As of Thursday morning, without absentee ballots accounted for, here’s the unofficial results for selected contested races of interest. There were many other races, but here’s a snapshot of Worcester and regional contests.
Congressional District 1
*Andy Harris (R): 170,504 – 71%
Bill Tilghman (D): 70,532 – 29%
State Senator District 28
Jim Mathias (D): 19,133 – 51.6%
Mike McDermott (R): 17,905 – 48.3%
(Undecided until absentees are counted)
House of Delegates District 38B
*Carl Anderton, Jr. (R): 5,395 – 53%
Norm Conway (D) – 4,828 – 47%
House of Delegates District 38C
*Mary Beth Carozza (R): 11,019 – 74%
Judy Davis (D): 3,884 – 26%
Worcester County Commission
District 2
*Diana Purnell (D): 1,074 – 61.3%
Lorraine Purnell-Ayres (R): 678 – 38.7%
District 3
*Bud Church (R): 2,013 – 71.4%
Michael Maykrantz (D): 654 – 28.6%
District 4
*Ted Elder (R): 1,317 – 54%
Virgil Shockley (D): 1,117 – 46%
District 5
*Chip Bertino (R): 2,094 – 65.6%
Tom Wilson (D): 1,097 – 34.3%
State’s Attorney
*Beau Oglesby (R): 11,589 – 65%
Michael Farlow (D): 6,222 – 35%
Clerk of Court
Susan Braniecki (R): 11,864 – 68%
Valerie Gaskill (D): 5,683 – 32%
Wicomico County Executive
*Bob Culver (R): 13,631 – 56%
Rick Pollitt (D): 10,704 – 44%
Wicomico County Council
At Large (Top Two)
*Matt Holloway (R): 15,098 – 39%
*John T. Cannon (R): 13,956 – 36%
Laura Mitchell (D): 8,706 – 25%
District 3
*Larry Dodd (R): 3,464 – 62%
Joshua Hastings (D): 2,094 – 38%
Ocean City Council
*Matt James: 1,666
*Wayne Hartman: 1,345
*Lloyd Martin: 1,342
*Tony DeLuca: 1,287 (elected to two-year term by virtue of fourth-place finish)
Chris Rudolf: 1,075
Joseph Hall: 775
Joe Cryer: 464