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2018 Maryland governor election

Larry Hogan (Republican) beat Ben Jealous (Democrat) in Maryland in 2018, 55.4% to 43.5%, a margin of 11.8 points and 273,005 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2014, when Larry Hogan also won.

Republicans led in 20 of the 24 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Montgomery, cast 408,428 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.8 points. The closest was Charles, where 344 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Larry Hogan won Republican 1,275,644 55.4%
Ben Jealous Democratic 1,002,639 43.5%
All other candidates 26,229 1.1%
Total2,304,512

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Montgomery 224,029 54.9% 180,018 44.1% 4,381 408,428 D+10.8
Baltimore 122,773 37.9% 198,122 61.1% 3,381 324,276 R+23.2
Prince George's 225,889 70.8% 89,925 28.2% 3,171 318,985 D+42.6
Anne Arundel 69,399 30.3% 157,202 68.6% 2,605 229,206 R+38.3
Baltimore City 123,609 66.9% 58,360 31.6% 2,722 184,691 D+35.3
Howard 61,146 42.6% 80,574 56.2% 1,663 143,383 R+13.5
Harford 24,012 21.7% 85,259 77.1% 1,308 110,579 R+55.4
Frederick 33,355 31.1% 72,560 67.7% 1,304 107,219 R+36.6
Carroll 11,767 15.7% 62,445 83.2% 839 75,051 R+67.5
Charles 32,100 49.9% 31,756 49.3% 504 64,360 D+0.5
Washington 10,894 21.6% 38,765 76.8% 802 50,461 R+55.2
St. Mary's 9,084 22.5% 30,703 76.0% 607 40,394 R+53.5
Calvert 9,216 23.5% 29,610 75.4% 458 39,284 R+51.9
Cecil 7,354 21.0% 27,063 77.5% 522 34,939 R+56.4
Wicomico 10,426 31.1% 22,659 67.6% 449 33,534 R+36.5
Worcester 5,437 22.9% 18,076 76.1% 242 23,755 R+53.2
Allegany 3,985 16.9% 19,224 81.7% 321 23,530 R+64.8
Queen Anne's 3,268 14.2% 19,503 84.9% 200 22,971 R+70.7
Talbot 3,957 21.8% 14,081 77.4% 152 18,190 R+55.7
Dorchester 3,043 24.6% 9,205 74.4% 119 12,367 R+49.8
Caroline 1,900 16.5% 9,489 82.5% 116 11,505 R+66.0
Garrett 1,395 12.7% 9,472 86.0% 141 11,008 R+73.4
Kent 2,222 25.6% 6,370 73.3% 102 8,694 R+47.7
Somerset 2,379 30.9% 5,203 67.6% 120 7,702 R+36.7

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Maryland governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Wes Moore (D) D+32.4
2018 Larry Hogan (R) R+11.8
2014 Larry Hogan (R) R+3.8
2010 Martin O'Malley (D) D+14.5
2006 Martin O'Malley (D) D+6.5
2002 Bob Ehrlich (R) R+3.9
1998 Parris N. Glendening (D) D+10.3
1994 Parris N. Glendening (D) D+0.4
1990 William D. Schaefer (D) D+19.5
1986 William D. Schaefer (D) D+64.7
1982 Harry R. Hughes (D) D+24.0
1978 Harry Hughes (D) D+42.0
1974 Marvin Mandel (D) D+27.0
1970 Marvin Mandel (D) D+33.4
1966 Spiro Agnew (R) R+8.9
1962 J. Millard Tawes (D) D+11.3
1958 J. Millard Tawes (D) D+27.1
1954 Theodore R. McKeldin (R) R+8.9
1950 Theodore McKeldin (R) R+14.6
1946 William Preston Lane Jr. (D) D+9.5
1942 Herbert O'Conor (D) D+5.1
1938 Herbert R. O'Conor (D) D+11.7
1934 Harry W. Nice (R) R+1.2
1930 Albert Ritchie (D) D+13.2
1926 Albert Ritchie (D) D+16.6
1923 Albert Ritchie (D) D+12.7
1919 Albert Ritchie (D) D+0.1
1915 Emerson C. Harrington (D) D+1.3
1911 Phillips Lee Goldsborough (R) R+1.4
1907 Austin Lane Crothers (D) D+3.8
1903 Edwin Warfield (D) D+6.0
1899 John Walter Smith (D) D+4.8
1895 Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (R) R+7.8
1891 Frank Brown (D) D+15.7
1887 Elihu E. Jackson (D) D+6.5
1883 Robert M. McLane (D) D+6.9
1879 William T. Hamilton (D) D+13.9
1875 John Carroll (D) D+8.2
1871 William P. Whyte (D) D+11.4
1867 Oden Bowie (D) D+48.6