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1998 Gubernatorial Election

Statewide Voter Turnout

The following tables show voter turnout for the 1998 Gubernatorial General Election broken down by party affiliation.

Democratic Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	17,978	9,975	351	10,326	57.44
Anne Arundel	118,168	75,438	2,150	77,588	65.66
Baltimore City	240,345	136,195	2,982	139,177	57.91
Baltimore	249,253	155,222	3,954	159,176	63.86
Calvert	16,858	10,586	349	10,935	64.87
Caroline	5,973	3,467	149	3,616	60.54
Carroll	29,854	18,443	613	19,056	63.83
Cecil	19,975	10,549	351	10,900	54.57
Charles	26,511	15,547	522	16,069	60.61
Dorchester	9,433	5,720	232	5,952	63.10
Frederick	37,840	21,707	598	22,305	58.95
Garrett	4,665	2,427	121	2,548	54.62
Harford	55,472	36,318	1,139	37,457	67.52
Howard	62,156	40,849	1,544	42,393	68.20
Kent	5,789	3,845	193	4,038	69.75
Montgomery	230,231	152,506	5,731	158,237	68.73
Prince George's	239,846	148,139	2,606	150,745	62.85
Queen Anne's	9,555	6,393	264	6,657	69.67
St. Mary's	19,748	11,619	521	12,140	61.47
Somerset	6,938	3,737	179	3,916	56.44
Talbot	8,598	5,002	224	5,226	60.78
Washington	28,349	15,511	637	16,148	56.96
Wicomico	21,979	11,393	377	11,770	53.55
Worcester	14,016	8,235	534	8,769	62.56
Total	1,479,530	908,823	26,321	935,144	63.21

Republican Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	19,155	11,057	480	11,537	60.23
Anne Arundel	97,172	60,443	2,550	62,993	64.83
Baltimore City	27,988	13,181	702	13,883	49.60
Baltimore	112,080	66,689	2,836	69,525	62.03
Calvert	15,296	9,311	369	9,680	63.28
Caroline	4,701	2,835	131	2,966	63.09
Carroll	38,967	24,464	1,010	25,474	65.37
Cecil	14,574	7,729	286	8,015	55.00
Charles	22,843	12,958	571	13,529	59.23
Dorchester	5,021	3,123	159	3,282	65.37
Frederick	44,416	25,767	931	26,698	60.11
Garrett	9,460	5,403	287	5,690	60.15
Harford	44,804	29,696	1,169	30,865	68.89
Howard	47,853	30,068	1,436	31,504	65.83
Kent	3,794	2,398	160	2,558	67.42
Montgomery	127,697	78,965	3,816	82,781	64.83
Prince George's	53,991	30,820	1,400	32,220	59.68
Queen Anne's	8,316	5,581	267	5,848	70.32
St. Mary's	13,754	7,762	351	8,113	58.99
Somerset	3,403	2,118	108	2,226	65.41
Talbot	8,831	5,470	374	5,844	66.18
Washington	28,836	15,809	859	16,668	57.80
Wicomico	15,560	8,643	348	8,991	57.78
Worcester	9,733	5,625	422	6,047	62.13
Total	778,245	465,915	21,022	486,937	62.57

Reform Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	33	5	0	5	15.15
Anne Arundel	229	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	114	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	215	78	4	82	38.14
Calvert	12	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	25	0	0	0	0.00
Carroll	58	0	0	0	0.00
Cecil	29	7	0	7	24.14
Charles	44	13	0	13	29.55
Dorchester	91	16	0	16	17.58
Frederick	76	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	8	0	0	0	0.00
Harford	78	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	77	24	1	25	32.47
Kent	7	1	0	1	14.29
Montgomery	211	92	1	93	44.08
Prince George's	151	62	1	63	41.72
Queen Anne's	16	5	0	5	31.25
St. Mary's	33	0	0	0	0.00
Somerset	69	0	0	0	0.00
Talbot	10	0	0	0	0.00
Washington	59	12	1	13	22.03
Wicomico	58	24	0	24	41.38
Worcester	52	17	1	18	34.62
Total	1,755	356	9	365	20.80

Decline and Other Parties

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	3,147	864	18	882	28.03
Anne Arundel	32,508	14,716	309	15,025	46.22
Baltimore City	17,389	6,561	163	6,724	38.67
Baltimore	37,669	14,626	250	14,876	39.49
Calvert	4,809	2,101	62	2,163	44.98
Caroline	1,355	481	11	492	36.31
Carroll	8,116	3,538	79	3,617	44.57
Cecil	5,894	1,973	49	2,022	34.31
Charles	7,080	2,827	67	2,894	40.88
Dorchester	1,277	431	10	441	34.53
Frederick	14,227	5,253	103	5,356	37.65
Garrett	844	237	14	251	29.74
Harford	10,954	5,165	134	5,299	48.38
Howard	20,776	9,837	281	10,118	48.70
Kent	930	422	16	438	47.10
Montgomery	74,039	36,359	953	37,312	50.40
Prince George's	43,652	17,481	259	17,740	40.64
Queen Anne's	2,103	888	24	912	43.37
St. Mary's	4,392	1,759	82	1,841	41.92
Somerset	929	327	10	337	36.28
Talbot	2,263	920	37	957	42.29
Washington	7,783	2,224	67	2,291	29.44
Wicomico	4,794	1,317	28	1,345	28.06
Worcester	3,189	1,154	61	1,215	38.10
Total	310,119	131,461	3,087	134,548	43.39

All Registered Voters

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	40,313	21,901	849	22,750	56.43
Anne Arundel	248,077	150,597	5,009	155,606	62.72
Baltimore City	285,836	155,937	3,847	159,784	55.90
Baltimore	399,217	236,624	7,044	243,668	61.04
Calvert	36,975	21,998	780	22,778	61.60
Caroline	12,054	6,783	291	7,074	58.69
Carroll	76,995	46,445	1,702	48,147	62.53
Cecil	40,472	20,258	686	20,944	51.75
Charles	56,478	31,345	1,160	32,505	57.55
Dorchester	15,822	9,290	401	9,691	61.25
Frederick	96,559	52,727	1,632	54,359	56.30
Garrett	14,977	8,067	422	8,489	56.68
Harford	111,308	71,179	2,442	73,621	66.14
Howard	130,862	80,778	3,262	84,040	64.22
Kent	10,520	6,666	369	7,035	66.87
Montgomery	432,178	267,922	10,501	278,423	64.42
Prince George's	337,640	196,502	4,266	200,768	59.46
Queen Anne's	19,990	12,867	555	13,422	67.14
St. Mary's	37,927	21,140	954	22,094	58.25
Somerset	11,339	6,182	297	6,479	57.14
Talbot	19,702	11,392	635	12,027	61.04
Washington	65,027	33,556	1,564	35,120	54.01
Wicomico	42,391	21,377	753	22,130	52.20
Worcester	26,990	15,031	1,018	16,049	59.46
Total	2,569,649	1,506,555	50,439	1,556,994	60.59