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1998 Gubernatorial Election

Statewide Voter Turnout

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

Democratic Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	17,928	6,864	202	7,066	39.41
Anne Arundel	117,000	40,577	921	41,498	35.47
Baltimore City	235,643	70,919	1,430	72,349	30.70
Baltimore	246,887	68,568	1,488	70,056	28.38
Calvert	16,595	5,970	155	6,125	36.91
Caroline	5,914	1,604	55	1,659	28.05
Carroll	29,831	8,488	307	8,795	29.48
Cecil	19,747	6,630	211	6,841	34.64
Charles	26,073	6,000	243	6,243	23.94
Dorchester	9,277	4,180	133	4,313	46.49
Frederick	37,537	9,415	201	9,616	25.62
Garrett	4,635	1,938	75	2,013	43.43
Harford	55,127	17,895	480	18,375	33.33
Howard	61,358	17,761	458	18,219	29.69
Kent	5,732	2,808	131	2,939	51.27
Montgomery	227,863	73,632	1,853	75,485	33.13
Prince George's	235,159	67,038	1,039	68,077	28.95
Queen Anne's	9,442	3,524	114	3,638	38.53
St. Mary's	19,466	7,356	267	7,623	39.16
Somerset	6,716	1,624	37	1,661	24.73
Talbot	8,483	2,547	75	2,622	30.91
Washington	28,132	9,839	324	10,163	36.13
Wicomico	21,831	5,755	133	5,888	26.97
Worcester	13,796	4,363	180	4,543	32.93
Total	1,460,172	445,295	10,512	455,807	31.22

Republican Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	19,055	7,630	182	7,812	41.00
Anne Arundel	95,795	28,563	741	29,304	30.59
Baltimore City	27,391	5,889	384	6,273	22.90
Baltimore	110,647	29,310	870	30,180	27.28
Calvert	15,010	3,902	87	3,989	26.58
Caroline	4,630	1,261	23	1,284	27.73
Carroll	38,247	13,707	480	14,187	37.09
Cecil	14,405	3,534	71	3,605	25.03
Charles	22,524	4,763	170	4,933	21.90
Dorchester	4,960	1,810	48	1,858	37.46
Frederick	43,504	13,618	304	13,922	32.00
Garrett	9,356	5,163	221	5,384	57.55
Harford	43,913	15,602	427	16,029	36.50
Howard	47,019	14,702	516	15,218	32.37
Kent	3,760	1,520	93	1,613	42.90
Montgomery	126,662	31,845	906	32,751	25.86
Prince George's	53,397	9,925	423	10,348	19.38
Queen Anne's	8,139	2,763	63	2,826	34.72
St. Mary's	13,473	3,619	159	3,778	28.04
Somerset	3,342	955	20	975	29.17
Talbot	8,653	2,617	109	2,726	31.50
Washington	28,546	9,487	311	9,798	34.32
Wicomico	15,407	3,637	99	3,736	24.25
Worcester	9,562	2,168	75	2,243	23.46
Total	767,397	217,990	6,782	224,772	29.29

Reform Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	32	0	0	0	0.00
Anne Arundel	209	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	95	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	194	0	0	0	0.00
Calvert	12	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	26	0	0	0	0.00
Carroll	59	0	0	0	0.00
Cecil	29	0	0	0	0.00
Charles	41	0	0	0	0.00
Dorchester	93	0	0	0	0.00
Frederick	73	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	9	0	0	0	0.00
Harford	75	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	72	0	0	0	0.00
Kent	7	0	0	0	0.00
Montgomery	208	18	1	19	9.13
Prince George's	133	0	0	0	0.00
Queen Anne's	14	0	0	0	0.00
St. Mary's	31	0	0	0	0.00
Somerset	69	0	0	0	0.00
Talbot	10	0	0	0	0.00
Washington	55	0	0	0	0.00
Wicomico	56	0	0	0	0.00
Worcester	49	0	0	0	0.00
Total	1,651	18	1	19	1.15

Decline and Other Parties

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	3,127	192	4	196	6.27
Anne Arundel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	0	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0.00
Calvert	0	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	0	0	0	0	0.00
Carroll	8,060	359	8	367	4.55
Cecil	0	0	0	0	0.00
Charles	6,952	242	9	251	3.61
Dorchester	0	0	0	0	0.00
Frederick	0	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	0	0	0	0	0.00
Harford	0	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	20,486	611	18	629	3.07
Kent	924	59	3	62	6.71
Montgomery	73,239	3,972	50	4,022	5.49
Prince George's	43,083	0	14	14	0.03
Queen Anne's	0	0	0	0	0.00
St. Mary's	4,390	77	4	81	1.85
Somerset	0	0	0	0	0.00
Talbot	0	0	0	0	0.00
Washington	7,656	327	10	337	4.40
Wicomico	0	0	0	0	0.00
Worcester	0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	167,917	5,839	120	5,959	3.55

All Registered Voters

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	40,142	14,686	388	15,074	37.55
Anne Arundel	213,004	69,140	1,662	70,802	33.24
Baltimore City	263,129	76,808	1,814	78,622	29.88
Baltimore	357,728	97,878	2,358	100,236	28.02
Calvert	31,617	9,872	242	10,114	31.99
Caroline	10,570	2,865	78	2,943	27.84
Carroll	76,197	22,554	795	23,349	30.64
Cecil	34,181	10,164	282	10,446	30.56
Charles	55,590	11,005	422	11,427	20.56
Dorchester	14,330	5,990	181	6,171	43.06
Frederick	81,114	23,033	505	23,538	29.02
Garrett	14,000	7,101	296	7,397	52.84
Harford	99,115	33,497	907	34,404	34.71
Howard	128,935	33,074	992	34,066	26.42
Kent	10,423	4,387	227	4,614	44.27
Montgomery	427,972	109,467	2,810	112,277	26.23
Prince George's	331,772	76,963	1,473	78,436	23.64
Queen Anne's	17,595	6,287	177	6,464	36.74
St. Mary's	37,360	11,052	430	11,482	30.73
Somerset	10,127	2,579	57	2,636	26.03
Talbot	17,146	5,164	184	5,348	31.19
Washington	64,389	19,653	645	20,298	31.52
Wicomico	37,294	9,392	232	9,624	25.81
Worcester	23,407	6,531	255	6,786	28.99
Total	2,397,137	669,142	17,413	686,555	28.64