Maryland 2020 General Election

The Green Papers: Maryland 2020 General Election

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Maryland
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Special Primary House CD 7: Tuesday 4 February 2020
✓ Special Election House CD 7: Tuesday 28 April 2020
✓ Primary: Tuesday 2 June 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

✓ Wednesday 20 November 2019 - Filing Deadline: Special Election House CD 7 .
✓ Friday 24 January 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
✓ Tuesday 4 February 2020 - Special Primary House CD 7. Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p EST (1200-0100 UTC).
✓ Tuesday 28 April 2020 - Special Election House CD 7. Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC). Due to the COVID-19 virus, this election will be run by mail.
✓ Tuesday 2 June 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC).
✓ Monday 3 August 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor/President .
✓ Thursday 15 October 2020 - Filing Deadline - Write-in .
✓ Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EST (1200-0100 UTC).

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	5,789,929	(1.87% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	10	(1.86% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	8	(1.84% of 435)
Capital:	Annapolis

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Maryland State and Local Government

Maryland 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

17 March 2020: Governor Larry Hogan announced that he is postponing the 28 April primary election to 2 June. The Special Election for U.S. House CD 7 will continue to be held on 28 April but run by mail.

The Democratic and Republican Parties nominate by Primary. The Green and Libertarian parties nominate by TBD. The Bread and Roses Party may nominate by Convention.

Election Dates, Candidacy dates, 2020 Primary Election State Candidates List from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

2 June 2020 Primary results, results from a media source.

2 June 2020 Primary returns from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

2020 General Election Candidate Listing from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

3 November 2020 returns from the Maryland State Board of Elections.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 10 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (5, 27 write-ins)

		Democratic	1,985,023	65.36%	former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris (10 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521

		Republican	976,414	32.15%	President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436

		Libertarian	33,488	1.10%	Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521

		Scattering	18,045	0.59%	Other Write-Ins

		Green	15,799	0.52%	Howie Gresham Hawkins • for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker • FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095

		Bread & Roses	5,884	0.19%	Jerome Michael Segal • for Vice President: John De Graaf • FEC P00013706; 30 Jun 20; Tot $44,085; Dsb $35,271

		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	1,117	0.04%	Kanye "Deez Nutz" West • FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
		Write-in; (American Solidarity; Other Candidates)	795	0.03%	Brian T. Carroll • FEC P00013771
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	131	0.00%	Jade Simmons • for Vice President: Claudeligh J. Roze • FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
		Write-in; (Peace And Freedom; Unaffiliated)	125	0.00%	Gloria Estela La Riva • for Vice President: Sunil Freeman • FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	32	0.00%	Albert L. Raley
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	30	0.00%	Mark Robert Charles • for Vice President: Adrian Wallace • FEC P00012039; 23 Nov 20; Tot $157,733; Dsb $155,506
		Write-in; (Republican; Other Candidates)	26	0.00%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Jr. • FEC P60016342; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,220,189; Dsb $14,208,041
		Write-in; (Republican; Other Candidates)	23	0.00%	Barbara Ruth Bellar • FEC P00012799; 30 Sep 20; Tot $5,051; Dsb $729
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	20	0.00%	Shawn W. Howard • FEC P00011189; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,386; Dsb $3,281
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	16	0.00%	Brock Jeffrey Pierce • for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard • FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	11	0.00%	Todd Cella
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	11	0.00%	Thomas "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Andy Prior
		Write-in; (Prohibition Party; Other Candidates)	10	0.00%	former Libertyville Township Illinois Trustee Phil Andrew Collins • FEC P00014522
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	8	0.00%	Dennis Andrew Ball
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	6	0.00%	Deborah Ann "Debbie" Rouse • for Vice President: Sheila Marie Cannon • FEC P00005207
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	5	0.00%	Kasey J. Wells • FEC P00007864; 14 Oct 20; Tot $10,625; Dsb $10,578
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	4	0.00%	President R19 Boddie • As listed on the ballot: President Boddie • FEC P00017202
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	3	0.00%	Benjamin Schwalb
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	3	0.00%	Peter W. Sherrill
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	1	0.00%	Johnson Immanuel Lee, Jr.
		Write-in; (Green; Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	Susan Maude Buchser-Lochocki • FEC P00014357; 30 Nov 20; Tot $12,794; Dsb $12,652
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	Ryan Stephen Ehrenreich • for Vice President: Veronica Ehrenreich • FEC P00011395
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	Randall Patrick Foltyniewicz
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	Edward Shlikas
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	Mary Ruth Caro Simmons • for Vice President: Sherrie Dow
		Write-in; (Democratic)	0	0.00%	Sharon Wallace • for Vice President: Karen M. Short
Total			3,037,030	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin* • FEC S6MD03177

