<body><div>Both the house and senate have been painted blue after the 2026 Primary Election this year. Voting took place this past Tuesday and many Frederick residents came out to the polls to support changes in the Board of Education, state government, sheriff.The huge victory for Democrats is important, and could preview huge changes in the government in the nearby future. Maryland has continued to stay blue. The U.S House of Representatives for Maryland now has seven Democrats and one Republican. In our District (6), Democrat April McClain Delaney won the important position. In other districts, the winners included Andy Harris (District 1), John Olszewski Jr. (District 2), Sarah Elfreth (District 3), Glenn F. Ivey (District 4), Adrian Boafo (District 5), Kweisi Mfume (District 7) and Jamie Raskin (District 8). It’s also in the headlines that Democratic Governor Wes Moore has defeated Dan Cox, and will now take on his second term as Maryland Governor after being first elected in 2023. More locally, Frederick will experience a new Sheriff for the first time since 2006. Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, a Republican, has been defeated by Karl Bickle, a Democrat who has ran and lost against Jenkins three times. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2gCSOj_1GqCyoC200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2gCSOj_1GqCyoC200" width="1200" height="900" ><figcaption>North Country Public Radio</figcaption></figure>For the election of the Board of Education, Casey Day conceded the most votes followed by Heather, Fletcher, Rae Gallagher, Shelley L. Potter, Dean Rose, Geoffery Seidel, Tyler Walker and Chad King Wilson, Sr.Additionally, Anthony G. Brown (Democrat) was elected as Maryland Attorney General, beating James B. Rutledge. For State Senate District 3, Karen Young (D-Md) won with 73% votes against Shelley Aloi (R-Md). For Appellate Court of Maryland, Judge Dan Friedman won by 84% yes votes (1,383,740) against 16% no votes (271,247). Incumbent Brooke Elizabeth Lierman (D-Md) won election in the general election for Comptroller on November 3. For the Primary Election in Maryland, there were three questions. Question 1 mandated that the governor include money in the proposed state budget to pay for agreements between the state and its employees, with results for the Constitutional Amendment being 75.14% and against the constitutional amendment 24.86%. Question 2 permitted temporary appointments to the Commission due to term limits or disqualification, and the results were 67.23% for the Constitutional Amendment and 32.77% against the Constitutional Amendment.Question 3 looked at a constitutional amendment to allow the U.S. Supreme Court to review congressional districting plans of the state with results for the Constitutional Amendment (60.48%) and against the Constitutional Amendment with 39.52% of the vote. Frederick County had a total of 96,434 votes all together and 81% estimated votes counted. Wes Moore has 11.4% more votes than Dan Cox in Frederick county and 67.71% votes from Maryland. Before the 2026 primary elections, the Republican party had 219 seats in the house; now they have 133. Democrats had 215 before, and now have 223.Many firsts took place during the election this year as well. In Georgia, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms became the very first female Black governor. On the other hand in New Mexico, Democrat Deb Haaland was elected as the first Native American female governor in U.S history. In the senate, Minnesota Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan became the first Native American female senator and Michigan elected Abdul El-Sayed, who is now the first Muslim U.S senator in our country. Furthermore, Democrat Chris Pappas from New Hampshire will now be the first openly gay U.S senator. Several states flipped from red to blue. The Arizona Senate and house, Georgia house, Minnesota house, Michigan house, New Hampshire house and senate, North Carolina house, Pennsylvania house, Texas house and finally the Wisconsin house and senate. </div></body>

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