21CEE · HOUSE UPDATE · NOVEMBER 4, 2026

Democrat April McClain Delaney’s 36,639-vote lead in Maryland’s 6th U.S. House District spans three ballot modes

21CEE analysis · AI-assisted

Unofficial state count: Nov. 4, 2026 · 3:09 p.m. Eastern

Democrat April McClain Delaney led Republican Robin Ficker by 36,639 votes in Maryland’s 6th U.S. House District in official returns updated at 3:09 p.m. Eastern on November 4. The state listed 133,881 votes for McClain Delaney and 97,242 for Ficker. Green Party candidate Moshe Y. Landman had 6,399 votes, and other write-ins added 571. These are unofficial returns.

Delaney’s 36,639-vote advantage came from a lead in each of the three reported ballot modes: 16,970 votes in early voting, 5,232 in Election Day voting and 14,437 in mail ballots. The table and second chart keep those modes separate. This is a breakdown of reported ballots, not evidence that voting by a particular method caused a candidate preference or that individual voters changed parties.

The report totaled 238,093 votes: 66,914 early, 145,384 Election Day and 25,795 mail. Provisional results were labeled NR, so this article does not turn that missing category into zero or claim all ballots were counted. The displayed 56.23% and 40.84% shares retain Green and write-in votes in the denominator. A dated unofficial lead is not certification; no new race call is asserted here.

Sources and dates

• Maryland State Board of Elections: Maryland’s 6th Congressional District unofficial general-election result. All candidate totals and shares; three ballot-mode counts; provisional NR; explicit Last refreshed timestamp.

Data credited above. Analysis and graphics: 21CEE, AI-assisted. No human author or reviewer is claimed.