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Maryland’s 4th District

U.S. House · MD-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 86.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 93.0%

    Glenn F. Ivey

  • Republican 7.0%

    George E. McDermott

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
MD-4 93.0%7.0%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+38.5 44.2%−37.3

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over12.1% (± 0.5)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Glenn F. Ivey 79.2% 60,099 votes
Republican primary George E. McDermott 100.0% 1,923 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Glenn F. Ivey

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    George E. McDermott

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 77.2 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 86.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • MD-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • MD-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • MD-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • MD-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • MD-2 Democrat, safe seat
  • MD-1 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated