The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
2002 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
1990 Census: 4,780,753(1.92% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 5,307,886(1.88% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 2,569,316
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 3,824,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 8 PM EST (0100 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor Parris N. Glendening
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  Senator Paul Sarbanes
First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Class 3Democrat  Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 4 Democrats, 4 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Congressman Wayne Gilchrest
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Republican  Congressman Robert Ehrlich, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Democrat  Congressman Benjamin Cardin
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Democrat  Congressman Albert Wynn
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman Steny Hoyer
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Democrat  Congressman Elijah Cummings
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Republican  Congressman Constance Morella
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Maryland has 23 Counties plus the independent City of Baltimore (not part of any County) and 8 Congressional Districts: 18 counties are wholly within one congressional district; 5 counties- along with the independent City of Baltimore- are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester
  • CD # 2: Harford
  • CD # 5: Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
  • CD # 6: Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett and Washington

DIVIDED COUNTIES (those split among more than one Congressional District)

  • Anne Arundel: CDs 1, 2, 3 and 5
  • Baltimore County [NOTE: this is NOT the City of Baltimore nor does it include the City of Baltimore]: CDs 2, 3 and 7
  • Howard: CDs 3 and 6
  • Montgomery: CDs 4 and 8 [CD # 8 is wholly within Montgomery County]
  • Prince George's: CDs 4 and 5

The independent City of Baltimore is divided among CDs 1, 3 and 7.