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U.S. Senate, Maryland
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 15, 2022
Primary: July 19, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Maryland
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
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Voters in Maryland will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for July 19, 2022. The filing deadline was April 15, 2022.

The election will fill the Class III Senate seat held by Chris Van Hollen (D), who first took office in 2017. The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. Senate. Thirty-five of 100 seats are up for election, including one special election.^[1] Democrats have an effective majority, with the chamber split 50-50 and Vice President Kamala Harris (D) having the tie-breaking vote.^[2] Fourteen seats held by Democrats and 21 seats held by Republicans are up for election in 2022.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• United States Senate election in Maryland, 2022 (July 19 Republican primary)
• United States Senate election in Maryland, 2022 (July 19 Democratic primary)

Candidates and election results[edit]

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jaden Thomas Farris (D)

Voting information[edit]

See also: Voting in Maryland

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses[edit]

Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey and share what motivates them on political and personal levels. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

No candidate in this race has completed Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia is seeking 100 percent participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots.

You can ask candidates in this race to fill out the survey by clicking their names below:

• Chris Van Hollen

Campaign finance[edit]

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.^[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022. The next campaign finance filing deadline is October 15, 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Chris Van Hollen	Democratic Party	$5,814,677	$3,085,584	$4,059,191	As of June 29, 2022
Scottie Griffin	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Chris Chaffee	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings[edit]

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[5]
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[6][7][8]

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in Maryland, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	September 20, 2022	September 13, 2022	September 6, 2022	August 30, 2022
The Cook Political Report	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access[edit]

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Maryland in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Maryland	U.S. Senate	Democratic or Republican	N/A	$290.00	4/15/2022	Source
Maryland	U.S. Senate	Non-principal party	N/A	$290.00	8/3/2022	Source
Maryland	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	10,000, or 1% of the total number of voters who are eligible to vote for the office, whichever is less	$290.00	8/3/2022	Source

Election history[edit]

2018[edit]

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mia Mason (D)

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sam Faddis (R)
• David Pae (R)

2016[edit]

See also: United States Senate election in Maryland, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Maryland's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. In the U.S. Senate race in Maryland, incumbent Barbara Mikulski chose to retire, leaving the seat open in 2016. The election attracted a large number of Democratic, Republican and independent candidates. Chris Van Hollen (D) defeated Kathy Szeliga (R), Arvin Vohra (Libertarian), Margaret Flowers (Green), and several write-in candidates in the general election on November 8, 2016. Van Hollen defeated nine other Democrats to win the nomination, and Szeliga defeated 13 other Republicans in the primary. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.^[9][10]

U.S. Senate, Maryland General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen	60.9%	1,659,907
	Republican	Kathy Szeliga	35.7%	972,557
	Green	Margaret Flowers	3.3%	89,970
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	3,736
Total Votes				2,726,170
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. Senate, Maryland Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Chris Van Hollen	53.2%	470,320
Donna Edwards	38.9%	343,620
Freddie Dickson	1.7%	14,856
Theresa Scaldaferri	1.5%	13,178
Violet Staley	1.2%	10,244
Lih Young	1%	8,561
Charles Smith	0.9%	7,912
Ralph Jaffe	0.8%	7,161
Blaine Taylor	0.7%	5,932
Ed Tinus	0.3%	2,560
Total Votes		884,344
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. Senate, Maryland Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kathy Szeliga	35.6%	135,337
Chris Chaffee	13.7%	52,066
Chrys Kefalas	9.6%	36,340
Richard Douglas	7.6%	29,007
Dave Wallace	6.1%	23,226
Sean Connor	5.7%	21,727
Lynn Richardson	5.5%	20,792
John Graziani	4.4%	16,722
Greg Holmes	4.3%	16,148
Mark McNicholas	2.6%	9,988
Joseph Hooe	2.2%	8,282
Anthony Seda	1%	3,873
Richard Shawver	0.8%	3,155
Garry Yarrington	0.8%	2,988
Total Votes		379,651
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

2012[edit]

See also: United States Senate elections in Maryland, 2012

On November 6, 2012, Ben Cardin (D) won re-election in the general election. He defeated a host of challengers, with Dan Bongino (R) coming in second.

