Editing Carroll County, Maryland (section)

==Politics and government==
Carroll County differs from most counties in the Baltimore-Washington area in that it is strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. No Democratic presidential candidate has carried Carroll County since Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide, and even LBJ won by a mere 119 votes out of 16,783 cast in that election. No Democrat since then has even won 40% of the county's vote. Since [[World War I]], the only other Democrat to carry Carroll County has been [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], who managed to achieve this only during his initial 1932 campaign. Before World War I Carroll County had considerable [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathy and hence leaned Democratic,<ref>Levine, Mark V.; ‘Standing Political Decisions and Critical Realignment: The Pattern of Maryland Politics, 1872-1948’; ''[[The Journal of Politics]]'', volume 38, no. 2 (May 1976), pp. 292-325</ref>  although it did vote twice for [[William McKinley]].

In the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], 65 percent of the county's vote went for Republican candidate [[Mitt Romney]]. In [[2014 Maryland gubernatorial election|Maryland's 2014 gubernatorial race]], Carroll County voted for Republican [[Larry Hogan]] over Democrat Lieutenant Governor [[Anthony Brown (Maryland politician)|Anthony Brown]] by sixty-six percentage points (82 to 16 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/electionboard/docs/electionresults/2014/2014-g-summ.pdf?v%3D20141114%26x%3D1435724617941 |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701093808/http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/electionboard/docs/electionresults/2014/2014-g-summ.pdf?v=20141114&x=1435724617941 |archive-date=July 1, 2015 }}</ref>

Carroll County is governed by five county commissioners, a "commission" being the traditional form of county government in Maryland.

Several times in the past, Carroll County voters have rejected charter amendments that would call for a government consisting of a County Executive and a County Council.

===Voter registration===
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2024<ref name="MDBOE">{{cite web |title=Maryland Board of Elections Voter Registration Activity Report March 2024 |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/pdf/vrar/2024_03.pdf |website=Maryland Board of Elections |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 63488}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |63488 |129,226 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 33173}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |33173 |129,226 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unaffiliated
| align = center | {{formatnum: 30368}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |30368 |129,226 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 852}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |852 |129,226 |2}}
|-
| {{party color cell|None}}
| [[Third party (U.S. politics)|Other parties]]
| align = center | {{formatnum: 1345}}
| align = center | {{Percentage |1345 |129,226 |2}}
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | {{formatnum: 129,226}}
! align = center | {{Percentage |100}}
|}

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|62,273|36,867|3,511|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|60,218|36,456|3,653|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|58,215|26,567|7,066|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|56,761|27,939|2,836|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|54,503|28,060|2,197|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|55,275|22,974|1,100|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|41,742|20,146|2,139|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|30,316|17,122|5,559|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|28,405|15,447|11,078|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|31,224|12,368|155|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|27,230|8,898|71|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|19,859|10,393|2,688|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|15,661|9,940|0|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|16,847|4,408|553|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|11,888|4,658|3,085|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|8,332|8,451|0|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|11,445|5,763|0|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|11,749|4,423|0|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|11,563|4,934|25|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|8,003|4,226|104|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|8,999|4,483|0|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|8,300|5,833|45|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|7,383|6,496|78|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|5,732|6,482|92|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|8,644|3,731|44|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|5,301|4,616|346|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,784|4,273|68|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|3,602|4,016|156|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|2,546|3,616|1,054|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|3,406|3,641|170|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|3,357|3,527|143|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|4,103|4,022|215|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|4,047|3,841|252|Maryland}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|3,328|3,721|225|Maryland}}
|}

===Commissioners===
In 2004, Carroll County voters approved legislation that expanded the number of County Commissioners from three to five. The five Commissioners are elected from five Commissioner districts, as opposed to three Commissioners elected at-large. The change occurred with the 2010 [[election]]s, since the Maryland General Assembly did not agree on the districts in time for the 2006 elections.

Commissioners elected in 2022—all Republican—were:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Greenfield |first1=Sherry |title=New Carroll Board of County Commissioners sworn into office Monday |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-swearing-in-20221205-y46o4wtsanazva6hlfejtgkbze-story.html |access-date=December 7, 2022 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>
* Joe Vigliotti, Commissioner, District 1
* Kenneth Kiler, Commissioner, District 2
* Tom Gordon III, Commissioner, District 3
* Michael R. Guerin, Commissioner, District 4
* Ed Rothstein, Commissioner, District 5, President

===Cabinet===
Supporting the commissioners is a cabinet, composed of the following departments:<ref>
{{cite web
 |title=Cabinet 
 |publisher=Carroll County Government 
 |url=http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/commiss/cabinet.asp 
 |access-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101135508/http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/commiss/cabinet.asp 
 |archive-date=November 1, 2011 }}</ref>
* Administrative Services
* Citizen Services (Celene Steckel, Director)
* Comptroller (Rob Burk, Comptroller)
* County Attorney (Timothy C. Burke, County Attorney)
* Economic Development (Jack Lyburn, Director)
* Fire & Emergency Medical Services (Michael Robinson, Director/Fire & EMS Chief)
* Land & Resource Management (Chris Heyn, Director)
* Management and Budget (Ted Zaleski, Director)
* Office of Public Safety Support Services (Scott R. Campbell, Administrator)
* Public Works (Jeffrey Castonguay, Director)

===Sheriff===
The current elected Sheriff is James T. DeWees.<ref>{{cite web 
 |publisher=Carroll County Government 
 |url=https://sheriff.carrollcountymd.gov/ 
 |title=Sheriff James T. DeWees 
 |access-date=February 3, 2020 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203154258/https://sheriff.carrollcountymd.gov/ 
 |archive-date=February 3, 2020 
 }}</ref> The longest served Carroll County sheriff was [[LeRoy Campbell]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sun|first=Baltimore|title=H. LeRoy Campbell|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-01-07-0701070093-story.html|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=baltimoresun.com|date=January 7, 2007 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Federal===
The current elected U.S. Representatives are Democrats [[Johnny Olszewski]] of the 2nd District and [[Sarah Elfreth]] of the 3rd District.