Maryland

MARYLAND

10 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Maryland State Board of Elections)
Total Population, July 2007 est.                  5,618,344
Total Registration, Jan. 31, 2008 >              3,134,077
Dem. 1,731,900 (55.26%)   Rep. 889,600 (28.38%)   Grn. 8,045 (0.26%)   Lib. 5,275 (0.17%)   Unaff. 448,509 (14.31%)   Other 50,748 (1.62%)
Maryland has: 23 counties and Baltimore city.
Largest counties: Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore (county), Baltimore (city), Anne Arundel. >

Government
Governor: Martin O'Malley (D) elected Nov. 2006.
State Legislature: Maryland General Assembly House: 141 seats Senate: 47 seats
Local: County and Municipal NACO Counties
U.S. House: 6D, 2R - 1. W.Gilchrest (R) | 2. D.Ruppersburger. (D) | 3. J.Sarbanes (D) | 4. A.Wynn (D) | 5. S.Hoyer (D) | 6. R.Bartlett (R) | 7. E.Cummings (D) | 8. C.Van Hollen (D).
U.S. Senate: Ben Cardin (D) elected in 2006, Barbara Mikulski (D) re-elected in 2004.

Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-1) and Rep. Albert Wynn (D-4) were defeated in the Feb. 12, 2008 primary. Wynn announced on Mar. 27 that he will resign from Congress in June.

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MD Green Party
MD Libertarian Party
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Politics1-MD

Primary Election -- Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Democrats
99 Delegates (70 Pledged, 29 Unpledged) and 12 Alternates.
2.45% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Clinton | Obama

Official Results

Joe Biden
3,776

0.43%

Hillary Clinton
314,211

35.78%

Chris Dodd
788

0.09%

John Edwards
10,506

1.20%

Mike Gravel
804

0.09%

Dennis Kucinich
1,909

0.22%

+Barack Obama
532,665

60.66%

Bill Richardson
2,098

0.24%

Uncommitted
11,417

1.30%

Total
878,174

Obama won in all CDs except 1 and 6.

Republicans
37 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 24 by CD (3 x 8 CDs).
1.55% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Allocation: At-large is winner-take-all per statewide vote. CD is winner-take-all per CD.

Huckabee | McCain | Paul
former: Giuliani | Romney | FThompson

Official Results

Rudy Giuliani
4,548

1.42%

Mike Huckabee
91,608

28.54%

Duncan Hunter
522

0.16%

Alan Keyes
3,386

1.05%

+John McCain
176,046

54.84%

Ron Paul
19,196

5.98%

Mitt Romney
22,426

6.99%

Tom Tancredo
356

0.11%

Fred Thompson
2,901

0.90%

Total
320,989

McCain won in all CDs. His best showing was in the 8th CD (65.4%); he fared worst in the 6th CD, where he obtained 48.9% to 35.6% for Huckabee.

Secretary of State: Presidential Primary Ballot, >

Setting the Primary Date
State Democratic Party Chairman Terry Lierman sought to move the primary from the first Tuesday in March to the second Tuesday in February (March 4 to February 12) in presidential election years, when it would coincide with the primary in neighboring Virginia. He had the support of Gov. Martin O'Malley and Senate President Mike Miller. HB 1434/SB 1025, introduced on March 9, 2007, passed both chambers of the legislature on April 2, and was signed by Gov. O'Malley on April 24.

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Deadline to register to vote before the General Election is October 12, 2004 (21st day before the election).

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,024,703

(42.98)

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
1,334,493

(55.97)

Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)
3,632

(0.15)

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
6,094
(0.26)

Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)
3,421

(0.14)

Nader/Camejo (Pop.)

11,854

(0.50)

Write-ins (5)
41
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Total........2,384,238

2004 Overview
Although the margin was trimmed a bit from Gore's 2000 showing, Kerry easily won with a plurality of 309,790 votes (12.99 percentage points). Kerry carried 5 counties--Baltimore, Charles, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George's--and Baltimore City while Bush won in 18 counties.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04

Past Results

1996

Clinton (Dem.)..........966,207 (54.25)

Dole (Rep.)..............681,530 (38.27)

Perot (Ref.)..............115,812
(6.50)

Others (3+w/ins).........17,321
(0.97)

Total........1,780,870

1992

Clinton (Dem.)..........988,571 (49.80)

Bush (Rep.).............707,094 (35.62)

Perot (.)..............281,414
(14.18)

Others (2+w/ins)...........7,967
(0.40)

Total........1,985,046

2000

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,140,782

(56.46)

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
813,797

(40.28)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
5,310

(0.26)

Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
4,248

(0.21)

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
53,768

(2.66)

Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
919

(0.05)

Write-Ins
1,656

(0.08)

Total........2,020,480

2000 Overview
Gore comfortably won Maryland's 10 electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 326,985 votes (16.18 percentage points). Gore carried 6 counties and Baltimore City, while Bush won in 17 counties.

Notes: Seven political parties filed with the State Board of Elections to be officially recognized in Maryland for the Nov. 2000 election. Six parties achieved this status and appeared on the ballot (the Natural Law Party failed to gain sufficient signatures).
Registration: Dem. 1,547,117 (56.98%) Rep. 805,894 (29.68%) Lib. 4,021 Grn. 973 Const. 57 Ref. 813 Dec./Other 356,441 (13.13%) Total 2,715,366.

2004 Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, March 2, 2004

The presidential primary has been held on the first Tuesday in March since 1992. See also Presidential Primaries--Office of the Secretary of State.

Democratic

EDWARDS KERRY KUCINICHformer CLARK DEAN

ballot

official results

	Total Vote	Percent
Carol Moseley Braun	2,809	0.6%
Wesley K. Clark	4,230	0.9%
Howard Dean	12,461	2.6%
John Edwards	123,006	25.5%
Dick Gephardt	2,146	0.4%
Mildred Glover	4,039	0.8%
+John F. Kerry	286,955	59.6%
Dennis J. Kucinich	8,693	1.8%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	1,555	0.3%
Joe Lieberman	5,245	1.1%
Alfred Sharpton, Jr.	21,810	4.5%
Uncommitted	8,527	1.8%

99 Delegates (69 Pledged, 30 Unpledged) and 11 Alternates.

Republican

George W. Bush 151,943 (100%)

Note: In March 2003 Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller, Jr. introduced S.B. 747, Maryland's Presidential Primary Election, which would have moved the date of the presidential primary to the second Tuesday in February (February 10, 2004), but the General Assembly failed to pass the bill.