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Official 2008 Presidential General Election results for Howard County

NR: not reported

President of the United States

(Vote for One)
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NameParty Election DayAbsentee / ProvisionalTotalPercentage
Obama/ Biden Winner Selected    
Democratic 78,031 9,089 87,120 60.0%
McCain/ Palin
Republican 50,645 4,748 55,393 38.1%
McKinney/ Clemente
Green 225 28 253 0.2%
Barr/ Root
Libertarian 677 75 752 0.5%
Nader/ Gonzalez
Independent 771 77 848 0.6%
Baldwin/ Castle
Constitution 242 18 260 0.2%
Donald K. Allen (Write In)
Unaffiliated 3 0 3 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 15 0 15 0.0%
Monroe Lee (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Brian Moore (Write In)
Unaffiliated 1 0 1 0.0%
Frank Moore (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 0.0%
Joe Schriner (Write In)
Unaffiliated 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0.0%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 514 74 588 0.4%

Representative in Congress

Congressional District 3

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NameParty Election DayAbsentee / ProvisionalTotalPercentage
John P. Sarbanes Winner Selected    
Democratic 24,429 2,558 26,987 71.0%
Thomas E. "Pinkston" Harris
Republican 10,060 892 10,952 28.8%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 74 10 84 0.2%

Congressional District 7

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NameParty Election DayAbsentee / ProvisionalTotalPercentage
Elijah Cummings Winner Selected    
Democratic 51,116 6,183 57,299 58.9%
Michael T. Hargadon
Republican 34,148 3,333 37,481 38.5%
Ronald M. Owens-Bey
Libertarian 2,150 208 2,358 2.4%
Ray Bly (Write In)
Unaffiliated 11 0 11 0.0%
Charles U. Smith (Write In)
Unaffiliated 3 0 3 0.0%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 100 19 119 0.1%

Judge of the Circuit Court

Judicial Circuit 5

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NameParty Election DayAbsentee / ProvisionalTotalPercentage
Tim McCrone Winner Selected    
N/A 93,921 9,974 103,895 99.1%
Other Write-Ins
N/A 742 161 903 0.9%

Judge, Court of Special Appeals At Large

Deborah Eyler Winner Selected    
Vote Yes or No
(For continuance in office)
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Election DayAbsentee / ProvisionalTotalPercentage
Yes 88,145 9,418 97,563 87.9%
No 12,191 1,209 13,400 12.1%

Robert A. Zarnoch Winner Selected    
Vote Yes or No
(For continuance in office)
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Election DayAbsentee / ProvisionalTotalPercentage
Yes 85,097 8,890 93,987 86.6%
No 13,148 1,404 14,552 13.4%