Politics & Elections in Maryland

Election results, representatives and voting trends.

Democratic presidential vote share
62.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Governor
Wes Moore (D)
National Governors Association
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
54.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
U.S. House seats apportioned to Maryland
8
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
Total votes cast for president
3,038,334
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Registered Democrats
53%

Election Results

Democratic presidential vote share
62.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican presidential vote share
34.1%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
2024 winner
Kamala Harris (D)
Margin
+29.0 points
Turnout
70%

Democratic presidential vote share

1976–2024
62.6%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

Republican presidential vote share

1976–2024
34.1%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

IndicatorMarylandU.S.
Democratic margin 2024 (points)29-1.5

Governors

Governor
Wes Moore (D)
National Governors Association
In office since
2023
National Governors Association
Governors listed
52
1777–present · National Governors Association
Legislature
Democratic supermajority
Governors of Maryland
GovernorPartyIn office
Wes MooreDemocratic2023–present
Martin O’MalleyDemocratic2007–2015
Robert L. EhrlichRepublican2003–2007
Parris N. GlendeningDemocratic1995–2003
William Donald SchaeferDemocratic1987–1995
Harry Roe HughesDemocratic1979–1987
Blair LeeDemocratic1977–1979
Marvin MandelDemocratic1969–1979
Spiro Theodore AgnewRepublican1967–1969
J. Millard TawesDemocratic1959–1967
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldinRepublican1951–1959
William Preston LaneDemocratic1947–1951
Herbert Romulus O’ConorDemocratic1939–1947
Harry Whinna NiceRepublican1935–1939
Albert Cabell RitchieDemocratic1920–1935
Emerson Columbus HarringtonDemocratic1916–1920
Phillips Lee GoldsboroughRepublican1912–1916
Austin Lane CrothersDemocratic1908–1912
Edwin WarfieldDemocratic1904–1908
John Walter SmithDemocratic1900–1904
Lloyd LowndesRepublican1896–1900
Frank BrownDemocratic1892–1896
Elihu Emory JacksonDemocratic1888–1892
Henry LloydDemocratic1885–1888
Robert Milligan McLaneDemocratic1884–1885
William Thomas HamiltonDemocratic1880–1884
John Lee CarrollDemocratic1876–1880
James Black GroomeDemocratic1874–1876
William Pinkney WhyteDemocratic1872–1874
Oden BowieDemocratic1869–1872
Thomas Watkins LigonDemocratic1854–1858
Enoch Louis LoweDemocratic1851–1854
Phillip Francis ThomasDemocratic1848–1851
Thomas Ward VeazeyWhig1836–1839
James ThomasWhig1833–1836
George HowardWhig1831–1833
Thomas King CarrollDemocratic1830–1831
Samuel StevensDemocratic1822–1826
Charles GoldsboroughFederalist1819–1819
Charles Carnan RidgelyFederalist1816–1819
Levin WinderFederalist1812–1816
Edward LloydDemocratic-Republican1809–1811
Robert WrightDemocratic1806–1809
John Francis MercerDemocratic-Republican1801–1803
Benjamin OgleFederalist1798–1801
John HenryDemocratic1797–1798
John Hoskins StoneFederalist1794–1797
James BriceFederalist1792–1792
George PlaterFederalist1791–1792
John Eager HowardFederalist1788–1791
William PacaAnti-Federalist1782–1785
Thomas JohnsonFederalist1777–1779

Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.

  • •Wes Moore is Maryland's first Black governor and only the third elected in U.S. history.

Senators

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
54.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
42.8%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Senators
Chris Van Hollen (D)
Angela Alsobrooks (D)
Next election
2028

Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1976–2024
54.6%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.

Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections

1976–2024
42.8%

MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).

  • •Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester became the first Black women elected to the Senate from their states in 2024.

Representatives

U.S. House seats apportioned to Maryland
8
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. House seats
8
Democrats
7
Republicans
1

U.S. House seats apportioned to Maryland

1910–2020
8▲ 33%

U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.

Party Distribution

Registered Democrats
53%
Registered Republicans
24%
Unaffiliated
22%