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1998 Gubernatorial Election

Voter Turnout by Congressional District

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

Democratic Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	68,216	23,780	591	24,371	35.73
Baltimore City	2,500	645	18	663	26.52
Caroline	5,914	1,604	55	1,659	28.05
Cecil	19,747	6,630	211	6,841	34.64
Dorchester	9,277	4,180	133	4,313	46.49
Kent	5,732	2,808	131	2,939	51.27
Queen Anne's	9,442	3,524	114	3,638	38.53
Somerset	6,716	1,624	37	1,661	24.73
Talbot	8,483	2,547	75	2,622	30.91
Wicomico	21,831	5,755	133	5,888	26.97
Worcester	13,796	4,363	180	4,543	32.93
Total	171,654	57,460	1,678	59,138	34.45

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	13,241	5,084	77	5,161	38.98
Baltimore	119,954	33,414	850	34,264	28.56
Harford	55,127	17,895	480	18,375	33.33
Total	188,322	56,393	1,407	57,800	30.69

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	14,895	5,475	120	5,595	37.56
Baltimore City	79,449	24,559	509	25,068	31.55
Baltimore	78,616	21,978	440	22,418	28.52
Howard	29,946	8,907	215	9,122	30.46
Total	202,906	60,919	1,284	62,203	30.66

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	50,068	16,725	325	17,050	34.05
Prince George's	146,362	42,070	595	42,665	29.15
Total	196,430	58,795	920	59,715	30.40

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	20,648	6,238	133	6,371	30.86
Calvert	16,595	5,970	155	6,125	36.91
Charles	26,073	6,000	243	6,243	23.94
Prince George's	88,797	24,968	444	25,412	28.62
St. Mary's	19,466	7,356	267	7,623	39.16
Total	171,579	50,532	1,242	51,774	30.18

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	17,928	6,864	202	7,066	39.41
Carroll	29,831	8,488	307	8,795	29.48
Frederick	37,537	9,415	201	9,616	25.62
Garrett	4,635	1,938	75	2,013	43.43
Howard	31,412	8,854	243	9,097	28.96
Washington	28,132	9,839	324	10,163	36.13
Total	149,475	45,398	1,352	46,750	31.28

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	153,694	45,715	903	46,618	30.33
Baltimore	48,317	13,176	198	13,374	27.68
Total	202,011	58,891	1,101	59,992	29.70

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	177,795	56,907	1,528	58,435	32.87

Republican Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	55,650	16,581	473	17,054	30.65
Baltimore City	600	168	1	169	28.17
Caroline	4,630	1,261	23	1,284	27.73
Cecil	14,405	3,534	71	3,605	25.03
Dorchester	4,960	1,810	48	1,858	37.46
Kent	3,760	1,520	93	1,613	42.90
Queen Anne's	8,139	2,763	63	2,826	34.72
Somerset	3,342	955	20	975	29.17
Talbot	8,653	2,617	109	2,726	31.50
Wicomico	15,407	3,637	99	3,736	24.25
Worcester	9,562	2,168	75	2,243	23.46
Total	129,108	37,014	1,075	38,089	29.50

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	11,284	3,793	94	3,887	34.45
Baltimore	66,235	18,622	607	19,229	29.03
Harford	43,913	15,602	427	16,029	36.50
Total	121,432	38,017	1,128	39,145	32.24

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	8,588	2,743	61	2,804	32.65
Baltimore City	14,771	3,551	149	3,700	25.05
Baltimore	29,509	6,883	155	7,038	23.85
Howard	17,649	4,918	154	5,072	28.74
Total	70,517	18,095	519	18,614	26.40

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	15,902	3,881	117	3,998	25.14
Prince George's	17,146	2,964	183	3,147	18.35
Total	33,048	6,845	300	7,145	21.62

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	20,273	5,446	113	5,559	27.42
Calvert	15,010	3,902	87	3,989	26.58
Charles	22,524	4,763	170	4,933	21.90
Prince George's	36,251	6,961	240	7,201	19.86
St. Mary's	13,473	3,619	159	3,778	28.04
Total	107,531	24,691	769	25,460	23.68

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	19,055	7,630	182	7,812	41.00
Carroll	38,247	13,707	480	14,187	37.09
Frederick	43,504	13,618	304	13,922	32.00
Garrett	9,356	5,163	221	5,384	57.55
Howard	29,370	9,784	362	10,146	34.55
Washington	28,546	9,487	311	9,798	34.32
Total	168,078	59,389	1,860	61,249	36.44

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	12,020	2,170	234	2,404	20.00
Baltimore	14,903	3,805	108	3,913	26.26
Total	26,923	5,975	342	6,317	23.46

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	110,760	27,964	789	28,753	25.96

