2002Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2002 election for Maryland Governor
Governor · Maryland
Robert Ehrlich (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D) by 3.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert EhrlichRepublican · winner
52.0%879,592
Kathleen Kennedy TownsendDemocrat
48.0%813,422
1,693,014 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET