2016 Election Results: Anne Arundel County Votes For Clinton

ANNAPOLIS, MD — While Maryland was reliably blue for Democratic candidates, Anne Arundel County was a much closer reflection of the national election outcome, with Hillary Clinton only narrowly edging out President Elect Donald Trump.

According to unofficial returns with all of the county's 195 precincts counted, Clinton received 116,074 or 48 percent of the county's votes, followed closely by Trump with 114,509 votes or 47 percent. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson garnered 9,365 votes for 4 percent, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein captured 2,991 votes or 1 percent.

Statewide, the former secretary of state garnered 1,037,334 votes for 62.8 percent of Maryland's votes, compared with 530,575 ballots, or 32.1 percent for the New York businessman.

You can check results for all races on the state election board's website; all results are unofficial so far. See national results.

Anne Arundel County also voted on six charter amendments tied to economic development and budgets. Five of the amendments were approved, although voters rejected Question C, which would have permitted the County Council to increase the minimum value of purchases and contracts requiring competitive bidding from $25,000 to an amount up to $75,000. That question on procurement received 48 percent approval, defeating the measure.

Five Anne Arundel County Board of Education members were up for retention and all kept their seats.
They are: at-large board member Tom Frank, 36.5 percent; at-large board member Julie Hummer, 37.5 percent; District 30 board member Maria Sasso, 74.2 percent; District 31 candidate Terry Gilleland, 73.9 percent; and District 33 board member Eric Grannon, 73 percent.

On the statewide ballot question that changes how Maryland fills a vacancy for attorney general or comptroller, Anne Arundel County voters approved the measure with 72.5 percent.

Towson University political science professor Antonio Campbell predicted Monday that Trump would win the presidency. And was not surprised — as many national pollsters and experts were — when he talked to Patch late Tuesday night.

“Once again it’s the economy,” Campbell said. “People are just dissatisfied across the country.”

Campbell said Clinton never connected with core groups who have traditionally voted for Democratic candidates, including blue-collar and union workers. On top of that, young people who voted for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stayed home in the general election, Campbell says, while women were confused on how Clinton could champion women’s rights when she attacked all of the women who accused her husband of sexual misconduct. So women either voted for Trump or sat out of the election, as well, he said.

One high-profile Anne Arundel County voter — Gov. Larry Hogan, who has said for months that he didn't support Trump and wouldn't vote for Clinton either — wrote in his father's name on his early voting ballot, a spokesman said. Former Rep. Lawrence Hogan earned his son's write-in vote for president.

The elder Hogan was a Republican Congressman from 1969 to 1975, and served as Prince George’s County executive from 1978 until 1982, says WTOP.

On Wednesday morning, Gov. Hogan congratulated Trump on his win. His statement says:

“I offer my congratulations to President-Elect Donald Trump and to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, and will work with the new administration on behalf of all Marylanders. Now is the time for all of us to come together to find real solutions to the problems we face as a country. For the past two years, our administration has been committed to working with both Democrats and Republicans to change Maryland for the better and that is exactly what we need to see more of in Washington, D.C. As we move forward, I encourage both parties to leave behind the divisive politics that have marred this election season and our nation for far too long and focus on doing what is best for America.”

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