The Green Papers: Maryland 2021 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:6,185,278 (2.00% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:10(1.86% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
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


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.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th 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)
  Candidate 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 (9)
  Candidate Democratic     Greenbelt Mayor Colin A. Byrd
8 March 2021: Switched candidate from House CD 5 to Senate Class 3.

FEC H2MD05528; 30 Jun 21; Tot $18,442; Dsb $18,442
  Candidate Democratic     Michelle Laurence Smith
FEC S2MD00529; 30 Sep 21; Tot $256; Dsb $15,568
  Candidate Republican     John Berman
Resident of the state of Washington.

FEC S2MD00560
  Candidate Republican     George Davis
  Candidate Republican     Roussan "Rou" Etienne, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     Nnabu Eze
FEC H0MD04152
  Candidate Republican     Jonathan A. "Jon" McGreevey
FEC S2MD00545
  Candidate Republican     James Tarantin
FEC S2MD00552; 30 Sep 21; Tot $51,512; Dsb $6,484
  Candidate Republican     John Thormann

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 (18)
  Candidate Democratic     former Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III
for Lieutenant Governor: Nancy Navarro
  Candidate Democratic     Jon Baron
  Candidate Democratic     state Comptroller Peter Franchot
  Candidate Democratic     former state Attorney General Douglas F. "Doug" Gansler
First elected as Attorney General: 2006, re-elected: 2010; lost the Democratic nonmination for Governor: 2014.
  Candidate Democratic     Ashwani Jain
  Candidate Democratic     former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr.
  Candidate Democratic     Wes Moore
for Lieutenant Governor: former state Delegate Aruna Miller
  Candidate Democratic     former Montgomery County Councillor Tom Perez
  Candidate Democratic     Jerome Segal
Founder of the disbanded Bread and Roses Party.
  Candidate Democratic     Ed Tinus
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate Daniel L. "Dan" Cox
for Lieutenant Governor: Gordana Schifanelli
  Candidate Republican     former state Delegate Robin Ficker
  Candidate Republican     state Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz
  Candidate Republican     former Lieutant Governor Michael Steele
Elected Lieutenant Governor: 2002; unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate: 2006.
  Candidate Republican     Joe Werner
for Lieutenant Governor: Minh "Mike" Luong
  Candidate Liberation     David Lashar
  Candidate Liberation     Christiana Logansmith
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Kyle Sefcik
for Lieutenant Governor: Katie Lee
  

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
Open Seat - Retiring at the end of his term.

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Undetermined);
7 Democratic (6 Undetermined, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     R. David "Dave" Harden
FEC H2MD01238; 30 Sep 21; Tot $200,267; Dsb $89,242
  Candidate Democratic     former state Delegate Heather Renay Mizeur
FEC H2MD01220; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,056,573; Dsb $291,893
  Candidate Democratic     Jennifer Pingley
FEC H0MD01224
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
FEC H8MD01094; 30 Sep 21; Tot $585,570; Dsb $242,444

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (6) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Liri Fusha
  Candidate Democratic     Brittany T. Oliver
FEC H2MD02319; 30 Sep 21; Tot $43,964; Dsb $20,823
  Candidate Democratic     Jake Pretot
FEC H8MD02100
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III
FEC H2MD02160; 30 Sep 21; Tot $361,482; Dsb $245,860
  Candidate Republican     Joe Kelley
FEC H2MD02301
  Candidate Republican     Lorrie A. Sigley

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Malcolm Thomas Colombo
FEC H2MD03176; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,500; Dsb $187
  Candidate Democratic     George Croom
FEC H2MD03192
  Candidate Democratic     Eselebor E. Okojie
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
FEC H6MD03292; 30 Sep 21; Tot $34,589; Dsb $114,568
  Candidate Republican     Antonio Pitocco
FEC H2MD03184; 30 Sep 21; Tot $8,911; Dsb $7,981

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Member of Congress Anthony Gregory Brown
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - 25 October 2021: Candidate for Attorney General.
 Candidate list (7) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Angela Angel
FEC H2MD04349
  Candidate Democratic     James Levi Curtis, Jr.
FEC H2MD04331
  Candidate Democratic     former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey
FEC H2MD04315
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate Jazz M. Lewis
FEC H2MD04323
  Candidate Democratic     Gabriel Njinimbot
FEC H4MD04162
  Candidate Republican     George McDermott
  Candidate Republican     Jeff Warner
FEC H2MD04307

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Member of Congress Steny Hamilton Hoyer
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 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Sarah Elaine "Elaine" Belson
FEC H2MD05544
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Steny Hamilton Hoyer
FEC H2MD05155; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,433,570; Dsb $1,227,422
  Candidate Democratic     McKayla Nicollette Wilkes
FEC H2MD05536; 30 Sep 21; Tot $79,268; Dsb $45,703
  Candidate Republican     Christopher "Chris" Palombi
FEC H0MD05225; 30 Sep 21; Tot $8,624; Dsb $4,945

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress David J. Trone
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (8) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Benjamin "Ben" Smilowitz
FEC H2MD06294
  Candidate Democratic     Carleah M. Summers
FEC H2MD06302
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress David J. Trone
FEC H6MD08549; 30 Sep 21; Tot $483,401; Dsb $480,144
  Candidate Republican     Jonathan Jenkins
FEC H2MD06260; 30 Sep 21; Tot $19,735; Dsb $12,171
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate Neil Conrad Parrott
FEC H0MD06231; 30 Sep 21; Tot $116,533; Dsb $16,513
  Candidate Republican     Robert "Bob" Poissonnier
FEC H2MD06278
  Candidate Republican     David D. "Dave" Wallace, II
FEC H2MD06310
  Candidate Independent     David August
FEC H2MD06286

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 7 Democratic 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; re-elected in a Special Election: 28 April 2020 [re: passing of Member of Congress Elijah E. Cummings].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Tashi Kimandus Davis
FEC H2MD07094
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Kweisi Mfume
FEC H6MD07020; 30 Sep 21; Tot $127,239; Dsb $87,267
  Candidate Republican     Michael Pearson
  Candidate Independent     Amber Ivey
FEC H0MD07387

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Andalib Mimokunmi Thomas Odulate
FEC H2MD08191
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin
FEC H6MD08457; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,410,745; Dsb $869,110
  Candidate Republican     Mariela Roca
FEC H2MD08183; 30 Sep 21; Tot $20,580; Dsb $8,248

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
Open Seat - Retiring at the end of his term.
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Anthony Gregory Brown
25 October 2021: Candidate for Attorney General.
  Candidate Democratic     Katie Curran O'Malley
former First Lady of Maryland
  Candidate Republican     Jim Shalleck

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.
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Bowie Mayor Timothy J. "Tim" Adams
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate Brooke Elizabeth Lierman
  Candidate Republican     Harford Executive Barry Glassman
 

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): 11 incumbents, 43 candidates
  Republican: 3 incumbents, 27 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Liberation: 2 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
  Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
 
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.


 


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