Class 3		Democratic	Senator Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. • Previously served in the U.S. Congress elected: 2002-2014. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (2)

		Democratic			Jaden Thomas Farris • FEC S2MD00511
		Democratic			Michelle Laurence Smith • FEC S2MD00529

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Lawrence J. "Larry" Hogan, Jr. • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair
	Candidate list (3)

		Democratic			Comptroller Peter Franchot
		Democratic			Ed Tinus

		Republican			former state Delegate Robin Ficker
	22 June 2015: Governor Hogan announced that he has advanced and aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 16 November 2015: Governor Hogan announced that he was 100% cancer free and in complete remission.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on same ticket with the Governor. No separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Boyd K. Rutherford • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated); 7 Democratic (7 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Member of Congress Andrew P. "Andy" Harris • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Republican	250,901	63.44%	Member of Congress Andrew P. "Andy" Harris • FEC H8MD01094; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,475,998; Dsb $965,438

		Democratic	143,877	36.38%	Mia Mason • FEC H0MD01232; 30 Jun 20; Tot $2,524; Dsb $0

		Scattering	746	0.19%	Other Write-Ins
Total			395,524	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Member of Congress Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	224,836	67.72%	Member of Congress Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III • FEC H2MD02160; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,015,241; Dsb $905,812

		Republican	106,355	32.03%	state Senator Johnny Ray Salling • FEC H0MD02230; 23 Nov 20; Tot $68,320; Dsb $66,895

		Scattering	835	0.25%	Other Write-Ins
Total			332,026	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Member of Congress John Peter Spyros Sarbanes • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	260,358	69.76%	Member of Congress John Peter Spyros Sarbanes • FEC H6MD03292; 23 Nov 20; Tot $576,461; Dsb $677,181

		Republican	112,117	30.04%	Charles Anthony • FEC H8MD03165; 14 Oct 20; Tot $7,430; Dsb $6,423

		Scattering	731	0.20%	Other Write-Ins
Total			373,206	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4		Democratic	Member of Congress Anthony Gregory Brown • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	282,119	79.58%	Member of Congress Anthony Gregory Brown • FEC H6MD04209; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,453,315; Dsb $842,626

		Republican	71,671	20.22%	George E. McDermott • FEC H4MD04071

		Scattering	739	0.21%	Other Write-Ins
Total			354,529	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5		Democratic	Member of Congress Steny Hamilton Hoyer • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected in a special election: May 1981 re: Congress declaring Congresswoman Gladys Spellman's seat vacant due to her coma. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	274,210	68.75%	Member of Congress Steny Hamilton Hoyer • FEC H2MD05155; 23 Nov 20; Tot $4,596,075; Dsb $4,279,361

		Republican	123,525	30.97%	Christopher "Chris" Palombi • FEC H0MD05225; 23 Nov 20; Tot $46,787; Dsb $45,239

		Scattering	1,104	0.28%	Other Write-Ins
Total			398,839	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6		Democratic	Member of Congress David J. Trone • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	215,540	58.82%	Member of Congress David J. Trone • FEC H6MD08549; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,964,271; Dsb $2,887,139

		Republican	143,599	39.19%	state Delegate Neil Conrad Parrott • FEC H0MD06231; 23 Nov 20; Tot $315,071; Dsb $252,987