U.S. Senate, Maryland General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ben Cardin Incumbent	56%	1,474,028
	Republican	Dan Bongino	26.3%	693,291
	Libertarian	Dean Ahmad	1.2%	32,252
	Independent	Rob Sobhani	16.4%	430,934
	Democratic	Lih Young (Write-in)	0%	163
	Republican	Mary Podlesak (Write-in)	0%	21
	Independent	Brandy Baker	0%	151
	Independent	Ed Tinus	0%	48
	N/A	Other Write-ins	0.1%	2,346
Total Votes				2,633,234
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "U.S. Senator"

U.S. Senate, Maryland Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ben Cardin Incumbent	74.2%	240,704
Raymond Blagmon	1.8%	5,909
C. Anthony Muse	15.7%	50,807
J.P. Cusick	1.5%	4,778
Christopher Garner	2.9%	9,274
Ralph Jaffe	1%	3,313
Blaine Taylor	1.3%	4,376
Ed Tinus	0.3%	1,064
Lih Young	1.2%	3,993
Total Votes		324,218

U.S. Senate, Maryland Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Daniel John Bongino	33.6%	68,597
Joseph Alexander	8.9%	18,171
Robert "BRO" Broadus	5.4%	11,020
William Thomas Capps, Jr.	3.5%	7,092
Richard J. Douglas	28.3%	57,776
Rick Hoover	5.3%	10,787
David Jones	4.1%	8,380
John B. Kimble	5.1%	10,506
Brian Vaeth	1.9%	3,781
Corrogan R. Vaughn	4%	8,158
Total Votes		204,268

Election analysis[edit]

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
• Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
• State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections[edit]

See also: Presidential voting trends in Maryland and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district[edit]

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Maryland, 2022
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
Maryland's 1st	Andy Harris	Republican	R+11
Maryland's 2nd	Dutch Ruppersberger	Democratic	D+7
Maryland's 3rd	John Sarbanes	Democratic	D+10
Maryland's 4th	Open	Democratic	D+40
Maryland's 5th	Steny Hoyer	Democratic	D+15
Maryland's 6th	David Trone	Democratic	D+2
Maryland's 7th	Kweisi Mfume	Democratic	D+30
Maryland's 8th	Jamie Raskin	Democratic	D+29

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines[edit]

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Maryland[11]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Maryland's 1st	41.7%	56.3%
Maryland's 2nd	59.4%	38.6%
Maryland's 3rd	61.7%	36.2%
Maryland's 4th	89.6%	8.7%
Maryland's 5th	67.4%	30.9%
Maryland's 6th	53.9%	44.1%
Maryland's 7th	81.0%	17.5%
Maryland's 8th	80.5%	17.9%

2012-2020[edit]

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 64.2% of Marylanders lived in one of the state's six Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 20.5% lived in one of 13 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Maryland was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Maryland following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.^[12]

Maryland county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	6	64.2%
Solid Republican	13	20.5%
Trending Democratic	1	9.5%
New Democratic	3	5.3%
Trending Republican	1	0.4%
Total voted Democratic	10	79.1%
Total voted Republican	14	20.9%

Historical voting trends[edit]

Maryland presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 21 Democratic wins
• 10 Republican wins

Statewide elections[edit]

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections[edit]

See also: List of United States Senators from Maryland

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Maryland.

U.S. Senate election results in Maryland
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	64.9%	30.3%
2016	60.9%	35.7%
2012	56.0%	26.3%
2010	61.8%	36.3%
2006	54.2%	44.2%
Average	59.6	34.6

Gubernatorial elections[edit]

See also: Governor of Maryland

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Maryland.

Gubernatorial election results in Maryland
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	55.3%	43.5%
2014	51.0%	47.3%
2010	56.2%	41.8%
2006	52.7%	46.2%
2002	51.5%	47.7%
Average	53.3	45.3

State partisanship[edit]

Congressional delegation[edit]

The table below displays the partisan composition of Maryland's congressional delegation as of September 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maryland, September 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	7	9
Republican	0	1	1
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	8	10

State executive[edit]

The table below displays the officeholders in Maryland's top four state executive offices as of August 2022.

State executive officials in Maryland, August 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Larry Hogan
Lieutenant Governor	Boyd Rutherford
Secretary of State	John C. Wobensmith
Attorney General	Brian Frosh

State legislature[edit]

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Maryland General Assembly as of August 2022.

Maryland State Senate[edit]

Party		As of August 2022
	Democratic Party	32
	Republican Party	15
	Vacancies	0
Total		47

Maryland House of Delegates[edit]

Party		As of August 2022
	Democratic Party	99
	Republican Party	42
	Vacancies	0
Total		141

Trifecta control[edit]

As of August 2022, Maryland was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Maryland Party Control: 1992-2022
Nineteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Demographics[edit]

The table below details demographic data in Maryland and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

See also[edit]

Maryland	2022 primaries	2022 U.S. Congress elections
Maryland congressional delegation Voting in Maryland Maryland elections: 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018	Democratic primary battlegrounds Republican primary battlegrounds U.S. Senate Democratic primaries U.S. Senate Republican primaries U.S. House Democratic primaries U.S. House Republican primaries	U.S. Congress elections U.S. Senate elections U.S. House elections Special elections Ballot access

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