Maryland 2026 ballot: every race, candidate and measure

Last updated Sat, Nov 7, 4:33 PM ET

436 races · 924 candidates · 51 ballot measures · General election, November 3, 2026

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Who holds office now: Maryland's governor and state legislators, by district; Maryland's local elected officials, county by county.

Past results: Maryland's certified results for President, U.S. Senate and U.S. House since 2002, and the presidential vote by county.

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Registering to vote

Not registered yet? You can still register and vote on Election Day in Maryland. You'll register in person and will usually need ID and proof of where you live. Where to go (your polling place, a vote center or the election office) depends on your county.

From NASED's official 2026 deadlines. See vote.gov or your county election office for the rules where you live.

Key dates after you vote in Maryland

  • Mail ballots sent by mail must arrive by Nov 13 (ballots arriving after Election Day must meet the state's postmark rules).
  • Mail ballots returned in person are due by Nov 3.
  • If there's a problem with your mail ballot (a missing signature, for example), you can fix it until Nov 13.
  • Results are certified by counties by Nov 13 and by the state by Dec 3. Until then, results are unofficial.

Dates from NASED (the National Association of State Election Directors), compiled from state election calendars and checked by state election officials. Your county election office has the final word on your ballot.

Ballots cast so far

1,100,901 ballots cast in Maryland as of Nov 7: 604,396 early in person and 496,505 by mail. 161,048 mail ballots have been sent out but not yet returned.

Voters' registered partyEarlyBy mailTotal
Republican148,20072,655220,855
Democratic365,824342,242708,066
Unaffiliated and other parties90,37281,608171,980

Counts through Nov 6, from the Maryland State Board of Elections, updated each morning. Party is how voters are registered, not how they voted. No votes are counted until polls close on Election Day.

Ballots cast so far, county by county
CountyEarlyBy mailTotal castMail not yet returned
Montgomery93,190106,548199,73835,306
Prince George's96,77269,270166,04219,737
Baltimore78,63172,642151,27322,559
Anne Arundel63,28155,340118,62113,842
Howard38,86131,39670,25710,217
Baltimore City33,38933,23266,62122,339
Frederick28,64224,85553,4977,016
Harford33,33718,00151,3385,054
Charles22,25811,71433,9724,209
Carroll18,49813,75532,2533,857
Washington13,1129,48222,5942,803
Calvert13,4788,29021,7682,098
St. Mary's14,3257,08921,4142,065
Cecil9,5645,80115,3652,015
Wicomico9,6355,57015,2051,755
Queen Anne's8,0593,71011,7691,023
Talbot6,9203,77410,694786
Worcester5,1024,5819,6831,261
Allegany3,5983,6877,2851,139
Dorchester3,3352,0775,412463
Caroline3,0981,3944,492404
Garrett2,7741,5934,367445
Kent2,5541,6384,192364
Somerset1,9831,0663,049291

Maryland by the numbers

41%of 306 local races in our data are uncontested
41 of 118state legislative races have one candidate
51ballot questions19 local bonds totaling $1.1 billion.
15 of 118state legislative races have no incumbent on the ballot
$13 millionspent by outside groups in this state's races for CongressReported to the FEC, primaries included.
22local races in Baltimore County, the most of any county here
0 of 24sheriff races are in counties with an ICE 287(g) agreement

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State Legislature (118)

Ballot measures (3)

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