Riding profile

MD-4

US House district — MD · Mixed · us md

The question

MD-4: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
87.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 93.6%

    Glenn Frederick Ivey

  • Republican 6.4%

    George E. McDermott

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereMD-4 93.6%6.4%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +39.3 44.9% −38.5

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

MD-4, a mixed riding in MD, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 77-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 94% vote share, against 6% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 23, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Glenn F. Ivey 79.2%

60,099 votes

Republican primary

Winner

George E. McDermott 100.0%

1,923 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Ivey, Glenn Frederick

  • Republican Open seat

    George E. McDermott

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
77.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+10.0 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026