SOMERSET COUNTY, MARYLAND

ELECTION RETURNS

GENERAL ELECTION
NOVEMBER 3, 1998


BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(vote for three)

District 1
James N. Ring* (D) 244
Candace Anderson (R) 170
Total 414

District 2
Isaac S. Ballard, Jr. (D) 500
Charles F. Fisher* (R) 955
Total 1,455

District 3
Clarence L. Laird* (D) 969
Bruce Whitelock (R) 466
Total 1,435

District 4
M. William Ward* (D) 900
William Gene Swift (R) 589
Total 1,489

District 5
John Schultz (D) 469
Phillip L. Gerald* (R) 849
Total 1,318


TREASURER

Charles L. Muir* (D) 5,126


STATE'S ATTORNEY

Logan C. Widdowson* (R) 4,475


CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

I. Theodore Phoebus* (R) 4,974


SHERIFF

Robert N. Jones* (D) 4,134
Van B. Muir (R) 1,995
Total 6,129


ORPHANS' COURT JUDGES
(vote for three)

Anna C. Coulbourne* (D) 3,092
Betsy Simpkins Schrock* (D) 3,204
John R. Somers* (R) 3,690


REGISTER OF WILLS

Gary W. Miller* (D) 4,950

* = winner; (D) = Democrat; (R) = Republican.

Source: Somerset County Board of Elections

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