U.S. House, Maryland district 3
Explore reviewed filings for this race. Party labels and status follow the official source file; candidates are not ranked.
Election day: November 3, 2026. Check voting rules and deadlines with the election authority.
What is available?
- Reviewed filings in this source version
- 3
- Of these: registered write-ins
- 1
- Polls for this race
- Not imported
- Reported or certified 2026 results
- Not imported — this does not mean zero votes
The filings are a dated snapshot, not a guarantee of today’s complete ballot. National party polls are not used as district polls or forecasts here.
The district number follows Maryland’s 2026 filing. Map boundaries are not imported. The 2024 vote counts are shown separately below; comparable 2024 and 2026 boundaries have not been verified. A current holder is not used as evidence of candidacy.
Candidates and factual comparison
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, retrieved October 13, 2026 (version sha256 c2af2098a27e…). Reviewed by Lars Føleide on October 13, 2026, limited to: 26 active Maryland filings (22 U.S. House across 8 districts, 4 governor tickets). This approval does not cover the explanations on the page.
3 of 3 candidates
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| Name | Compare | Party label | Status | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Elfreth | Democratic | Listed candidate | September 17, 2025 | |
| Berney Flowers | Republican | Listed candidate | September 16, 2025 | |
| Robert L. Coffman | Republican | Registered write-in (not printed on the ballot) | September 28, 2026 |
Comparison
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Official vote counts from 2024
This is history for the district as reported in 2024. These names are not a 2026 candidate list. Comparable boundaries have not been verified, and no change between elections is calculated.
| Name in state source | Source party | Votes | Published share | Marked elected in source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Elfreth | Democratic | 236,681 | 59.29 % | Yes |
| Robert J. Steinberger | Republican | 151,186 | 37.87 % | — |
| Miguel Barajas | Libertarian | 10,471 | 2.62 % | — |
| Other write-ins (aggregate) | — | 862 | 0.22 % | — |
| Total in source table | — | 399,200 | 100.00 % | — |
All party/vote counts match the official House book. Rounded shares are reproduced from the state source and may sum to a value other than 100%. Total votes are not turnout or eligible voters. A certification date has not been recorded.
Name forms in both sources
| Maryland | House book |
|---|---|
| Sarah Elfreth | Sarah Elfreth |
| Robert J. Steinberger | Robert J. Steinberger |
| Miguel Barajas | Miguel Barajas |
| Other Write-Ins | Other Write-ins |
Source versions for 2024 history
Book: printed page 31 / PDF page 33, published March 10, 2025. The state refresh time is reproduced below without conversion to UTC because the source does not specify a time zone. Named review of new explanations is pending.
Last refresh reported by the state source: December 5, 2024 14:20:03 · time zone not stated
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · house-book-2024 ↗
Retrieved:
SHA-256 9f747d0981f9c4b2d518960337fc31832ae90bf2d24cfa1a9f666ded162ff865 - Maryland State Board of Elections · maryland-2024-index ↗
Retrieved:
SHA-256 87453823208ad2096bcafd24f20433a1f7826d9a0e4f90668690008be9651ff9 - Maryland State Board of Elections · maryland-2024-house ↗
Retrieved:
SHA-256 6f0ca7a40013c3a3ddff446c1a50bc451de214ca1dd83efcfc28db1d50cc79a0
Maryland: published voting hours
Early in-person voting: October 22–29, daily from 07:00 to 20:00 in Maryland. Election Day, November 3, has the same local hours. See each day in Norwegian time below; the time difference changes because the countries change their clocks on different dates.
Source snapshot retrieved October 23, 2026. Check the organizer’s information for any changes.
Calculated from your device’s clock and the source schedule. This is not an observation of an open polling place, an eligibility decision or a results alert. Published closing time does not establish published results. Early voting is not open overnight.
See all nine days in Maryland and Norwegian time
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| Type | Maryland · America/New_York | Norway · Europe/Oslo |
|---|---|---|
| Early votingOctober 22, 2026 | – | – |
| Early votingOctober 23, 2026 | – | – |
| Early votingOctober 24, 2026 | – | – |
| Early votingOctober 25, 2026 | – | – |
| Early votingOctober 26, 2026 | – | – |
| Early votingOctober 27, 2026 | – | – |
| Early votingOctober 28, 2026 | – | – |
| Early votingOctober 29, 2026 | – | – |
| Election DayNovember 3, 2026 | – | – |
Check Maryland’s official election information ↗
Sources and original retrieval times
- Maryland State Board of Elections ↗
Retrieved: · Publication time unknown
SHA-256 29f6d203ee78da616660849892cd6f9361c46460b701b721197369cb73ba96dd - Maryland State Board of Elections ↗
Retrieved: · Publication time unknown
SHA-256 6128d57f6b46317a8bc41d3e1363fe278846f0bf8433f424dac8c3f7c5bf2a79
Reviewed by Lars Føleide · . Covers this version of the Maryland schedule and explanations in both languages. Other content and later source versions are outside this approval.
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Maryland State Board of Elections ↗Link destination checked through AI-assisted public reading on October 16, 2026. This does not change the filings’ original source or review dates. Human editorial review of the new explanations on this page is pending.