Election Name: | 2018 Maryland Comptroller election |
Country: | Maryland |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 Maryland Comptroller election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2022 Maryland Comptroller election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Image1: | File:Board of Public Works (52606487927) (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Peter Franchot |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,620,264 |
Percentage1: | 72.07% |
Nominee2: | Anjali Reed Phukan |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 624,871 |
Percentage2: | 27.79% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Comptroller | |
Before Election: | Peter Franchot |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Peter Franchot |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The Maryland Comptroller election of 2018 was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Comptroller of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot filed for re-election to a third term on October 5, 2017, and was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.[1] Anjali Reed Phukan became a candidate under the Republican Party on April 20, 2017, and was unopposed for the Republican nomination. Franchot won re-election with 72.1% of the vote.
This is the first time since 2010 that the Democratic candidate won a majority of counties for any statewide elected office.