Straight from the Board of Elections, here are the votes for President, the slots referendum and the Ficker Amendment by legislative district. We also report how each state legislator voted on the slots referendum during the 2007 special session.
District 14
President
Obama 35,107 (64.7%)
McCain 18,531 (34.1%)
Slots
For 29,199 (56.2%)
Against 22,754 (43.8%)
Ficker
For 25,812 (53.3%)
Against 22,591 (46.7%)
Senator Rona Kramer and Delegate Anne Kaiser voted for the slots referendum. Delegate Herman Taylor voted against. Delegate Karen Montgomery was excused from the vote.
District 15
President
Obama 36,829 (64.5%)
McCain 19,486 (34.1%)
Slots
For 30,534 (55.8%)
Against 24,153 (44.2%)
Ficker
For 28,587 (55.9%)
Against 22,545 (44.1%)
The entire District 15 Delegation voted for the slots referendum. This district had the lowest vote for Obama and the highest vote for Ficker.
District 16
President
Obama 38,106 (73.7%)
McCain 12,893 (24.9%)
Slots
For 22,393 (44.8%)
Against 27,586 (55.2%)
Ficker
For 20,697 (45.2%)
Against 25,083 (54.8%)
Senator Brian Frosh voted against the referendum. Delegates Bill Bronrott, Susan Lee and Bill Frick voted for it. This district had the lowest vote for slots.
District 17
President
Obama 32,252 (70.9%)
McCain 12,552 (27.8%)
Slots
For 23,397 (53.7%)
Against 20,190 (46.3%)
Ficker
For 20,221 (50.1%)
Against 20,126 (49.9%)
Senator Jennie Forehand and Delegates Kumar Barve and Jim Gilchrist voted for the referendum. Delegate Luiz Simmons voted against.
District 18
President
Obama 34,380 (76.0%)
McCain 10,187 (22.5%)
Slots
For 21,049 (48.5%)
Against 22,318 (51.5%)
Ficker
For 18,442 (45.8%)
Against 21,785 (54.2%)
Senator Rich Madaleno and Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez voted for the referendum. Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher voted against. Delegate Al Carr was not in office during the special session.
District 19
President
Obama 32,409 (68.1%)
McCain 14,472 (30.4%)
Slots
For 24,888 (55.1%)
Against 20,320 (45.0%)
Ficker
For 21,742 (51.9%)
Against 20,147 (48.1%)
Senator Mike Lenett and Delegates Henry Heller and Roger Manno voted for the referendum. Delegate Ben Kramer voted against.
District 20
President
Obama 32,888 (84.6%)
McCain 5,460 (14.0%)
Slots
For 16,727 (45.8%)
Against 19,813 (54.2%)
Ficker
For 14,389 (42.1%)
Against 19,782 (57.9%)
Senator Jamie Raskin and Delegate Heather Mizeur voted against the slots referendum. Delegates Sheila Hixson and Tom Hucker voted for it. This district had the highest vote for Obama and the lowest vote for Ficker.
District 39
President
Obama 29,872 (70.5%)
McCain 11,799 (27.9%)
Slots
For 23,203 (57.4%)
Against 17,213 (42.6%)
Ficker
For 20,326 (53.7%)
Against 17,544 (46.3%)
Senator Nancy King and Delegate Kirill Reznik voted for the slots referendum. Delegates Charles Barkely and Saqib Ali voted against. This district had the highest vote for slots.
Generally speaking, districts in the inner suburbs voted more liberally than those far from the Beltway.
Which politicians were most out of step with their districts? In District 39, slots passed by 14.8% but Delegates Barkley and Ali voted against the referendum. In District 14, slots passed by 12.4% but Delegate Taylor voted against the referendum. In District 16, slots failed by 10.4% but Delegates Bronrott, Lee and Frick voted for the referendum. And in District 19, slots passed by 10.1% but Delegate Kramer voted against the referendum.
In the future, we will calculate votes by County Council district and locality for the SERIOUS junkies out there!