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==Politics and government== === Presidential elections === In presidential elections, Somerset is a swing county that typically votes [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. In 2012, it was one of only a handful of [[Southern United States|Southern counties]] to switch from the Republican [[John McCain|McCain]] to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Barack Obama|Obama]],<ref>Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> though in 2016 it swung strongly in favor of [[Donald Trump]]. In 2020, Somerset shifted even more toward Trump, the only county in Maryland to trend this way, in spite of Maryland as a whole voting more Democratic; [[Joe Biden|Biden]] won [[Talbot County, Maryland|Talbot]] and [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick]] counties, two counties that were formerly solidly Republican in presidential elections. It has the longest streak of voting for every incumbent president seeking re-election; it has done so since at least [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]. If Gerald Ford, who was never elected president, is not counted as an incumbent, this streak can be traced back to [[1948 United States presidential election|1948]] (Trump in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], [[Barack Obama|Obama]] in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], [[George W. Bush|Bush]] in [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]], [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], [[George H. W. Bush|H.W. Bush]] in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] in [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]], [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] in 1980, [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]], [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] in [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]], and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] in [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]). {{PresHead|place=Somerset County, Maryland|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,805|4,054|278|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,739|4,241|167|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,341|4,196|363|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|5,042|5,240|117|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,037|4,779|108|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,884|4,034|76|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,609|3,785|210|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,919|3,557|693|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,450|3,210|1,276|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,222|2,911|32|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,508|2,439|23|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,312|3,342|283|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,254|3,472|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,342|2,036|71|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,829|2,319|1,899|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,155|4,527|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,030|3,948|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,770|3,031|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,113|3,951|39|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,129|3,112|58|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,790|3,125|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,954|4,352|84|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1936|Republican|4,770|4,116|72|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,675|4,811|59|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,071|2,277|47|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,230|2,903|177|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,658|2,634|62|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,364|1,885|154|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,528|1,617|408|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,912|1,627|130|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,874|1,580|183|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,855|2,017|349|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,646|2,084|479|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,819|1,638|534|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,072|1,625|374|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1884|Republican|2,022|1,734|49|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1880|Republican|1,883|1,710|4|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1876|Democratic|1,786|1,914|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1872|Republican|1,615|1,122|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1868|Democratic|421|989|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1864|Democratic|644|2,110|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1860|Constitutional Union|2|89|2,875|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1856|Know Nothing|1|1,321|1,593|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1852|Whig|1,443|1,115|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1848|Whig|1,413|1,005|1|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1844|Whig|1,449|902|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1840|Whig|1,516|844|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1836|Whig|1,030|523|0|Maryland}} |} ===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: 6136}} | align = center | {{Percentage |6136 |14,327 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 5440}} | align = center | {{Percentage |5440 |14,327 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}} | Unaffiliated | align = center | {{formatnum: 2518}} | align = center | {{Percentage |2518 |14,327 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}} | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 66}} | align = center | {{Percentage |66 |14,327 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|None}} | [[Third party (U.S. politics)|Other parties]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 167}} | align = center | {{Percentage |167 |14,327 |2}} |- ! colspan = 2 | Total ! align = center | {{formatnum: 14,327}} ! align = center | {{Percentage |100}} |} === County commissioners === Somerset County is governed by county commissioners, the traditional form of county government in Maryland. Somerset County Commissioners are elected to four-year terms; all current commissioners' terms will expire in 2022. {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Somerset County Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web|title=County Commissioners|url=https://www.somersetmd.us/government/county_commissioners/county_commissioners.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408192027/https://www.somersetmd.us/government/county_commissioners/county_commissioners.php|archive-date=April 8, 2021|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Somerset County Maryland}}</ref> |- !District||Name !Position||Party |- | 4 ||{{party shading/Republican}}|Charles Laird |President||Republican |- | 5 ||{{party shading/Democratic}}|Randy Laird |Vice-President||Democrat |- | 3 ||{{party shading/Republican}}|Eldon Willing |Commissioner||Republican |- | 2 ||{{party shading/Republican}}|Darryl Webster |Commissioner||Republican |- |1||{{party shading/Democratic}}|Craig N. Mathies Sr. |Commissioner||Democrat |- |n.a. |Ralph D. Taylor |County Administrator |n.a. |} ===Sheriffs=== Stephen Horsey was appointed by the [[Governor of Maryland]] as the first [[Sheriffs in the United States|sheriff]] of Somerset County on August 22, 1666,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Somerset County, Maryland - Sheriffs|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/so/jud/sheriffs/former/html/00list.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408194203/https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/so/jud/sheriffs/former/html/00list.html|archive-date=April 8, 2021|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Maryland State Archives}}</ref> and the Somerset County Sheriff's Office celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2011. The current sheriff is Ronald Howard (Republican), who has been serving as sheriff since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheriff's Office|url=https://www.somersetmd.us/departments/departments_-_n_-_z/sheriff_s_office.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117175115/https://www.somersetmd.us/departments/departments_-_n_-_z/sheriff_s_office.php|archive-date=January 17, 2021|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=Somerset County Maryland}}</ref>
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