The Green Papers: Maryland 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 February 2008
Special Election House CD 4: Tuesday 17 June 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
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
Tuesday 12 February 2008 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).
Tuesday 17 June 2008 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00a EDT (1200 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).
 

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Maryland State and Local Government

Maryland 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 10 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
  Candidate Green     former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
• Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente
• FEC P80004930: $132,856
  Candidate Libertarian     former Congressman Bob Barr
• Vice President: Wayne A. Root
• FEC P80005580: $648,749
  Candidate Independent     Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Matt Gonzalez
• FEC P20000527: $2,434,472
  Candidate Other-party nominee     Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin
• FEC P80005499: $96,079
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Jose Miguel Aparicio
• FEC P80004849: Financial report not available
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Lawson Mitchell Bone
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Theodis "Ted" Brown, Sr.
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Frank Moore
  Candidate Write-in     Blaine Taylor
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 (1 Lost / No longer running, 1 Renominated);
6 Democratic (6 Renominated)
CD 1
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Seat up for election
Lost		 Republican Congressman  Wayne T. Gilchrest
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Lost Primary / No Longer Running - 12 February 2008 Primary
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
    Democratic     Kostas Alexakis - apparently not a candidate
    Democratic     Steve Harper - lost primary
• FEC H8MD01136: $15,608
  Candidate Democratic     Frank Michael Kratovil, Jr.
• FEC H8MD01086: $811,447
    Democratic     Christopher Robert Robinson - lost primary
• FEC H6MD01205: $104,953
    Democratic     Harry Edward Sampson - apparently not a candidate
• FEC H4MD01077: Financial report not available
    Democratic     Joseph Werner - lost primary
• FEC H8MD01144: Financial report not available
    Republican     Joseph A. "Joe" Arminio - lost primary
• FEC H8MD01102: $88,160
    Republican     Robert Joseph Banks - lost primary
• FEC H8MD01151: Financial report not available
    Republican     Congressman  Wayne T. Gilchrest - lost primary
• FEC H8MD01037: $710,610
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
• FEC H8MD01094: $2,031,707
    Republican     state Senator  Edward "E.J." Pipkin - lost primary
• FEC H8MD01128: $1,076,499
    Republican     John Leo Walter - lost primary
• 13 December 2007: Withdrew throwing his support to state Senator Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
• FEC H8MD01110: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Richard James Davis
  Candidate Unaffiliated     John Richardson
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 February 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
• FEC H2MD02160: $896,214
  Candidate Republican     Richard Pryce Matthews
• FEC H8MD02084: $6,265
  Candidate Libertarian     Lorenzo Gaztanaga
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 February 2008 Primary
    Democratic     John Rea - lost primary
• FEC H4MD03073: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
• FEC H6MD03292: $923,800
  Candidate Republican     Thomas E. "Pinkston" Harris
• FEC H8MD03082: Financial report not available
    Republican     Christopher Panasuk - lost primary
• FEC H8MD03090: Financial report not available
    Republican     Paul Joseph Spause - lost primary
• FEC H6MD03391: $3,540
    Republican     John Stafford - lost primary
• FEC H8MD03108: Financial report not available
    Libertarian     Charles McPeek, Sr. - apparently not a candidate
• Did not receive his party's nomination
  Candidate Libertarian     Sebastian Sassi
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Donna Fern Edwards
• elected in a Special Election, 17 June 2008, held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Albert Wynn, effective 1 June 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 February 2008 Primary
    Democratic     Michael Babula - lost primary
• FEC H8MD04148: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Donna Fern Edwards
• FEC H6MD04183: $1,320,683
    Democratic     Jason Donnell Jennings - lost primary
• FEC H8MD04130: $11,929
    Democratic     George Edward McDermott - lost primary
• FEC H4MD04071: Financial report not available
    Democratic     George Earl Mitchell - lost primary
• FEC H8MD04122: $76,116
    Democratic     Congressman  Albert R. Wynn - lost primary
• FEC H2MD05361: $1,429,845
    Republican     Robert Broadus - lost primary
• FEC H8MD04155: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Peter James
• FEC H8MD04163: $22,876
    Republican     Vincent Martorano - lost primary
• FEC H8MD04171: Financial report not available
    Republican     Michael Moshe Starkman - lost primary
• FEC H6MD04191: $5,610
    Green     Brian Crider - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Libertarian     Thibeaux Lincecum
• FEC H8MD04189: Financial report not available
 

Congressman Albert R. Wynn, Democrat - Maryland CD 4 officially resigned on 31 May 2008 effective 1 June 2008. The Congressman had announced his resignation on 27 March 2008 after loosing his bid for renomination in the Maryland 12 February 2008 primary. Mr. Wynn will become a partner in the Washington law firm Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Governor Martin O'Malley has called a Special Election for Tuesday 17 June 2008 to fill this vacant seat.