Reform Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	126	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	3	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	26	0	0	0	0.00
Cecil	29	0	0	0	0.00
Dorchester	93	0	0	0	0.00
Kent	7	0	0	0	0.00
Queen Anne's	14	0	0	0	0.00
Somerset	69	0	0	0	0.00
Talbot	10	0	0	0	0.00
Wicomico	56	0	0	0	0.00
Worcester	49	0	0	0	0.00
Total	482	0	0	0	0.00

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	19	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	106	0	0	0	0.00
Harford	75	0	0	0	0.00
Total	200	0	0	0	0.00

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	28	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	41	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	60	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	31	0	0	0	0.00
Total	160	0	0	0	0.00

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	26	2	0	2	7.69
Prince George's	74	0	0	0	0.00
Total	100	2	0	2	2.00

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	36	0	0	0	0.00
Calvert	12	0	0	0	0.00
Charles	41	0	0	0	0.00
Prince George's	59	0	0	0	0.00
St. Mary's	31	0	0	0	0.00
Total	179	0	0	0	0.00

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	32	0	0	0	0.00
Carroll	59	0	0	0	0.00
Frederick	73	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	9	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	41	0	0	0	0.00
Washington	55	0	0	0	0.00
Total	269	0	0	0	0.00

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	51	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	28	0	0	0	0.00
Total	79	0	0	0	0.00

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	182	16	1	17	9.34

Decline and Other Parties

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	0	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cecil	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dorchester	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kent	924	59	3	62	6.71
Queen Anne's	0	0	0	0	0.00
Somerset	0	0	0	0	0.00
Talbot	0	0	0	0	0.00
Wicomico	0	0	0	0	0.00
Worcester	0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	924	59	3	62	6.71

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0.00
Harford	0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	0	0	0	0	0.00

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	0	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	9,652	303	6	309	3.20
Total	9,652	303	6	309	3.20

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	12,223	742	9	751	6.14
Prince George's	21,780	0	3	3	0.01
Total	34,003	742	12	754	2.22

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Calvert	0	0	0	0	0.00
Charles	6,952	242	9	251	3.61
Prince George's	21,303	0	11	11	0.05
St. Mary's	4,390	77	4	81	1.85
Total	32,645	319	24	343	1.05

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	3,127	192	4	196	6.27
Carroll	8,060	359	8	367	4.55
Frederick	0	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	0	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	10,834	308	12	320	2.95
Washington	7,656	327	10	337	4.40
Total	29,677	1,186	34	1,220	4.11

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	0	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	0	0	0	0	0.00

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	61,016	3,230	41	3,271	5.36

All Registered Voters

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	123,992	40,361	1,064	41,425	33.41
Baltimore City	3,103	813	19	832	26.81
Caroline	10,570	2,865	78	2,943	27.84
Cecil	34,181	10,164	282	10,446	30.56
Dorchester	14,330	5,990	181	6,171	43.06
Kent	10,423	4,387	227	4,614	44.27
Queen Anne's	17,595	6,287	177	6,464	36.74
Somerset	10,127	2,579	57	2,636	26.03
Talbot	17,146	5,164	184	5,348	31.19
Wicomico	37,294	9,392	232	9,624	25.81
Worcester	23,407	6,531	255	6,786	28.99
Total	302,168	94,533	2,756	97,289	32.20

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	24,544	8,877	171	9,048	36.86
Baltimore	186,295	52,036	1,457	53,493	28.71
Harford	99,115	33,497	907	34,404	34.71
Total	309,954	94,410	2,535	96,945	31.28

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	23,511	8,218	181	8,399	35.72
Baltimore City	94,261	28,110	658	28,768	30.52
Baltimore	108,185	28,861	595	29,456	27.23
Howard	57,278	14,128	375	14,503	25.32
Total	283,235	79,317	1,809	81,126	28.64

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	78,219	21,350	451	21,801	27.87
Prince George's	185,362	45,034	781	45,815	24.72
Total	263,581	66,384	1,232	67,616	25.65

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	40,957	11,684	246	11,930	29.13
Calvert	31,617	9,872	242	10,114	31.99
Charles	55,590	11,005	422	11,427	20.56
Prince George's	146,410	31,929	692	32,621	22.28
St. Mary's	37,360	11,052	430	11,482	30.73
Total	311,934	75,542	2,032	77,574	24.87

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	40,142	14,686	388	15,074	37.55
Carroll	76,197	22,554	795	23,349	30.64
Frederick	81,114	23,033	505	23,538	29.02
Garrett	14,000	7,101	296	7,397	52.84
Howard	71,657	18,946	617	19,563	27.30
Washington	64,389	19,653	645	20,298	31.52
Total	347,499	105,973	3,246	109,219	31.43

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	165,765	47,885	1,137	49,022	29.57
Baltimore	63,248	16,981	306	17,287	27.33
Total	229,013	64,866	1,443	66,309	28.95

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	349,753	88,117	2,359	90,476	25.87