Md. primary election 2026: Local results for county executive, councils

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Maryland’s primary election Tuesday kicks off an election cycle that will lead to changes in key leadership positions in each layer of government.

While the nation will be watching as voters pick their party nominees for congressional seats and governor, residents across the state also have important decisions to make at the local level.

The state’s most populous counties have contested primaries for county executive, council seats and positions on the board of education. There are also races for state’s attorney and sheriff across the state.

Only contested races are included below. An asterisk denotes an incumbent candidate. For statewide race results, click here.

Anne Arundel County

County executive

County council 鈥� District 1

Democratic candidates

Robert Kinney 鈥� 494 votes (10.74%)
Geonta Simmons 鈥� 1,560 votes (33.92%)
Kelly Smith 鈥� 2,545 votes (55.34%)

County council 鈥� District 2

Democratic candidates

Catelyn Middlebrooks 鈥� 2,332 votes (56.48%)
Will Shorter 鈥� 1,797 votes (43.52%)

County council 鈥� District 4

Democratic candidates

Julie Hummer* 鈥� 4,448 votes (72.56%)
Joshua Peters 鈥� 1,682 votes (27.44%)

County council 鈥� District 6

Democratic candidates

Gavin Buckley 鈥� 3,359 votes (46.34%)
Katie McDermott 鈥� 2,233 votes (30.81%)
Dominik Prokop 鈥� 601 votes (8.29%)
Joe Toolan 鈥� 926 votes (12.78%)
Sean David White 鈥� 129 votes (1.78%)

County council 鈥� District 7

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Dillon Aldrich 鈥� 742 votes (21.97%)
Dawn Pulliam 鈥� 2,635 votes (78.03%)

State’s attorney

聽Democratic candidates

Carolynn Grammas 鈥� 15,291 votes (43.24%)
Anne Colt Leitess* 鈥� 20,071 votes (56.76%)

Sheriff

聽Republican candidates

Jim Fredericks 鈥� 11,613 votes (66.97%)
James McNeill 鈥� 5,728 votes (33.03%)

Frederick County

County executive

County council 鈥� at-large (vote for up to two)

Democratic candidates	Republican candidates
Tiffany Grant 鈥� 8,215 votes (30.39%) Renee Knapp* 鈥� 7,019 votes (25.97%) Sam Newhouse 鈥� 5,455 votes (20.18%) Brad Young* 鈥� 6,340 votes (23.46%)	Pamela Ciliberti 鈥� 9,488 votes (48.73%) Jack Felton 鈥� 9,981 votes (51.27%)

County council 鈥� District 1

Democratic candidates

Jenn Alcorn 鈥� 1,042 votes (29.54%)
Louisa Conklin 鈥� 2,075 votes (58.83%)
Eric Smothers 鈥� 410 votes (11.62%)

County council 鈥� District 2

Democratic candidates	Republican candidates
Shelly Beaird-Francois 鈥� 988 votes (41.43%) Jamie Shopland 鈥� 1,397 votes (58.57%)	Kai Burhans 鈥� 1,085 votes (36.17%) Dan Iampieri 鈥� 1,915 votes (63.83%)

County council 鈥� District 3

Democratic candidates

Christian Benford 鈥� 1,522 votes (54.36%)
Natasha Valencia 鈥� 1,278 votes (45.64%)

Sheriff

Howard County

County executive

County council 鈥� District 1

Democratic candidates

Kevin Chin 鈥� 2,376 votes (43.72%)
James David Handley 鈥� 1,944 votes (35.77%)
Jean Xu 鈥� 1,114 votes (20.50%)

County council 鈥� District 2

Democratic candidates

Arinze Malcolm Ifekauche 鈥� 2,047 votes (37.39%)
Jessica Nichols 鈥� 3,428 votes (62.61%)

County council 鈥� District 3

Democratic candidates

Amir Naviwala 鈥� 1,235 votes (22.79%)
Christiana Rigby* 鈥� 4,183 votes (77.21%)

County council 鈥� District 4

Democratic candidates

Linfeng Chen 鈥� 1,542 votes (23.74%)
Regina Clay 鈥� 925 votes (14.24%)
Janssen Evelyn 鈥� 3,147 votes (48.45%)
Shamieka Preston 鈥� 882 votes (13.58%)

County council 鈥� District 5

Democratic candidates

Cat Carter 鈥� 3,178 votes (75.81%)
Felita Phillips 鈥� 1,014 votes (24.19%)

Montgomery County

County executive

County council 鈥� at-large (vote for up to four)

