Maryland 2016 General Election

The Green Papers: Maryland 2016 General Election

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Maryland
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 26 April 2016
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

✓ Tuesday 26 April 2016 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC).
✓ Tuesday 8 November 2016 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EST (1200-0100 UTC).

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
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 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

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

Tuesday 26 April 2016 Primary Candidate Listings from the State Board of Elections.

Results from
AP Statewide
Politico.

2016 Presidential General Election Candidates from the State Board of Elections.

8 November 2016 returns from the State Board of Elections.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. 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 Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (4, 53 write-ins)

		Democratic	1,677,928	60.33%	former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton • for Vice President: Virginia Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (10 Electoral Votes) • FEC P00003392; 28 Nov 16; Tot $583,217,328; Dsb $582,378,679

		Republican	943,169	33.91%	Donald John Trump, Sr. • for Vice President: Indiana Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence • FEC P80001571; 28 Nov 16; Tot $341,062,859; Dsb $333,457,857

		Libertarian	79,605	2.86%	former Governor New Mexico Gary Earl Johnson • for Vice President: former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. "Bill" Weld • FEC P20002671; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,670,597; Dsb $11,505,633

		Green	35,945	1.29%	Jill E. Stein • for Vice President: Ajamu Baraka • FEC P20003984; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,485,845; Dsb $5,315,546

		Scattering	33,263	1.20%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	9,630	0.35%	David Evan "Evan" McMullin • for Vice President: Nathan Daniel Johnson • FEC P60022654; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,634,839; Dsb $1,618,074
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	566	0.02%	Darrell Lane Castle • for Vice President: Scott N. Bradley • FEC P60021102; 28 Nov 16; Tot $71,876; Dsb $67,084
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	504	0.02%	Michael Andrew "Mike" Maturen • for Vice President: Juan Antonio Muñoz • FEC P60022787
		Write-in; (Republican)	97	0.00%	Stephen John McCarthy • for Vice President: Joyce Meyer
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	73	0.00%	Laurence J. "Larry" Kotlikoff • for Vice President: Edward Emery "Ed" Leamer • FEC P20004511
		Write-in; (Republican)	53	0.00%	Paij Jean "Page" Boring • FEC P60016888
		Write-in; (Republican)	53	0.00%	Janet L. Reid • for Vice President: John E. Reid
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	51	0.00%	Martin Christopher Carlisle • for Vice President: John Anthony Quintanilla
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	48	0.00%	Gloria Estela La Riva • for Vice President: Sarah Sloan • FEC P80005572; 28 Nov 16; Tot $30,851; Dsb $36,030
		Write-in; (Democratic)	44	0.00%	Paul Adams
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	42	0.00%	Thomas Conrad "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Steven Bernard "Steve" Schulin • FEC P20005260
		Write-in; (Republican)	36	0.00%	Jacqueline Gates
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	25	0.00%	Robert Lewis "Bob" Buchanan • for Vice President: Jason Alexander Washington • FEC P60020757
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	24	0.00%	Benjamin "Ben" Hartnell • for Vice President: Dave Marshall
		Write-in; (Republican)	20	0.00%	JoAnn Breivogel
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	18	0.00%	Richard A. Duncan • for Vice President: Ricky Johnson
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	18	0.00%	Lynn Sandra Kahn • for Vice President: Kathleen E. Monahan • Vice President Kathleen E. Monahan of KENSINGTON, MD. • FEC P60005808
		Write-in; (Democratic)	17	0.00%	Cathy Johnson Pendleton • FEC P60015013
		Write-in; (Democratic)	16	0.00%	Mary E. Thomas • FEC P60019940
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	15	0.00%	Dana E. Brown
		Write-in; (Democratic)	14	0.00%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra • for Vice President: Michael Alan Steinberg • FEC P60016342; 31 Dec 16; Tot $8,075,960; Dsb $8,074,914
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	13	0.00%	Michael Lynn "Mike" Smith • for Vice President: Daniel Lee White • FEC P60020781
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	13	0.00%	Sistah Soldjah
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	12	0.00%	Joseph Allen "Joe Exotic" Maldonado • for Vice President: Douglas K. Terranova • FEC P60018249; 30 Sep 16; Tot $12,032; Dsb $4,926
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	11	0.00%	Duff Cooper "Coop" Smith
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	11	0.00%	Anthony "Tony" Joseph Valdivia • for Vice President: Aaron Roy Barriere
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	11	0.00%	Jerome S. "Jerry" White • for Vice President: Niles Niemuth • FEC P20004677; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,357; Dsb $11,356
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	10	0.00%	Star Locke
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	10	0.00%	Maurice Symonette
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	9	0.00%	Cherunda Lynn Fox • for Vice President: Roger Matthew Kushner • FEC P60005303; 28 Oct 16; Tot $36,288; Dsb $36,288
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	9	0.00%	Joseph Charles "Joe" "Average Joe" "The Painter" Schriner • for Vice President: Joe Moreaux • FEC P00003962
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	7	0.00%	Shelia Mariah Bolar
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	7	0.00%	William Ernest Bowhall, Jr. • FEC P60005899
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	7	0.00%	Michael Brandon Puskar • for Vice President: Heidi M. Pope • FEC P60022043; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,325; Dsb $1,319
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	6	0.00%	Ameer Xenos Flippin • FEC P60021243; 31 Oct 16; Tot $84; Dsb $86
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	6	0.00%	Emidio "Mimi" Soltysik • for Vice President: Angela Nicole Walker • FEC P60018017
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	5	0.00%	Michael David Boyles
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	5	0.00%	former Fulton County Pennsylvania Tax Assessor James Arthur "Jim" Hedges • for Vice President: Bill V. Bayes • FEC P60017340
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	4	0.00%	Theodis Brown, Sr. • FEC P20005187
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	4	0.00%	Gerald John "Jerry" Jennings, II • FEC P60008299
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	3	0.00%	Marshall Roy Schoenke • for Vice President: James Creighton Mitchell, Jr
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	2	0.00%	Mohammed Keita • FEC P60007689
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	2	0.00%	Jennifer J. "JJ" Vogel-Walcutt • for Vice President: Christopher "Chris" Walcutt
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	1	0.00%	Richard Baxter Edgell
		Write-in; (Democratic)	1	0.00%	Doug Terry
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	1	0.00%	Kora Roberta Katz Vakil • FEC P60023611
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	1	0.00%	Charles Mitchell "Mitchell" Williams • FEC P60009925
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	1	0.00%	Demetra Jefferson Wysinger • for Vice President: Cedrick D. Jefferson • FEC P60020484
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	Ken Lash • FEC P60022555
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	David Librace • for Vice President: David L. Friedeberg • FEC P60008638; 08 Dec 16; Tot $0; Dsb $0
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	Kevin Michael Moreau • FEC P60021185
		Write-in; (Other Candidates)	0	0.00%	Michael S. Olkowski • for Vice President: Daniel E. Olkowski
Total			2,781,446	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin* • FEC S6MD03177

