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Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Howard County

COUNTY EXECUTIVE Results

Candidates for County Executive (Vote for one)
 Christopher J. Merdon Ken Ulman (Won) C. Stephen Wallis Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic Unknown  
Howard44,91054,0224,70135
Totals44,910 (43.3%) 54,022 (52.1%) 4,701 (4.5%) 35 (0.0%)

COUNTY COUNCIL Results

Candidates for County Council in Councilmanic District 001 (Vote for one)
 Tony Salazar Courtney Watson (Won) Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic  
Howard10,25711,24513
Totals10,257 (47.7%) 11,245 (52.3%) 13 (0.1%)
Candidates for County Council in Councilmanic District 002 (Vote for one)
 Gina Gabrielle Ellrich Calvin Ball (Won) Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic  
Howard6,6389,9079
Totals6,638 (40.1%) 9,907 (59.8%) 9 (0.1%)
Candidates for County Council in Councilmanic District 003 (Vote for one)
 Donna Thewes Jen Terrasa (Won) Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic  
Howard6,0379,84610
Totals6,037 (38.0%) 9,846 (62.0%) 10 (0.1%)
Candidates for County Council in Councilmanic District 004 (Vote for one)
 Tom D`Asto Mary Kay Sigaty (Won) Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic  
Howard7,57613,79828
Totals7,576 (35.4%) 13,798 (64.5%) 28 (0.1%)
Candidates for County Council in Councilmanic District 005 (Vote for one)
 Greg Fox (Won) Don Dunn Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic  
Howard15,6009,56028
Totals15,600 (61.9%) 9,560 (38.0%) 28 (0.1%)

JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Results

Candidates for Judge of the Circuit Court in Judicial Circuit 05 (Vote for two)
 Louis A. Becker (Won) Richard S. Bernhardt (Won) David Titman Other Write-Ins
Howard53,02453,68739,146325
Totals53,024 (36.3%) 53,687 (36.7%) 39,146 (26.8%) 325 (0.2%)

STATE'S ATTORNEY Results

Candidates for State's Attorney (Vote for one)
 Tim McCrone (Won) Other Write-Ins
 Democratic  
Howard75,807874
Totals75,807 (98.9%) 874 (1.1%)

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Results

Candidates for Clerk of the Circuit Court (Vote for one)
 Margaret D. Rappaport (Won) Leslie J. Cale Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic  
Howard52,27945,59341
Totals52,279 (53.4%) 45,593 (46.6%) 41 (0.0%)

REGISTER OF WILLS Results

Candidates for Register of Wills (Vote for one)
 Kay K. Hartleb (Won) Lawrence M. Blickman Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic  
Howard48,85846,47953
Totals48,858 (51.2%) 46,479 (48.7%) 53 (0.1%)

JUDGE OF THE ORPHANS' COURT Results

Candidates for Judge of the Orphans' Court (Vote for three)
 Charles M. Coles, Jr. Joyce C. Pope (Won) Jay Fred Cohen (Won) Sherae M. McNeal (Won) Other Write-Ins
 Republican Republican Democratic Democratic  
Howard44,35653,18453,34457,180484
Totals44,356 (21.3%) 53,184 (25.5%) 53,344 (25.6%) 57,180 (27.4%) 484 (0.2%)

SHERIFF Results

Candidates for Sheriff (Vote for one)
 Timothy Galt James F. Fitzgerald (Won) Charles "Chuck" Cave Other Write-Ins
 Republican Democratic (Write In)
Republican		  
Howard33,22259,5612,774731
Totals33,222 (34.5%) 59,561 (61.9%) 2,774 (2.9%) 731 (0.8%)

BOARD OF EDUCATION Results

Continued below
 Frank Aquino (Won) Larry Cohen (Won) Allen Dyer Sandra H. French (Won) Ellen Flynn Giles (Won) Patricia S. Gordon (Won)
 Non-Partisan Non-Partisan Non-Partisan Non-Partisan Non-Partisan Non-Partisan
Howard45,33638,47425,90944,68736,16739,287
Totals45,336 (13.5%) 38,474 (11.5%) 25,909 (7.7%) 44,687 (13.3%) 36,167 (10.8%) 39,287 (11.7%)
Joshua M. Kaufman Roger J. Lerner Janet Siddiqui Di Zou Don Marston, Jr. Other Write-Ins
 Non-Partisan Non-Partisan Non-Partisan Non-Partisan (Write In)
Non-Partisan		  
Howard33,17321,00035,01815,777251476
Totals33,173 (9.9%) 21,000 (6.3%) 35,018 (10.4%) 15,777 (4.7%) 251 (0.1%) 476 (0.1%)
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