County council 鈥� District 1

Democratic candidates

Drew Morrison 鈥� 2,932 votes (18.19%)
Debbie Spielberg 鈥� 5,054 votes (31.36%)
Julie Yang 鈥� 8,129 votes (50.44%)

County council 鈥� District 3

Democratic candidates

Jud Ashman 鈥� 4,931 votes (45.43%)
Allison Eriksen 鈥� 1,175 votes (10.82%)
Izola “Zola” Shaw 鈥� 4,749 votes (43.75%)

County council 鈥� District 4

Democratic candidates

Paula Bienenfeld 鈥� 1,691 votes (11.01%)
Kate Stewart* 鈥� 12,598 votes (84.02%)
Peter “Rocky” Whitesell 鈥� 1,067 votes (6.95%)

County council 鈥� District 5

Democratic candidates

Charles Kirchman 鈥� 1,968 votes (16.85%)
Kristin Mink* 鈥� 9,714 votes (83.15%)

County council 鈥� District 6

Democratic candidates

Natali Fani-Gonz谩lez* 鈥� 6,586 votes (63.41%)
Sonia Garcia 鈥� 3,801 votes (36.59%)

County council 鈥� District 7

Democratic candidates

Van Free 鈥� 1,418 votes (14.23%)
Sharif Hidayat 鈥� 2,020 votes (20.27%)
Dawn Luedtke* 鈥� 6,528 votes (65.50%)

Sheriff

Democratic candidates

Will Milam 鈥� 48,821 votes (65.41%)
Maxwell Cornelius Uy* 鈥� 25,814 votes (34.59%)

Prince George’s County

County executive

County council 鈥� at-large (vote for up to two)

Democratic candidates

Sean Floyd 鈥� 6,388 votes (4.69%)
Laura Gilchrest 鈥� 9,063 votes (6.66%)
Sydney Harrison 鈥� 25,411 votes (18.66%)
Jolene Ivey* 鈥� 47,601 votes (34.96%)
Jeana Jacobs 鈥� 20,899 votes (15.35%)
Jennifer Rios 鈥� 6,171 votes (4.53%)
Keith Washington 鈥� 16,312 votes (11.98%)
Noah Emmanuel Waters 鈥� 4,300 votes (3.16%)

County council 鈥� District 1

Democratic candidates

Michelle Garc铆a 鈥� 3.805 votes (63.23%)
Martin Mitchell 鈥� 2,017 votes (33.52%)
Darwin Romero 鈥� 196 votes (3.26%)

County council 鈥� District 2

Democratic candidates

Daniel Armando Jones 鈥� 1,445 votes (40.06%)
Victor Ramirez 鈥� 2,162 votes (59.94%)

County council 鈥� District 4

Democratic candidates

Tim Adams* 鈥� 6,549 votes (61.47%)
Juliet Agocha 鈥� 1,798 votes (16.68%)
Euniesha Davis 鈥� 2,307 votes (21.65%)

County council 鈥� District 5

Democratic candidates

Shayla Adams-Stafford* 鈥� 5,662 votes (85.26%)
Wynton Johnson Sr. 鈥� 979 votes (14.74%)

County council 鈥� District 6

Democratic candidates	Republican candidates
Danielle Hunter* 鈥� 6,507 votes (46.00%) Dominique Lamb 鈥� 1,500 votes (10.60%) Joel Peebles Jr. 鈥� 5,545 votes (39.20%) Crystal Samonica 鈥� 349 votes (2.47%) Bertrand Tessa 鈥� 246 votes (1.74%)	Michael Jones II 鈥� 51 votes (41.46%) Jonathan White 鈥� 72 votes (58.54%)

County council 鈥� District 9

Democratic candidates

Tamara Davis Brown 鈥� 7,350 votes (52.28%)
Kim Carter 鈥� 456 votes (3.24%)
Imara Crooms 鈥� 2,489 votes (17.70%)
Leslye Dwight 鈥� 489 votes (3.48%)
Sherman Hardy 鈥� 472 votes (3.36%)
Jerome Lattisaw 鈥� 213 votes (1.51%)
Sequan Swint 鈥� 70 votes (.50%)
Lolita Walker 鈥� 2,009 votes (14.29%)
Eleanor Washington 鈥� 512 votes (3.64%)

State’s attorney

Sheriff

Democratic candidates

John D. B. Carr* 鈥� 54,765 votes (77.76%)
Ron Oliver 鈥� 15,667 votes (22.24%)

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