ELECTIONS

PRIMARY ELECTION RETURNS

JUNE 23, 2026

CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES

1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Worcester County

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Kristina Watkowski* 2,891 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Kristina Watkowski* 4,314 100%

2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Cecil County

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Robert E. Sentman* 2,739 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Robert E. Sentman* 5,752 100%

Talbot County

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Philip T. Cronan* 2,942 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Philip T. Cronan* 2,614 100%

3RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Baltimore County
(vote for 5)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Jan Marshall Alexander* 62,881 20.50%
Sherrie R. Bailey* 65,852 21.47%
Evelyn Lombardo Cusson* 62,242 20.29%
Ralph Sapia* 57,566 18.77%
Thomas R. Tompsett, Jr.* 58,222 18.98%
Total 306,763
% of Total 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Jan Marshall Alexander* 17,827 20.32%
Sherrie R. Bailey* 17,695 20.17%
Evelyn Lombardo Cusson* 17,086 19.48%
Ralph Sapia* 17,212 19.62%
Thomas R. Tompsett, Jr.* 17,898 20.40%
Total 87,718
% of Total 100%

5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Anne Arundel County
(vote for 2)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Elizabeth Adams 18,996 22.04%
Sidney A. Butcher* 23,662 27.46%
Ginina A. Jackson-Stevenson* 30,610 35.52%
Rowena N. Nelson 12,912 14.98%
Total 86,180
% of Total 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Elizabeth Adams* 13,894 40.11%
Sidney A. Butcher* 10,898 31.46%
Ginina A. Jackson-Stevenson 6,278 18.12%
Rowena N. Nelson 3,573 10.31%
Total 34,643
% of Total 100%

Howard County

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Maurice C. Frazier* 33,889 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Maurice C. Frazier* 5,130 100%

6TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Frederick County

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Julia Ann Minner* 20,550 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Julia Ann Minner* 12,286 100%

Montgomery County
(vote for 4)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Sharon V. Burrell* 97,882 24.41%
Victor M. Del Pino* 84,774 21.14%
James J. Dietrich* 81,048 20.21%
Catherine H. McQueen* 94,629 23.60%
Marylin Pierre 42,659 10.64%
Total 400,992
% of Total 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Sharon V. Burrell* 8,741 22.11%
Victor M. Del Pino* 705 22.02%
James J. Dietrich* 9,321 23.57%
Catherine H. McQueen* 9,147 23.13%
Marylin Pierre 3,626 9.17%
Total 39,540
% of Total 100%

7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Prince George's County
(vote for 9)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
LaKeecia Allen* 96,679 11.64%
Scott M. Carrington* 91,081 10.97%
Ada Elizabeth Clark-Edwards* 92,960 11.19%
Stacey Cobb Smith* 94,480 11.37%
Althea Stewart Jones* 94,550 11.38%
Donnaka Varner Lewis* 92,001 11.08%
Michael Ray Pearson* 91,575 11.02%
Joseph C. Ruddy, III* 88,717 10.68%
Todd Steuart* 88,584 10.66%
Total 830,627
% of Total 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
LaKeecia Allen* 1,938 10.62%
Scott M. Carrington* 2,175 11.92%
Ada Elizabeth Clark-Edwards* 1,998 10.95%
Stacey Cobb Smith* 2,041 11.18%
Althea Stewart Jones* 1,936 10.61%
Donnaka Varner Lewis* 1,871 10.25%
Michael Ray Pearson* 2,157 11.82%
Joseph C. Ruddy, III* 2,063 11.30%
Todd Steuart* 2,072 11.35%
Total 18,251
% of Total 100%


St. Mary's County

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Kevin R. Hill* 5,256 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Kevin R. Hill* 4,978 100%

8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Baltimore City
(vote for 6)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Catherine Chen* 46,144 17.14%
Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill* 44,221 16.42%
Kimberly C. McBride* 48,055 17.85%
Piper Faith McKeithen* 43,299 16.08%
Hope Tipton* 44,938 16.69%
Levi S. Zaslow* 42,600 15.82%
Total 269,257
% of Total 100%

REPUBLICAN PARTY
Catherine Chen* 1,463 17.00%
Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill* 1,448 16.82%
Kimberly C. McBride* 1,483 17.23%
Piper Faith McKeithen* 1,375 15.98%
Hope Tipton* 1,395 16.21%
Levi S. Zaslow* 1,443 16.77%
Total 8,607
% of Total 100%

* = winner

Source: State Board of Elections

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