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Elections

Official 2008 Presidential General Election results for Baltimore County


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NR: not reported

President of the United States

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Obama/ Biden Winner Selected     
Democratic 197,346 16,805 214,151 56.2%
McCain/ Palin
Republican 148,191 10,523 158,714 41.7%
McKinney/ Clemente
Green 862 50 912 0.2%
Barr/ Root
Libertarian 1,768 125 1,893 0.5%
Nader/ Gonzalez
Independent 2,510 175 2,685 0.7%
Baldwin/ Castle
Constitution 579 33 612 0.2%
Donald K. Allen (Write In)
Unaffiliated 1 0 1 0.0%
Jose M. Aparicio (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Lawson Mitchell Bone (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Theodis (Ted) Brown, Sr. (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
James D. Criveau (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
RaeDeen R. Heupel (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Ronald G. Hobbs (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Charles Jay (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Keith Russell Judd (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Alan Keyes (Write In)
Unaffiliated 6 0 6 0.0%
Monroe Lee (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Brian Moore (Write In)
Unaffiliated 1 1 2 0.0%
Frank Moore (Write In)
Unaffiliated 1 0 1 0.0%
Joe Schriner (Write In)
Unaffiliated 1 0 1 0.0%
David Jon Sponheim (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Lynne A. Starr (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Blaine Taylor (Write In)
Unaffiliated 6 3 9 0.0%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 1,772 179 1,951 0.5%

Representative in Congress

Congressional District 1

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. Winner Selected     
Democratic 13,880 1,278 15,158 40.7%
Andy Harris
Republican 19,659 1,498 21,157 56.8%
Richard James Davis
Libertarian 825 92 917 2.5%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 24 3 27 0.1%

Congressional District 2

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger Winner Selected     
Democratic 104,276 6,931 111,207 70.9%
Richard Pryce Matthews
Republican 37,984 2,473 40,457 25.8%
Lorenzo Gaztanaga
Libertarian 4,769 282 5,051 3.2%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 194 21 215 0.1%

Congressional District 3

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
John P. Sarbanes Winner Selected     
Democratic 54,136 5,333 59,469 71.0%
Thomas E. "Pinkston" Harris
Republican 22,247 1,785 24,032 28.7%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 184 19 203 0.2%

Congressional District 6

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Jennifer P. Dougherty
Democratic 5,584 544 6,128 34.2%
Roscoe Bartlett Winner Selected     
Republican 10,356 754 11,110 62.0%
Gary W. Hoover, Sr.
Libertarian 610 56 666 3.7%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 15 2 17 0.1%

Congressional District 7

(Vote for One)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Elijah Cummings Winner Selected     
Democratic 43,576 3,807 47,383 79.2%
Michael T. Hargadon
Republican 10,437 979 11,416 19.1%
Ronald M. Owens-Bey
Libertarian 914 90 1,004 1.7%
Ray Bly (Write In)
Unaffiliated 1 0 1 0.0%
Charles U. Smith (Write In)
Unaffiliated 3 0 3 0.0%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 36 6 42 0.1%

Judge of the Circuit Court

Judicial Circuit 3

(Vote for No More Than Two)
Name Party Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Thomas J. Bollinger, Sr. Winner Selected     
N/A 226,038 16,650 242,688 54.8%
Pat Stringer Winner Selected     
N/A 183,949 14,042 197,991 44.7%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 2,072 354 2,426 0.5%

Judge, Court of Appeals

Appellate Circuit 2

Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. Winner Selected     
Vote Yes or No
(For continuance in office)
Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Yes 232,282 18,308 250,590 84.2%
No 44,066 2,890 46,956 15.8%

Judge, Court of Special Appeals At Large

Deborah Eyler Winner Selected     
Vote Yes or No
(For continuance in office)
Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Yes 230,069 18,142 248,211 84.6%
No 42,295 2,906 45,201 15.4%

Robert A. Zarnoch Winner Selected     
Vote Yes or No
(For continuance in office)
Election Day Absentee / Provisional Total Percentage
Yes 219,341 16,951 236,292 82.0%
No 48,131 3,585 51,716 18.0%



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