2018 Maryland precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 01/12/2022 ## Sources Election results from the Maryland State Board of Elections (https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2018/election_data/index.html) Precinct shapefile primarily from the Maryland Department of Planning. Charles County and Garrett County instead sourced from the respective county governments. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of General Land Office LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G18GOVRHOG - Larry Hogan (Republican Party) G18GOVDJEA - Ben Jealous (Democratic Party) G18GOVLQUI - Shawn Quinn (Libertarian Party) G18GOVGSCH - Ian Schlakman (Green Party) G18GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes G18COMRPHU - Anjali Reed Phukan (Republican Party) G18COMDFRA - Peter Franchot (Democratic Party) G18COMOWRI - Write-in Votes G18ATGRWOL - Craig Wolf (Republican Party) G18ATGDFRO - Brian E. Frosh (Democratic Party) G18ATGOWRI - Write-in Votes G18USSRCAM - Tony Campbell (Republican Party) G18USSDCAR - Ben Cardin (Democratic Party) G18USSLVOH - Arvin Vohra (Libertarian Party) G18USSISIM - Neal Simon (Unaffiliated) G18USSOWRI - Write-in Votes ## Processing Steps Early, Provisional, and Absentee votes are reported only at the county level. These votes are apportioned to precincts by candidate in the same shares that the Election Day vote was split among precincts within a county.