The Green Papers: Maryland 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 10 September 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
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
Capital:Annapolis
Tuesday 10 September 2002 polls close 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 8:00p EST (0100 UTC)
 

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Maryland State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in MARYLAND-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 8 PM Eastern Standard Time
(0100 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • MARYLAND is electing its Governor in 2002; this is an Open Chair, as incumbent Democrat Parris Glendening is at term limit and, therefore, cannot run for re-election as Governor in the General Election.
  • MARYLAND is NOT electing either of its U.S. Senators in 2002.
  • MARYLAND is electing 8 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not gain nor lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 Census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election from the State of MARYLAND:

    Incumbent Party District
    [per 1990
    Apportionment ]    		 Reason for not
    seeking re-election
    Robert Ehrlich Republican CD # 2 Nominee for Governor

    Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from MARYLAND in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE-Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]:

    • CD 2

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in MARYLAND:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors
Chair up for election Democrat Governor Parris N. Glendening
• First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
• Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Ralph Jaffe
• General election write-in candidate
  Candidate Democrat James T. Lynch, Jr.
• General election write-in candidate
  Candidate Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
• Lt Governor: Charles R. Larson
  Candidate Libertarian Spear Lancaster
• Lt. Governor: Lorenzo Gaztaņaga
  Elected Republican Congressman Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
• Lt. Governor: Michael S. Steele
Senate  6-year term, 107th 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 Democrat Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
• First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republicans (3 Renominated, 1 Open);
4 Democrats (4 Renominated)
CD 1 Republican Congressman Wayne T. Gilchrest
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Gilchrest is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1
CD 2 Republican Congressman Robert Ehrlich, Jr.
• First elected: 1994
• Open Seat - Nominated for Governor in the 10 September primary
CD 3 Democrat Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Cardin is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3
CD 4 Democrat Congressman Albert R. Wynn
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Wynn is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 4
CD 5 Democrat Congressman Steny H. Hoyer
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Hoyer is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 5
CD 6 Republican Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Bartlett is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 6
CD 7 Democrat Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: in Special Election, 16 April 1996, re: resignation of Congressman Kweisi Mfume, 18 February 1996
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Cummings is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 7
CD 8 Republican Congressman Constance "Connie" Morella
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Morella is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 8
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Ann D. Tamlyn
  Elected Republican Congressman Wayne T. Gilchrest
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democrat C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
  Candidate Republican Helen Delich Bentley
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin
• Incumbent current CD 3
  Candidate Republican Scott Alan Conwell
CD 4
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Mignon Davis
• General election write-in candidate
  Elected Democrat Congressman Albert R. Wynn
• Incumbent current old CD 4
  Candidate Republican John B. Kimble
CD 5
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Steny H. Hoyer
• Incumbent old CD 5
  Candidate Green B. Auerbach
• General election write-in candidate
  Candidate Republican Joseph T. Crawford
CD 6
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Donald M. DeArmon
  Elected Republican Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett
• Incumbent old CD 6
CD 7
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
• Incumbent current CD 7
  Candidate Republican Joseph E. Ward
CD 8
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Christopher Van Hollen, Jr.
  Candidate Republican Congressman Constance "Connie" Morella
• Incumbent old CD 8
  Candidate Unaffiliated Stephen Bassett
 

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