2006 Maryland Comptroller election

2006 Maryland Comptroller election

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Nominee Peter Franchot Anne McCarthy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,016,677 703,874
Percentage 59.0% 40.8%

County results
Franchot:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
McCarthy:      50–60%      60–70%

Comptroller before election

William Donald Schaefer
Democratic

Elected Comptroller

Peter Franchot
Democratic

The 2006 Maryland Comptroller election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic State Comptroller William Donald Schaefer ran for a third term, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Peter Franchot, a State Delegate from Montgomery County. On the Republican side, Anne McCarthy, the former dean of the University of Baltimore business school, won a crowded primary and faced off against Franchot. In the general election, Franchot defeated McCarthy and became the next Comptroller of Maryland.