Election Results
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic margin 2024 (points) | 29 | -1.5 |
Governors
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Wes Moore | Democratic | 2023–present |
| Martin O’Malley | Democratic | 2007–2015 |
| Robert L. Ehrlich | Republican | 2003–2007 |
| Parris N. Glendening | Democratic | 1995–2003 |
| William Donald Schaefer | Democratic | 1987–1995 |
| Harry Roe Hughes | Democratic | 1979–1987 |
| Blair Lee | Democratic | 1977–1979 |
| Marvin Mandel | Democratic | 1969–1979 |
| Spiro Theodore Agnew | Republican | 1967–1969 |
| J. Millard Tawes | Democratic | 1959–1967 |
| Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin | Republican | 1951–1959 |
| William Preston Lane | Democratic | 1947–1951 |
| Herbert Romulus O’Conor | Democratic | 1939–1947 |
| Harry Whinna Nice | Republican | 1935–1939 |
| Albert Cabell Ritchie | Democratic | 1920–1935 |
| Emerson Columbus Harrington | Democratic | 1916–1920 |
| Phillips Lee Goldsborough | Republican | 1912–1916 |
| Austin Lane Crothers | Democratic | 1908–1912 |
| Edwin Warfield | Democratic | 1904–1908 |
| John Walter Smith | Democratic | 1900–1904 |
| Lloyd Lowndes | Republican | 1896–1900 |
| Frank Brown | Democratic | 1892–1896 |
| Elihu Emory Jackson | Democratic | 1888–1892 |
| Henry Lloyd | Democratic | 1885–1888 |
| Robert Milligan McLane | Democratic | 1884–1885 |
| William Thomas Hamilton | Democratic | 1880–1884 |
| John Lee Carroll | Democratic | 1876–1880 |
| James Black Groome | Democratic | 1874–1876 |
| William Pinkney Whyte | Democratic | 1872–1874 |
| Oden Bowie | Democratic | 1869–1872 |
| Thomas Watkins Ligon | Democratic | 1854–1858 |
| Enoch Louis Lowe | Democratic | 1851–1854 |
| Phillip Francis Thomas | Democratic | 1848–1851 |
| Thomas Ward Veazey | Whig | 1836–1839 |
| James Thomas | Whig | 1833–1836 |
| George Howard | Whig | 1831–1833 |
| Thomas King Carroll | Democratic | 1830–1831 |
| Samuel Stevens | Democratic | 1822–1826 |
| Charles Goldsborough | Federalist | 1819–1819 |
| Charles Carnan Ridgely | Federalist | 1816–1819 |
| Levin Winder | Federalist | 1812–1816 |
| Edward Lloyd | Democratic-Republican | 1809–1811 |
| Robert Wright | Democratic | 1806–1809 |
| John Francis Mercer | Democratic-Republican | 1801–1803 |
| Benjamin Ogle | Federalist | 1798–1801 |
| John Henry | Democratic | 1797–1798 |
| John Hoskins Stone | Federalist | 1794–1797 |
| James Brice | Federalist | 1792–1792 |
| George Plater | Federalist | 1791–1792 |
| John Eager Howard | Federalist | 1788–1791 |
| William Paca | Anti-Federalist | 1782–1785 |
| Thomas Johnson | Federalist | 1777–1779 |
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
1976–2024MIT 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
1976–2024MIT 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
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