		Green	6,893	1.88%	George Gluck • FEC H2MD08175

		Scattering	356	0.10%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	46	0.01%	Jason Herrick
Total			366,434	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7		Democratic	Member of Congress Kweisi Mfume • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 1986, re-elected: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994. Resigned 15 February 1996 to take the position of Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; re-elected in a Special Election: 28 April 2020 [re: passing of Member of Congress Elijah E. Cummings]. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 3 write-ins) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	237,084	71.63%	Member of Congress Kweisi Mfume • First elected: 1986, re-elected: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994. Resigned 15 February 1996 to take the position of Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. • FEC H6MD07020; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,006,476; Dsb $704,508

		Republican	92,825	28.04%	Kimberly "Kim" Klacik • FEC H0MD07197; 23 Nov 20; Tot $8,289,902; Dsb $7,318,978

		Scattering	1,052	0.32%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Democratic)	21	0.01%	Charles U. Smith • FEC H0MD07056
		Write-in; (Republican)	16	0.00%	Ray Bly • FEC H8MD07042
Total			330,998	100.00%
	17 October 2019: Member of Congress Elijah E. Cummings, 68, passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges. He was first elected in a Special Election on 16 April 1996 and served in Congress until his death. 28 October 2019: Governor Lawrence J. "Larry" Hogan, Jr. (Republican) called a Special Election to fill this vacant seat. The filing deadline is 20 November 2019, the Special Primary Election is on 4 February 2020, and the Special General Election is on 28 April 2020. Special Election Candidate List and Special Congressional District 7 Election Information. 4 February 2020: Results from a media source. 28 April 2020: Returns from an official source. Results from a media source. 28 April 2020: former Member of Congress Kweisi Mfume is elected in a Special Election.

Special Election - 116th Congress
CD 7 Special Election		Democratic	• Seat up for special election: Tuesday 28 April 2020 • Special Election
	Candidate list (2, 3 write-ins)

		Democratic	111,955	73.79%	former Member of Congress Kweisi Mfume • First elected: 1986, re-elected: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994. Resigned 15 February 1996 to take the position of Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. • FEC H0MD07114

		Republican	38,102	25.11%	Kimberly "Kim" Klacik • FEC H0MD07197; 23 Nov 20; Tot $8,289,902; Dsb $7,318,978

		Scattering	1,660	1.09%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	1	0.00%	Peter James
		Write-in; (Democratic)	0	0.00%	Jason Hale
Total			151,718	100.00%
	17 October 2019: Member of Congress Elijah E. Cummings, 68, passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges. He was first elected in a Special Election on 16 April 1996 and served in Congress until his death. 28 October 2019: Governor Lawrence J. "Larry" Hogan, Jr. (Republican) called a Special Election to fill this vacant seat. The filing deadline is 20 November 2019, the Special Primary Election is on 4 February 2020, and the Special General Election is on 28 April 2020. Special Election Candidate List and Special Congressional District 7 Election Information. 4 February 2020: Results from a media source. 28 April 2020: Returns from an official source. Results from a media source.

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8		Democratic	Member of Congress Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	274,716	68.23%	Member of Congress Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin • FEC H6MD08457; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,083,903; Dsb $1,387,883

		Republican	127,157	31.58%	Gregory Thomas Coll • FEC H0MD08203; 31 Dec 20; Tot $30,971; Dsb $27,352

		Scattering	714	0.18%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Democratic)	27	0.01%	Lih Young • FEC H6MD08366
Total			402,614	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Attorney General Brian E. Frosh • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Comptroller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Comptroller Peter Franchot • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014, 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2022.

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 Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 12 incumbents, 19 candidates
	• Republican: 3 incumbents, 14 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Green (affiliates): 3 candidates
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• American Solidarity: 1 candidate
	• Bread & Roses: 1 candidate
	• Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
	• Prohibition Party (affiliates): 1 candidate
Independents
	• Other Candidates: 21 candidates
	• Unaffiliated: 6 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 10 candidates
	• Write-in: 32 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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.