Washington County Election Recap

HAGERSTOWN, MD News (11/9/2022) – Election day is over, the ballots are counted, and the results are in. While it’s possible for some races to shift based on mail-in and provisional ballots, let’s take a look at what we do know about Washington County in the 2022 Gubernatorial Election.

These results are not final, as there are a significant number of mail-in ballots left to count.

County	Ballots Left
Allegany	2,135
Frederick	14,253
Garret	1,551
Montgomery	40,776
Washington	4,950

As of November 7th, there were 4,950 mail-in ballots left to count for Washington County, and an unknown number of provisional ballots were case on November 8th. The ballots appear to be approximately 1.6 Democrat ballots for every 1 Republican ballots, meaning that the mail-in ballots will likely lean Democrat for Washington County. However, the state has not released how many of those ballots are Democrat or Republican. The state has also not released how many of the Montgomery County mail-in ballots are within Congressional District 6.

The following are unofficial results as of 11/9/22, and subject to change as more ballots are processed.

Representative in Congress

Congressional District 6

Name	Total	Percentage
Neil C. Parrott (R) ?	102,669	51.07%
David J. Trone (D)	98,122	48.81%

With over 20,000 mail-in ballots left for Allegany, Garrett, Frederick, and Washington Counties, as well as an unknown number of mail-in ballots for the CD6 segment of Montgomery County, this race is still too close to call. Parrott currently leads by 4,547 votes, but with mail-in ballots leaning Democratic there is a chance that Trone could take the lead.

Maryland State Senator

District 1

Name	Votes	Percent
Mike McKay (R) ✓	30,566	76.75%
Michael Dreisbach (D)	9,194	23.09%

District 2

Name	Votes	Percent
Paul D. Corderman (R) ✓	22,641	67.83%
Shawn Demetrious Perry (D)	10,713	32.10%

With significant leads, McKay and Corderman can be safely declared the winners of District 1 and District 2 State Senator races.

Maryland House of Delegates

District 1C

Name	Votes	Percent
Terry L. Baker (R) ✓	10,713	78.07%
Carrie R. Hinton (D)	2,740	19.97%
Charlotte McBrearty (G)	263	1.92%

With a significant lead, Baker can be safely declared the winner of the District 1C Delegate race.

District 2A

Name	Votes	Percent
William Valentine (R) ✓	17,229	49.86%
William Joseph Wivell (R) ✓	16,8207	48.68%

Both Valentine and Wivell will be District 2A delegates, with no other candidates opposing them.

District 2B

Name	Votes	Percent
Brenda J. Thiam (R)	3,731	49.70%
Brooke Grossman (D) ?	3,765	50.15%

Currently Grossman has a 34 vote lead over incumbent Thiam. However, with mail-in and provisional ballots remaining, it’s unclear if Grossman will retain that lead.

County Commissioner

Name	Votes	Percent
John F. Barr (R) ✓	27,121	17.38%
Jeffrey A. Cline (R) ✓	26,933	17.26%
Derek Harvey (R) ✓	24,088	15.44%
Wayne Keefer (R) ✓	25,553	16.37%
Randall Wagner (R) ✓	25,566	16.38%
Sterling Sanders (D)	12,653	8.11%
Dave Williams (D)	13,581	8.70%

With a significant lead over the Democrat challengers, all five Republican County Commissioner candidates can safely be declared the winners.

Judge of the Circuit Court

Name	Total	Percentage
Joe Michael ✓	31,062	98.67%

Michael was unopposed in this race.

Treasurer

Name	Total	Percentage
Robert M. Breeding (R) ✓	32,070	98.50%

Breeding was unopposed in this race.

State’s Attorney

Name	Total	Percentage
Gina M. Cirincion (R) ✓	32,958	98.79%

Cirincion was unopposed in this race.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Name	Total	Percentage
Kevin R. Tucker (R) ✓	32,423	98.93%

Tucker was unopposed in this race.

Register of Wills

Name	Total	Percentage
Lacy M. Flook (R) ✓	23,393	57.54%
Jason A. Malott (D)	17,249	42.43%

With over 6,000 vote lead, Flook can be safely declared the winner of this race.

Judge of the Orphans’ Court

Name	Total	Percentage
Paul D. Banister (R) ✓	26,565	33.04%
Debra A. Breeding (R) ✓	27,844	34.63%
Anthony Scott Lowman (R) ✓	25,491	31.70%

Banister, Breeding, and Lowman had no other competitors in this race, and can be declared the winners.

Sheriff

Name	Total	Percentage
Brian Albert (R) ✓	28,215	68.90%
Junior McLeod (D)	12,270	29.96%
Bill Williams (Write In)	0	0.00%

With almost a 16,000 vote lead, Albert can be safely declared the winner of the Sheriff race.

Board of Education

Name	Total	Percentage
Fredrick I. Chavis	8,938	10.74%
Darrell E. Evans ✓	14,796	17.78%
Mike Guessford ✓	22,355	26.87%
Ethan J. Loewen	9,778	11.75%
Linda Murray ✓	17,736	21.32%
Anthony Williams	9,288	11.16%

With a 5,000 vote difference between Evans and Loewen, it can be safely declared that all three incumbent Board of Education members will retain their seats.

Unofficial Data from State of Maryland State Board of Elections.