Class 3 Open		Democratic	Senator Barbara A. Mikulski • First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 2 March 2015: Announced retirement
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3, 7 write-ins)

		Democratic	1,659,907	60.89%	Congressman Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. • Congressman CD 8. 4 March 2015: Announced. • FEC S6MD03441; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,914,048; Dsb $11,333,458

		Republican	972,557	35.67%	state Delegate Kathy Szeliga • FEC S6MD03508; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,582,986; Dsb $1,518,529

		Green	89,970	3.30%	Margaret Flowers • FEC S6MD03474; 23 Nov 16; Tot $79,993; Dsb $79,281

		Scattering	3,231	0.12%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	242	0.01%	Greg Dorsey • FEC S6MD03623
		Write-in; (Democratic)	138	0.01%	Ed Tinus • Lost his party's nomination for the Senate Class 3 seat. • FEC S2MD00446
		Write-in; (Democratic)	77	0.00%	Lih Young • Lost his party's nomination for the Senate Class 3 seat. • FEC S6MD03375
		Write-in; (Democratic)	26	0.00%	Charles Ulysses Smith • Lost his party's nomination for the Senate Class 3 seat. • FEC S6MD03359
		Write-in; (Democratic)	15	0.00%	Bob Robinson • FEC S6MD03326
		Write-in; (Democratic)	7	0.00%	Jeffrey Binkins
Total			2,726,170	100.00%

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Lawrence J. "Larry" Hogan, Jr. • First elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • 22 June 2015: Governor Hogan announced that he has advanced and aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected on same ticket with the Governor. No separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated); 7 Democratic (5 Renominated, 2 Open)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Andrew P. "Andy" Harris • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 26 April 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress

		Republican	242,574	66.99%	Congressman Andrew P. "Andy" Harris • FEC H8MD01094; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,292,494; Dsb $791,745

		Democratic	103,622	28.62%	Joseph "Joe" Werner • FEC H8MD01144

		Libertarian	15,370	4.24%	Matt Beers • FEC H6MD01247

		Scattering	531	0.15%	Other Write-Ins
Total			362,097	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Congressman Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 26 April 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	192,183	62.10%	Congressman Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III • FEC H2MD02160; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,132,012; Dsb $1,114,741

		Republican	102,577	33.14%	Patrick L. "Pat" McDonough • FEC H6MD02211; 28 Nov 16; Tot $241,825; Dsb $225,860

