Riding profile

MD-6

US House district — MD · Mixed · us md

The question

MD-6: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
18.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 59.2%

    April McClain Delaney incumbent

  • Republican 40.8%

    Robin Ficker

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-6 59.2%40.8%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +4.9 44.9% −4.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

MD-6, a mixed riding in MD, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 59% vote share, against 41% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

DELANEY, APRIL MCCLAIN

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 23, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

April McClain Delaney 44.0%

27,819 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Robin Ficker 41.8%

16,284 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Delaney, April Mcclain

  • Republican Challenger

    Ficker, Robin

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
6.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+12.0 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026