The Green Papers: Maryland 2011 Off-Year Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2011. Find 2012 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2000 Census:5,307,886 (1.88% of 281,998,273)
2002, 2008 Electoral Votes:10(1.86% of 538)
2002-2010 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

Maryland 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


The Constitution, Green, Independent, and Libertarian Parties nominate by convention rather than by primary.


4 February 2011: Senator Roy Dyson (Democratic) introduced SB 501 which would move the Presidential primary from the second Tuesday in February to the first Tuesday in March April (modified 28 March 2011) and move the regular Primary from the second Tuesday after the first Monday in September to the second Tuesday in July last Tuesday in June (modified 28 March 2011).

9 February 2011: Senators Robert Garagiola (Democratic) and Nancy Jacobs (Republican) introduced SB820 which would move the Presidential primary from the second Tuesday in February to the first Tuesday in April and move the regular Primary from the second Tuesday after the first Monday in September to the last Tuesday in June. The companion bill is HB 671 by state Delegates Michael Erin Busch (Democratic), Kumar P. Barve (Democratic), and Anthony J. O'Donnell (Republican).

On 10 May 2011, Governor Martin O'Malley (Democratic) signed HB 671. This bill changes the dates for the Presidential and partisan primaries to the first Tuesday in April in Presidential election years. In non-Presidential election years, the partisan primary is held on the last Tuesday in June.

HB 671 was introduced by state Delegates Michael Erin Busch (Democratic), Kumar P. Barve (Democratic), and Anthony J. O'Donnell (Republican) on 9 February 2011. On that same date, the companion bill, SB820 was introduced by Senators Robert Garagiola (Democratic) and Nancy Jacobs (Republican).

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Candidate Democratic     Raymond Levi Blagmon
FEC S2MD00362; 30 Jun 11; Tot $12,525; Dsb $12,500
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin
FEC S6MD03177; 30 Sep 11; Tot $2,471,023; Dsb $537,254
  Candidate Democratic     J.P. Cusick
  Candidate Democratic     Christopher John "Chris" Garner
FEC S0MD00309
  Candidate Democratic     Ralph Jaffe
  Candidate Democratic     Young Lih
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator C. Anthony Muse
  Candidate Republican     Daniel J. Bongino
FEC S2MD00370; 30 Sep 11; Tot $64,180; Dsb $32,713
  Candidate Republican     William Thomas Capps, Jr.
FEC S2MD00354; 30 Sep 11; Tot $606; Dsb $547
  Candidate Republican     Richard James Douglas
FEC S2MD00388; 30 Sep 11; Tot $9,168; Dsb $9,168
  Candidate Republican     Rick Hoover
  Candidate Republican     David Jones
    Republican     Queen Anne's County Commissioner Eric S. Wargotz - apparently not a candidate
3 November 2011: Announced that he will not run for the Senate.

Class 3 Democratic Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - at term limit

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Elected on same ticket with the Governor. No separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - at term limit

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (2 Undetermined);
6 Democratic (6 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1 Republican Congressman Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Wendy Rosen
FEC H2MD01147
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
FEC H8MD01094; 30 Sep 11; Tot $720,944; Dsb $240,570

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2 Democratic Congressman Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Steven Duvall Bowen
FEC H2MD02210
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Nancy Jacobs
  Candidate Republican     state Delegate Patrick L. "Pat" McDonough
  Candidate Republican     Larry M. Smith
FEC H2MD02228

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3 Democratic Congressman John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
FEC H6MD03292; 30 Sep 11; Tot $755,751; Dsb $114,723

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4 Democratic Congressman Donna Fern Edwards
First 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 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
    Democratic     Anne Arundel County Councilman G. James "Jamie" Benoit - apparently not a candidate
5 December 2011: Decided not to run.
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Donna Fern Edwards
FEC H6MD04183; 30 Sep 11; Tot $231,967; Dsb $177,272
  Candidate Democratic     Ian Garner
  Candidate Democratic     Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Frederick Ivey
FEC H2MD04232
  Candidate Democratic     George McDermott
  Candidate Republican     Robert Broadus

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 5 Democratic Congressman Steny Hamilton Hoyer
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Steny Hamilton Hoyer
FEC H2MD05155; 30 Sep 11; Tot $1,729,729; Dsb $1,026,176
  Candidate Democratic     Cathy Johnson Pendleton
FEC H2MD05460; 15 Oct 11; Tot $0; Dsb $472

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 6 Republican Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     John Delaney
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Robert J. "Rob" Garagiola
FEC H2MD06146
  Candidate Democratic     Milad Pooran
FEC H2MD06161
  Candidate Democratic     former Montgomery County Councilmember At-Large Duchy Trachtenberg
FEC H2MD06153
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett, Jr.
FEC H2MD06054; 30 Sep 11; Tot $73,700; Dsb $22,488
  Candidate Republican     state Senator David R. Brinkley
FEC H2MD06187
  Candidate Republican     Robert Coblentz
  Candidate Republican     Robin K. A. Ficker
FEC H4MD08171
  Candidate Republican     Joseph T. "Joe" Krysztoforski
FEC H6MD06147; 30 Sep 11; Tot $5,123; Dsb $2,589
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Alexander Xavier "Alex" Mooney
FEC H2MD06179
  Candidate Republican     Brandon Orman Rippeon
FEC H2MD06120; 30 Sep 11; Tot $50,000; Dsb $7,424
  Candidate Republican     David Drain "Dave" Wallace, II
FEC H2MD06138; 30 Sep 11; Tot $4,040; Dsb $3,894

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 7 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 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Ty Glen Busch
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
FEC H6MD07160; 30 Sep 11; Tot $300,455; Dsb $256,291

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 8 Democratic Congressman Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.
FEC H2MD08126; 30 Sep 11; Tot $410,815; Dsb $422,904

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic Attorney General Douglas F. "Doug" Gansler
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Comptroller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 

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): 12 incumbents, 22 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 19 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.

"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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