Politics & Government

Haire Leads McMillan In Tight GOP Race For AA County Exec

Incumbent Steaurt Pittman, a Democrat, is running unopposed for Anne Arundel county executive.

The Anne Arundel County primary election will decide each party's nominees for local, state and federal races.
The Anne Arundel County primary election will decide each party's nominees for local, state and federal races. (Jacob Baumgart/Patch)

Updated at 9:20 a.m Wednesday

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — After Maryland's polls closed Tuesday at 8 p.m., officials worked late into the night and early morning hours of Wednesday to count ballots to see who would claim victory in the primary elections in Anne Arundel County.

The local ballot features races for county, state and federal government. The highest positions available at each level are Anne Arundel County executive, Maryland governor and U.S. senator.

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With all 195 election day precincts reporting, as of 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, Republican candidate for county executive Jessica Haire was leading fellow GOP candidates with 12,321 votes (43.09%). Herb McMillan was close in second place with 11,457 votes (40.07%). John J. Grasso (3,484 votes), Fernando Berra, III (835 votes) and Chris Jahn (495 votes) and remained far behind.

The Democratic incumbent, Steuart Pittman, has 22,530 votes. He is running unopposed.

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Scroll down for full chart of Anne Arundel County election results.

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County Executive

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Fernando Berra, III
Republican 137 608 NR 745 2.92%
John J. Grasso
Republican 582 2,580 NR 3,162 12.40%
Jessica Haire
Republican 2,370 8,665 NR 11,035 43.27%
Chris Jahn
Republican 79 360 NR 439 1.72%
Herb McMillan
Republican 2,061 8,062 NR 10,123 39.69%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Steuart Pittman
Democratic 5,430 14,363 NR 19,793 100.00%

County Council

District 1

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(23 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Jeremy M. Shifflett
Republican 351 1,569 NR 1,920 100.00%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(23 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Pete Smith
Democratic 700 1,977 NR 2,677 100.00%

District 2

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(21 of 24 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Noel J. Smith
Republican 421 1,822 NR 2,243 100.00%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(21 of 24 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Allison Pickard
Democratic 527 1,725 NR 2,252 100.00%

District 3

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(21 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Nathan Volke
Republican 680 3,905 NR 4,585 100.00%

District 4

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(19 of 24 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Cheryl Renshaw
Republican 162 511 NR 673 52.91%
Thomas Dale Wieland
Republican 167 432 NR 599 47.09%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(19 of 24 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
John C. Dove, Jr.
Democratic 492 810 NR 1,302 38.44%
James R. Estepp
Democratic 148 421 NR 569 16.80%
Julie Hummer
Democratic 351 913 NR 1,264 37.32%
Ash Khan
Democratic 71 181 NR 252 7.44%

District 5

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(37 of 37 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Amanda Fiedler
Republican 879 3,872 NR 4,751 100.00%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(37 of 37 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Carl James Neimeyer
Democratic 761 2,690 NR 3,451 100.00%

District 6

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(30 of 35 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Mike Pantelides
Republican 625 2,062 NR 2,687 100.00%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(30 of 35 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Lisa Brannigan Rodvien
Democratic 1,018 2,544 NR 3,562 100.00%

District 7

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(20 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Shannon Leadbetter
Republican 566 1,295 NR 1,861 38.94%
Cailey Locklair
Republican 423 1,057 NR 1,480 30.97%
Dawn Pulliam
Republican 428 1,010 NR 1,438 30.09%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(20 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Shawn Livingston
Democratic 926 1,748 NR 2,674 100.00%

State's Attorney

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Anne Colt Leitess
Democratic 5,274 14,067 NR 19,341 100.00%

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Terry R. Gilleland, Jr.
Republican 4,267 16,101 NR 20,368 100.00%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Scott Poyer
Democratic 5,168 13,758 NR 18,926 100.00%

Register of Wills

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Lauren M. Parker
Republican 4,335 16,347 NR 20,682 100.00%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Erica Griswold
Democratic 5,183 13,852 NR 19,035 100.00%

Judge of the Orphans' Court

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 3

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Tom Angelis
Republican 1,483 5,776 NR 7,259 13.47%
Maureen Carr-York
Republican 2,667 9,116 NR 11,783 21.86%
Tony McConkey
Republican 2,081 8,195 NR 10,276 19.06%
Nancy Phelps
Republican 3,245 11,394 NR 14,639 27.16%
Alan Rzepkowski
Republican 2,245 7,700 NR 9,945 18.45%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 3

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
David Duba
Democratic 4,598 11,716 NR 16,314 32.09%
Vickie Gipson
Democratic 4,988 13,215 NR 18,203 35.81%
Marc Knapp
Democratic 4,593 11,724 NR 16,317 32.10%

Sheriff

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Joe Delimater
Republican 329 1,511 NR 1,840 8.07%
Jim Fredericks
Republican 3,128 11,020 NR 14,148 62.08%
James H. McNeill
Republican 837 3,281 NR 4,118 18.07%
Warren Darlington Porter, Jr.
Republican 448 2,237 NR 2,685 11.78%

Democratic Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Everett Sesker
Democratic 5,101 13,548 NR 18,649 100.00%

Republican Central Committee At Large

Republican Candidates - Vote for 1

(171 of 195 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Nathan Volke
Republican 4,349 16,442 NR 20,791 100.00%

Republican Central Committee

District 1

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(23 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Robert Andre Borochok
Republican 206 1,012 NR 1,218 34.09%
Zachary Michael Jacobs
Republican 262 1,245 NR 1,507 42.18%
Aysia Rodriguez
Republican 180 668 NR 848 23.73%

District 2

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(21 of 24 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Mary Phelps
Republican 406 1,773 NR 2,179 52.52%
Vince Skretch
Republican 361 1,609 NR 1,970 47.48%