CD 4
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Seat up for election
Special Election		 Democratic
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 17 June 2008
• Special Election - On 18 April 2008, Governor Martin O'Malley called special election to fill this seat.
  Elected Democratic 14,726 79.67% Donna Fern Edwards
• FEC H6MD04183: $1,320,683
  Candidate Republican 3,449 18.66% Peter James
• FEC H8MD04163: $22,876
  Candidate Libertarian 199 1.08% Thibeaux Lincecum
• FEC H8MD04189: Financial report not available
  Candidate Write-in 110 0.60% Write-ins
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Adrian Petrus
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Steve Schulin
Total 18,484 100.00%  
CD 5
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Steny Hamilton Hoyer
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 February 2008 Primary
    Democratic     James Patrick Cusick, Sr. - lost primary
• FEC H8MD05079: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Steny Hamilton Hoyer
• FEC H2MD05155: $3,030,986
  Candidate Republican     Collins Andrew Bailey
• FEC H8MD05087: $4,546
    Republican     Jesse James Dann - lost primary
• FEC H8MD05095: Financial report not available
    Republican     Mike Hethmon - lost primary
• FEC H8MD05103: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Darlene N. Nicholas
CD 6
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Roscoe G. Bartlett, Jr.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 February 2008 Primary
    Democratic     Robin L. Deibert - lost primary
• FEC H8MD06077: $25,878
  Candidate Democratic     Jennifer P. Dougherty
• FEC H8MD06069: $87,176
    Democratic     Andrew James Duck - lost primary
• FEC H6MD06121: $87,416
    Democratic     Rick Lank - lost primary
• FEC H8MD06085: $411
    Democratic     Larry John Smith - lost primary
• FEC H8MD06093: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Roscoe G. Bartlett, Jr.
• FEC H2MD06054: $196,692
    Republican     Tom Croft - lost primary
• FEC H8MD06101: Financial report not available
    Republican     John B. Kimble - lost primary
• FEC H8MD06119: Financial report not available
    Republican     Joseph T. Krysztoforski - lost primary
• FEC H6MD06147: $53,130
    Republican     former Cumberland mayor Frank Kermit Nethken - lost primary
• FEC H8MD00021: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Gary William Hoover, Sr.
CD 7
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Seat up for election		 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
• Renominated - 12 February 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Elijah E. Cummings
• FEC H6MD07160: $731,622
    Democratic     Charles Ulysses Smith - lost primary
• FEC H0MD07056: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Michael Thomas Hargadon
• FEC H8MD07059: $8,458
  Candidate Libertarian     Ronald M. Owens-Bey
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Ray Bly
• Running as a write-in after loosing the 12 February 2008 Republican Primary
• FEC H8MD07042: Financial report not available
CD 8
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 12 February 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.
• FEC H2MD08126: $1,819,584
  Candidate Republican     Steven James "Steve" Hudson
• FEC H8MD08156: $33,485
    Republican     Brian Mezger - lost primary
• FEC H8MD08164: Financial report not available
    Republican     Jay Roberts - lost primary
• FEC H8MD08172: Financial report not available
    Republican     Bruce L. Stern - lost primary
• FEC H8MD08180: $20,650
  Candidate Green     Gordon Scott Clark
• FEC H8MD08198: $14,539
  Candidate Green     Brian Crider
• Website indicates he was running in CD 4 but withdrew. As of 19 July 2008, listed on the ballot for CD 8 by the State Board of Elections as an active candidate.
    Libertarian     Benjamin Parker - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Libertarian     Ian Thomas
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Adrian Petrus
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Meyer F. Marks
• Running as a write-in after loosing the 12 February 2008 Republican Primary.
• FEC H8MD00013: Financial report not available
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic)     Deborah A. Vollmer
• Running as a write-in after loosing the 12 February 2008 Democratic Primary.
• FEC H8MD08149: Financial report not available
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic)     Lih Young
• Running as a write-in after loosing the 12 February 2008 Democratic Primary
• FEC H6MD08366: Financial report not available
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): 13 incumbents, 11 candidates
 • Republican: 2 incumbents, 11 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates): 3 candidates
 • Libertarian: 10 candidates
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Progressive
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
 • Other-party nominee: 1 candidate
 • Unaffiliated: 8 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Write-in: 6 candidates
 
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.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/const.html
Election Authority
 • Maryland State Board of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Maryland General Assembly
Democratic
 • Maryland Democratic Party
Third Party
 • Constitution Party of Maryland Effective 27 June 2006 the Maryland affiliate of the Constitution Party voted to disaffiliate from the national Constitution Party.
 • Libertarian Party of Maryland
 • Maryland Green Party
 • Progressive Maryland
Media & others
 • Arbutus Times
 • Baltimore Business Journal
 • Baltimore Jewish Times
 • Baltimore Messenger - Towson
 • Baltimore Sun
 • Bay Weekly - Chesapeake
 • Carroll County Times - Westminster
 • Catonsville Times
 • Columbia Flier
 • Cumberland Times-News
 • DC's Political Report - Maryland
 • DiamondbackOnline.com - University of Maryland
 • Howard County Times
 • Laurel Leader
 • North East Booster - Columbia
 • Owings Mills Times
 • Politicker MD
 • Politics1.com - Maryland
 • Takoma Voice - Takoma Park
 • The Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel
 • The Daily Times - Salisbury
 • The Frederick News-Post
 • The Gazette
 • The Herald-Mail - Hagerstown
 • The Jeffersonian - Baltimore County
 • The Republican - Oakland
 • The Star Democrat - Easton
 • The Washington Post (Metro)
 • Towson Times - Columbia
 • WBAL TV - NBC - Baltimore
 • WBFF TV - FOX / WNUV TV - WB - Baltimore
 • WHAG TV - NBC - Hagerstown
 • WJZ TV - CBS - Baltimore
 • WMAR TV - ABC - Baltimore
 

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