2006 Maryland Comptroller election|
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County results
Precinct results Franchot: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% McCarthy: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% |
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The 2006 Maryland Comptroller election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic State Comptroller William Donald Schaefer ran for a third term, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Peter Franchot, a State Delegate from Montgomery County. On the Republican side, Anne McCarthy, the former dean of the University of Baltimore business school, won a crowded primary and faced off against Franchot. In the general election, Franchot defeated McCarthy and became the next Comptroller of Maryland.