The Green Papers: Maryland 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 2 March 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
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 2 March 2004 polls close 8:00p EST (0100 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 8:00p EST (0100 UTC)
 

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Maryland State and Local Government

Maryland 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties

MARYLAND Election Returns from an official source

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. 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 States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Democrat 1,334,493 55.91% Senator John Kerry
(10 Electoral Votes)
• Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Republican 1,024,703 42.93% President George W. Bush
• Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Populist 11,854 0.50% Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo
  Candidate Libertarian 6,094 0.26% Michael Badnarik
• Vice President: Richard Campagna
  Candidate Green 3,632 0.15% David Keith Cobb
• Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche
  Candidate Constitution 3,421 0.14% Michael Anthony Peroutka
• Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
  Candidate --scatter-- 2,440 0.10% Other Write-Ins
  Candidate Write-In 27 0.00% Joe Schriner
  Candidate Write-In 7 0.00% John Joseph Kennedy
• Party: Democratic
  Candidate Write-In 4 0.00% Theodis "Ted" Brown, Sr.
• Party: Unaffiliated
  Candidate Write-In 2 0.00% Lawson Mitchell Bone
• Party: Unaffiliated
  Candidate Write-In 1 0.00% Robert Abraham Boyle, II
• Party: Unaffiliated
Total 2,386,678 100.00%  
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1   Democrat   Senator Paul Sarbanes
• First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Class 3
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 1,504,691 64.80% Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
  Candidate Republican 783,055 33.72% E.J. Pipkin
  Candidate Green 24,816 1.07% Maria Allwine
  Candidate Constitution 9,009 0.39% Thomas Trump
  Candidate Write-In 204 0.01% Robert Gemmill, II
• Party: Libertarian
  Candidate Write-In 109 0.00% Ray Bly
• Party: Republican
  Candidate Write-In 47 0.00% Dennard A. Gayle-El, Sr.
• Party: Republican
Total 2,321,931 100.00%  
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
    Republican   Governor Robert L. "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr.
• First elected: 2002
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on same ticket with the Governor. No separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov
    Republican   Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republicans (2 Renominated);
6 Democrats (6 Renominated)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Wayne T. Gilchrest
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 245,149 75.89% Congressman Wayne T. Gilchrest
  Candidate Democrat 77,872 24.11% Kostas Alexakis
• Central Committee Nominee 19 August 2004
  Withdrawn Democrat     Ann D. Tamlyn - withdrew
Total 323,021 100.00%  
CD 2
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 164,751 66.68% Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
  Candidate Republican 75,812 30.68% Jane Brooks
  Candidate Green 6,508 2.63% Keith Salkowski
Total 247,071 100.00%  
CD 3
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 182,066 63.44% Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin
  Candidate Republican 97,008 33.80% Robert P. "Bob" Duckworth
  Candidate Green 7,895 2.75% Patsy Allen
Total 286,969 100.00%  
CD 4
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Albert R. Wynn
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 196,809 75.23% Congressman Albert R. Wynn
  Candidate Republican 52,907 20.22% John McKinnis
  Candidate Green 11,885 4.54% Theresa Mitchell Dudley
  Candidate Write-In 6 0.00% John B. Kimble
• Unaffiliated
Total 261,607 100.00%  
CD 5
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Steny H. Hoyer
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 204,867 68.72% Congressman Steny H. Hoyer
  Candidate Republican 87,189 29.25% Brad Jewitt
  Candidate Green 4,224 1.42% Bob S. Auerbach
  Candidate Constitution 1,849 0.62% Steve Krukar
Total 298,129 100.00%  
CD 6
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 206,076 67.45% Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett
  Candidate Democrat 90,108 29.49% Kenneth T. Bosley
  Candidate Green 9,324 3.05% Gregory J. Hemingway
Total 305,508 100.00%  
CD 7
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: in Special Election, 16 April 1996, re: resignation of Congressman Kweisi Mfume, 18 February 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 179,189 73.43% Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
  Candidate Republican 60,102 24.63% Tony Salazar
  Candidate Green 4,727 1.94% Virginia T. Rodino
Total 244,018 100.00%  
CD 8
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Christopher Van Hollen, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 2 March 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 215,129 74.91% Congressman Christopher Van Hollen, Jr.
  Candidate Republican 71,989 25.07% Chuck Floyd
  Candidate Write-In 79 0.03% Lih Young
• Party: Democratic
Total 287,197 100.00%  
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Attorney General J. Joseph "Joe" Curran, Jr.
• First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Comptroller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
    Democrat   Comptroller William Donald "Don" Schaefer
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
 

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