		Libertarian	14,128	4.57%	Kristin S. Kasprzak • FEC H6MD02245

		Scattering	592	0.19%	Other Write-Ins
Total			309,480	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Congressman John Peter Spyros Sarbanes • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 26 April 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	214,640	63.19%	Congressman John Peter Spyros Sarbanes • FEC H6MD03292; 28 Nov 16; Tot $948,387; Dsb $750,521

		Republican	115,048	33.87%	Mark Leroy Plaster • FEC H6MD03441; 28 Nov 16; Tot $509,789; Dsb $439,121

		Green	9,461	2.79%	Nnabu Eze • FEC H6MD03458

		Scattering	463	0.14%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Democratic)	63	0.02%	Ann Dalrymple • FEC H6MD03466
Total			339,675	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4 Open		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 regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 10 March 2015: Announced candidacy for the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat in 2016.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	237,501	74.07%	former Lieutenant Governor Anthony Gregory Brown • FEC H6MD04209; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,617,609; Dsb $1,406,083

		Republican	68,670	21.42%	George E. McDermott • FEC H4MD04071

		Green	8,204	2.56%	Kamesha T. Clark • FEC H6MD04290

		Libertarian	5,744	1.79%	Benjamin Lee "Ben" Krause • FEC H6MD04316

		Scattering	513	0.16%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Democratic)	18	0.01%	Adrian Petrus • FEC H6MD07459
Total			320,650	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5		Democratic	Congressman Steny Hamilton Hoyer • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • 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 2016 • Renominated - 26 April 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	242,989	67.38%	Congressman Steny Hamilton Hoyer • FEC H2MD05155; 28 Nov 16; Tot $3,728,737; Dsb $3,733,772

		Republican	105,931	29.37%	Mark Kenneth Arness • FEC H4MD05144; 30 Nov 16; Tot $53,054; Dsb $53,054

		Libertarian	11,078	3.07%	Jason Summers • FEC H5MD05018

		Scattering	636	0.18%	Other Write-Ins
Total			360,634	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6		Democratic	Congressman John K. Delaney • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 26 April 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	185,770	55.96%	Congressman John K. Delaney • FEC H2MD06195; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,945,472; Dsb $1,934,522

		Republican	133,081	40.09%	Amie Hoeber • FEC H6MD06212; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,170,401; Dsb $1,141,868

		Libertarian	6,889	2.08%	David L. Howser • FEC H6MD06253

		Green	5,824	1.75%	George Gluck • FEC H2MD08175

		Scattering	306	0.09%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in	103	0.03%	Ted Athey • FEC H6MD06261
Total			331,973	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7		Democratic	Congressman Elijah E. Cummings • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: in Special Election, 16 April 1996, re: resignation of Congressman Kweisi Mfume, 18 February 1996 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 26 April 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3, 3 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	238,838	74.89%	Congressman Elijah E. Cummings • FEC H6MD07160; 31 Dec 16; Tot $1,091,552; Dsb $1,027,256

		Republican	69,556	21.81%	Corrogan R. Vaughn • FEC H4MD07074

		Green	9,715	3.05%	Myles B. Hoenig • FEC H6MD07467

		Scattering	584	0.18%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Republican)	202	0.06%	William Thomas Newton • 26 April 2016: Lost Republican Primary • FEC H6MD07434
		Write-in; (Republican)	17	0.01%	Michael Tyrone Pearson • FEC S6MD03490
Total			318,912	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8 Open		Democratic	Congressman Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr. • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 4 March 2015: Candidate for Senate Class 3 in 2016.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	220,657	60.57%	state Senator Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin • FEC H6MD08457; 28 Nov 16; Tot $2,546,469; Dsb $2,168,689

		Republican	124,651	34.21%	Dan Cox • FEC H6MD08564; 28 Nov 16; Tot $78,522; Dsb $64,790

		Green	11,201	3.07%	Nancy Wallace • FEC H6MD08598; 28 Nov 16; Tot $15,882; Dsb $12,401

		Libertarian	7,283	2.00%	Jasen Wunder • FEC H6MD08606

		Scattering	527	0.14%	Other Write-Ins

		Write-in; (Independent)	5	0.00%	Kevin Levester Little
Total			364,324	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic	Attorney General Brian E. Frosh • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Comptroller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic	Comptroller Peter Franchot • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

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): 11 incumbents, 23 candidates
	• Republican: 3 incumbents, 17 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 7 candidates
	• Libertarian: 7 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 1 candidate
	• Other Candidates: 26 candidates
	• Unaffiliated: 17 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 10 candidates
	• Write-in: 64 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.

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.