As of Thursday morning, without absentee ballots accounted for, here’s the unofficial results for selected contested races of interest. There were many other races, but here’s a snapshot of Worcester and regional contests.

Congressional District 1

*Andy Harris (R): 170,504 – 71%

Bill Tilghman (D): 70,532 – 29%

State Senator District 28

Jim Mathias (D): 19,133 – 51.6%

Mike McDermott (R): 17,905 – 48.3%

(Undecided until absentees are counted)

House of Delegates District 38B

*Carl Anderton, Jr. (R): 5,395 – 53%

Norm Conway (D) – 4,828 – 47%

House of Delegates District 38C

*Mary Beth Carozza (R): 11,019 – 74%

Judy Davis (D): 3,884 – 26%

Worcester County Commission

District 2

*Diana Purnell (D): 1,074 – 61.3%

Lorraine Purnell-Ayres (R): 678 – 38.7%

District 3

*Bud Church (R): 2,013 – 71.4%

Michael Maykrantz (D): 654 – 28.6%

District 4

*Ted Elder (R): 1,317 – 54%

Virgil Shockley (D): 1,117 – 46%

District 5

*Chip Bertino (R): 2,094 – 65.6%

Tom Wilson (D): 1,097 – 34.3%

State’s Attorney

*Beau Oglesby (R): 11,589 – 65%

Michael Farlow (D): 6,222 – 35%

Clerk of Court

Susan Braniecki (R): 11,864 – 68%

Valerie Gaskill (D): 5,683 – 32%

Wicomico County Executive

*Bob Culver (R): 13,631 – 56%

Rick Pollitt (D): 10,704 – 44%

Wicomico County Council

At Large (Top Two)

*Matt Holloway (R): 15,098 – 39%

*John T. Cannon (R): 13,956 – 36%

Laura Mitchell (D): 8,706 – 25%

District 3

*Larry Dodd (R): 3,464 – 62%

Joshua Hastings (D): 2,094 – 38%

Ocean City Council

*Matt James: 1,666

*Wayne Hartman: 1,345

*Lloyd Martin: 1,342

*Tony DeLuca: 1,287 (elected to two-year term by virtue of fourth-place finish)
Chris Rudolf: 1,075

Joseph Hall: 775

Joe Cryer: 464