The Green Papers: Maryland 2007 Off Year Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:10(1.86% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
2000 Census:5,307,886 (1.88% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):3,925,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):2,715,366
Capital:Annapolis
 

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Maryland State and Local Government

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3 Democratic Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley
First elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on same ticket with the Governor. No separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (2 Undetermined);
6 Democratic (6 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman Wayne T. Gilchrest
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 4
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Democratic Congressman Albert R. Wynn
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 5
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Democratic Congressman Steny Hamilton Hoyer
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
First elected: in Special Election, 16 April 1996, re: resignation of Congressman Kweisi Mfume, 18 February 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Attorney General Douglas F. "Doug" Gansler
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Comptroller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 12 incumbents
  Republican: 2 incumbents
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


  2007 Off Year Election Home  
 
  U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party  
  U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2007 Election Dates:   Chronologically   --   Alphabetically  
Poll Closing Times:   Chronologically   --   Alphabetically  
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  Governors     Senate     House  
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  Senators by 'Class'  
  Governors by election 'cycle'  
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  Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance  
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  Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with no incumbent running for them  
  Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
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  2007 Partisan Composition by State  
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  Political Parties  
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  Senate Electoral Classes  
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  Statewide Political Party Strength