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The Maryland county executive elections of 2010 were held on November 2, 2010. [1] Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and Wicomico County elected county executives. This race coincided with the election for Maryland county offices elections, 2010.
Anne Arundel County, also notated as AA or A.A. County, is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 537,656, a population increase of just under 10% since 2000. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state. The county is named for Lady Anne Arundell (1615–1649), a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England, and the wife of Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), founder and first Lord Proprietor of the colony Province of Maryland.
Baltimore County is third-most populous county located in the U.S. state of Maryland and is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area and Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Along with Washington, D.C. and its suburbs, Baltimore County forms the southern anchor of the Northeast megalopolis, which stretches northward to Boston. Baltimore County hosts a diversified economy, with particular emphasis on education, government, and health care.
Harford County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 244,826. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.
John Robinson Leopold is an American politician who served as Anne Arundel County Executive from 2006 to 2013. As a Republican, he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for 18 years. In 2013, he was found guilty of misconduct resulting in a jail sentence and fine, and he was suspended from office. He resigned on February 1, 2013 and was succeeded by Laura Neuman, after a vote by the Anne Arundel County Council.
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, the state capital. The State House also houses the Maryland State Senate Chamber and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Maryland. Each delegate has offices in Annapolis, in the nearby Casper R. Taylor Jr. House Office Building.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John R. Leopold (inc.) | 98,654 | 50.39 | |
Democratic | Joanna L. Conti | 86,230 | 44.04 | |
Green | Mike Shay | 10,618 | 5.42 | |
Write-ins | 298 | 0.15 | ||
Total votes | 195,800 | 100.0 | ||
Incumbent County Executive James T. Smith is prevented from seeking a third term due to term limits, creating an open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kevin B. Kamenetz | 148,659 | 53.68 | |
Republican | Kenneth C. Holt | 127,882 | 46.17 | |
Write-ins | 417 | 0.15 | ||
Total votes | 276,958 | 100.00 | ||
David R. Craig is a Republican Party politician from the State of Maryland who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Maryland in 2014. He was appointed, and sworn in as Harford County Executive on July 7, 2005. Craig was elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. Craig previously served in the Maryland State Senate in 1995–99 representing Harford County and in 1990-94 in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was also elected Mayor of Havre de Grace in 1985, 1987, 2001 and 2005. David was a teacher and assistant principal in the Harford County Public School System for thirty-four years.
Havre de Grace, abbreviated HdG, is a city in Harford County, Maryland, situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of Chesapeake Bay. It is named after the port city of Le Havre, France, which in full was once Le Havre de Grâce. The population was 12,952 at the 2010 United States Census. The city was honored as one of America's 20 best small towns to visit in 2014 by Smithsonian magazine.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David R. Craig | 67,972 | 79.26 | |
Constitution | Mark Fisher | 16,268 | 19.26 | |
Write-ins | 665 | 0.78 | ||
Total votes | 85,005 | 100.00 | ||
Kenneth "Ken" Ulman is an American attorney, founder and CEO of a consulting firm, Margrave Strategies, and former Democratic politician in Howard County, Maryland. Prior to working in the private sector, Ulman served as county executive for Howard County from 2006 to 2014. He also represented the 4th district as a County Council member from 2002 to 2006. Ulman previously worked in the office of Maryland Governor Parris Glendening as liaison to the Board of Public Works and secretary to the Cabinet.
Howard County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 287,085. Its county seat is Ellicott City.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kenneth Ulman | 61,884 | 62.46 | |
Republican | Trent M. Kittleman | 37,105 | 37.45 | |
Write-ins | 84 | 0.08 | ||
Total votes | 99,073 | 100.00 | ||
Isiah "Ike" Leggett is an American politician from the U.S. state of Maryland and former executive of Montgomery County, Maryland. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland, located adjacent to Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 971,777, increasing by 9.0% to an estimated 1,058,810 in 2017. The county seat and largest municipality is Rockville, although the census-designated place of Germantown is the most populous place. Montgomery County is included in the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn forms part of the Baltimore–Washington Combined Statistical Area. Most of the county's residents live in unincorporated locales, of which the most built up are Silver Spring and Bethesda, although the incorporated cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg are also large population centers, as are many smaller but significant places.
The Maryland Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Maryland, headquartered in Annapolis. The current state party chair is Maya Rockeymoore Cummings.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ike Leggett | 184,097 | 65.58 | |
Republican | Douglas E. Rosenfeld | 95,869 | 34.15 | |
Write-ins | 747 | 0.27 | ||
Total votes | 280,713 | 100.00 | ||
The current County Executive, Democrat Jack B. Johnson, was precluded from seeking a third term by term limits.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rushern Baker III | 41,352 | 43.93 | |
Democratic | Michael A. Jackson | 30,788 | 32.71 | |
Democratic | Samuel H. Dean | 11,728 | 12.46 | |
Democratic | Gerron Levi | 6,983 | 7.42 | |
Democratic | Henry C. Turner, Jr. | 3,272 | 3.48 | |
Total votes | 94,123 | 100 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rushern Baker III | 206,924 | 99.26 | |
Write-ins | 1,543 | 0.74 | ||
Total votes | 208,467 | 100.0 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard Pollitt (inc.) | 3,734 | 66.93 | |
Democratic | John W. Baker | 1,107 | 19.84 | |
Democratic | Tom Taylor | 738 | 13.23 | |
Total votes | 5,579 | 100.00 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard Pollitt (inc.) | 15,022 | 51.53 | |
Republican | Joe Ollinger | 14,110 | 48.40 | |
Write-ins | 21 | 0.07 | ||
Total votes | 29,153 | 100.00 | ||
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