early voting or changes his or her address during early voting.
The following list of accepted ID was current as of October 2024. Click here for the Maryland Attorney General's voting information page to ensure you have the most current information.
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OR, if you do not have those forms of ID: a utility bill, bank statement, government check or paycheck that shows your name and address and is less than 3 months old. If you are showing ID because you are voting for the first time, your name and address on the document must match the information on the voter registration roll.[8] |
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Early voting
Maryland permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.
Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.
Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.
Absentee voting
All voters are eligible to vote absentee/by-mail in Maryland. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee/by-mail.[9]
To receive an absentee/by-mail ballot in the mail, an application must be submitted by at least seven days prior to the election, whether by mail, in-person, or by fax or email. To print an absentee/mail-in ballot at home, the application must be received by 5 p.m. on the Friday before Election Day.
A returned absentee/mail-in ballot must then be postmarked on or before Election Day if submitted by mail and received by 10 a.m. on the tenth day after the election. Ballots can also be returned in person until 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.[9]
Impact of term limits
Four state executive seats in Maryland were up for election in 2018. In the 2018 elections, no officials were ineligible to run because of term limits.
Of the 283 state executives offices on the ballot in 2018, 131 of them were represented by incumbents who were subject to term limits. Of the 36 gubernatorial seats up for election in 2018, 13 governors—two Democrats and 11 Republicans—were term-limited and therefore unable to run for re-election. Of the 31 states with term limits that held state executives elections in 2018, some incumbents in 18 of the states were term-limited.
A total of 49 state executive officials were ineligible to run in the 2018 elections because of term limits. This represented 17 percent of the 283 total seats up for election in 2018.[10] Republicans had more than six times as many state executive officials term-limited in 2018 than Democrats. A total of seven Democrats were term-limited, while 40 Republicans were term-limited. The other two term-limited officials were nonpartisan.
Past elections
2016
There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2016.
2014
The following elections took place in 2014.
- Maryland state executive official elections, 2014
- Maryland Attorney General election, 2014
- Maryland gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014
- Maryland down ballot state executive elections, 2014
2012
There were no state executive elections in Maryland in 2012.
Recent news
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State profile
| Demographic data for Maryland | ||
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| Maryland | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 5,994,983 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 9,707 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 57.6% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 29.5% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 6% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 3% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 9% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 89.4% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 37.9% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $74,551 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 10.7% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Maryland. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Maryland
Maryland voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Primary Elections," accessed September 27, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed September 27, 2024
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Rules and Information for Voters," accessed April 18, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Maryland State Board of Elections, "Introduction," accessed April 18, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed August 25, 2024
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Maryland Attorney General, "Voting FAQ," accessed April 13, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Maryland State Board of Elections, "Mail-in Voting: Information and Instructions for the 2024 Elections," accessed September 27, 2024
- ↑ Some of the 49 state executive officials in 2018 may have resigned before their term ended. These state executive officials were still counted in the total number of term-limited state executives in 2018.