District 3

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(21 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Brian Griffiths
Republican 164 919 NR 1,083 12.89%
Susannah F. W. Kipke
Republican 474 2,472 NR 2,946 35.05%
Faith Loudon
Republican 355 2,122 NR 2,477 29.47%
Jon B. McCruden
Republican 45 284 NR 329 3.91%
William Smith
Republican 142 1,234 NR 1,376 16.37%
Jeremy C. Washington
Republican 38 155 NR 193 2.30%

District 4

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(19 of 24 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
George Mathews
Republican 176 491 NR 667 30.87%
Tracy Daniel Mathews
Republican 180 501 NR 681 31.51%
Anna Poulin
Republican 212 601 NR 813 37.62%

District 5

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(37 of 37 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Bill Love
Republican 199 900 NR 1,099 13.09%
Susan McConkey
Republican 442 1,904 NR 2,346 27.94%
Andy Owen
Republican 211 817 NR 1,028 12.24%
Anne E. Rutherford
Republican 389 1,801 NR 2,190 26.08%
Daniel C. Smith
Republican 124 544 NR 668 7.96%
Peggy Williams
Republican 218 848 NR 1,066 12.70%

District 6

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(30 of 35 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
James Appel
Republican 267 803 NR 1,070 22.93%
Matthew B. Pipkin, Jr.
Republican 261 837 NR 1,098 23.53%
Dana L. Schulze
Republican 344 1,192 NR 1,536 32.92%
Michael Vernon
Republican 202 760 NR 962 20.62%

District 7

Republican Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(20 of 25 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Tom Angelis
Republican 421 889 NR 1,310 18.51%
Frank DiTraglia
Republican 312 690 NR 1,002 14.16%
Kate Lyng
Republican 351 905 NR 1,256 17.75%
Mark Mccleskey
Republican 251 599 NR 850 12.01%
David Wayne Morsberger
Republican 338 747 NR 1,085 15.33%
Jason Trott
Republican 499 1,074 NR 1,573 22.23%

Democratic Central Committee

District 12

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(11 of 13 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Anderson Jean (Male)
Democratic 273 798 NR 1,071 100.00%

District 21

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 2

(7 of 8 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Joseph Nagro (Male)
Democratic 255 646 NR 901 100.00%

District 30

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 4

(35 of 42 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Dylan Behler (Male)
Democratic 1,329 3,012 NR 4,341 49.67%
Scott W. MacMullan (Male)
Democratic 1,349 3,049 NR 4,398 50.33%

District 31

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 4

(42 of 46 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Conor Curran (Male)
Democratic 608 2,104 NR 2,712 35.47%
Dan Glennon (Male)
Democratic 558 1,929 NR 2,487 32.53%
Enie Nwankwo (Male)
Democratic 561 1,886 NR 2,447 32.00%

District 32

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 4

(32 of 35 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Yemi Adetola (Male)
Democratic 926 2,579 NR 3,505 30.81%
Jenese Jones Oden (Female)
Democratic 1,123 3,253 NR 4,376 38.47%
Adam Spangler (Male)
Democratic 923 2,571 NR 3,494 30.72%

District 33

Democratic Candidates - Vote for up to 4

(44 of 51 election day precincts reported)

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Name Party Early VotingElection DayMail-In Ballot / Provisional Total Percentage
Chuck Cook (Male)
Democratic 732 1,641 NR 2,373 13.93%
M. James Faison (Male)
Democratic 898 1,925 NR 2,823 16.58%
Joe Franco (Male)
Democratic 901 2,072 NR 2,973 17.46%
Priscilla Monroe (Female)
Democratic 1,376 3,133 NR 4,509 26.48%
Samantha Zwerling (Female)
Democratic 1,316 3,037 NR 4,353 25.56%

Who Ran For County Government?

All the candidates are posted below. The names of incumbents are bolded and starred.
Patch asked every county executive and County Council candidate to complete a questionnaire. The names of candidates who completed our survey are linked to their responses.

We also included all the campaign websites listed on the Maryland State Board of Elections candidate portal.

County Executive

County Council District 1

County Council District 2

County Council District 3

County Council District 4

County Council District 5

County Council District 6

County Council District 7

County State's Attorney

  • Anne Colt Leitess* (D): AnneArundelAnne.com

Sheriff

Who Is Running For State Government?

Governor

Comptroller

Attorney General

State Senate District 12

State Senate District 21

State Senate District 30

State Senate District 31

State Senate District 32

State Senate District 33

  • Sid Saab (R): sidsaab.com (Saab was the delegate for District 33, but he is now running to be the area's state senator)
  • Dawn D. Gile (D): dawngile.com

State House District 12B

  • Ashley P. Arias (R)
  • David R. Buchanan (R)
  • Victor Henderson (R)
  • Ronald A. Imbragulio Sr. (R)
  • Jeff Garcia (D): jeffformd.com
  • Daniel J. McGinty (D)
  • Gary Simmons (D): electgarysimmons.com

State House District 21

State House District 30A

State House District 30B

State House District 31

State House District 32

State House District 33A

State House District 33B

State House District 33C

Who Is Running For Federal Government?

U.S. Senate

U.S. House District 3

U.S. House District 5

Is Anybody Else Running?

Yes. Several court positions and party central committee seats are also on the ballot. A full list of every race in Maryland is posted at this link.
For any other questions, visit elections.maryland.gov.

When Will The Results Be Certified?

The Maryland State Board of Elections expects to certify the final results during the week of Aug. 8. Leaders will announce the unofficial early voting and election day results on Tuesday evening, but they still have to count the mail-in, dropbox and provisional ballots.
State law says these tallies must start and end on specific dates after election day. That means the final and official results will come a few weeks after voters hit the polls.

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