40% turnout in Maryland Primary

Posted by Jeff Quinton on February 12, 2008

Maryland elections officials anticipated high voter turnout Tuesday in the Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - if the weather doesn’t get too messy - and voters said they were excited to vote in a relevant Maryland primary for a change.

Turnout was projected at 40 percent overall, state elections administrator Linda Lamone said early in the afternoon, compared to 27 percent in 2004 and 35 percent in 2000. In the much closer Democratic race, turnout was estimated to reach about 44 percent, compared to 29 percent for Republicans.

I voted this morning at Gunpowder Elementary in Baltimore County. Turnout was light around 8:20-8:30. The thumbnails in this post are pictures I took of voting in the gymnasium and also a picture of Democratic Congressional Candidate Frank Kratovil talking to a voter as Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith looks on.

Other blogging of tonight’s results at Outside the Beltway and Michelle Malkin.