2018 United States Senate election in Maryland

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2018 United States Senate election in Maryland
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Turnout 58.17%
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Nominee Ben Cardin Tony Campbell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,491,614 697,017
Percentage 64.9% 30.3%
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County Results

Cardin:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Campbell:      50–60%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Ben Cardin
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Cardin
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2018 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 6, 2018, in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maryland. It was held concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Cardin was re-elected to a third term by a landslide margin of around 35 points.

The primary election for the Senate race was held on June 26, 2018.[1]

The incumbent, Ben Cardin, won the Democratic Party primary. In the general election, Cardin was reelected to a third term.[2] Tony Campbell, a professor of political science at Towson University and former Army Chaplain, won the Republican Party primary. If elected, Campbell would have become Maryland's first African-American U.S. Senator.[3][4] Businessman Neal Simon ran as an independent and Arvin Vohra was the Libertarian Party nominee in the general election. There were also several official write-in candidates such as Michael B. Puskar, who ran as an independent.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Ben
Cardin		 Chelsea
Manning		 Other Undecided
Goucher College February 12–18, 2018 409 ± 4.8% 61% 17% 3% 19%

Results

File:Maryland Senate Democratic Primary Election Results by County, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Cardin
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Cardin (incumbent) 447,441 79.24%
Democratic Chelsea Manning 34,611 6.13%
Democratic Jerome Segal 20,027 3.55%
Democratic Debbie Wilson 18,953 3.36%
Democratic Marcia H. Morgan 16,047 2.84%
Democratic Lih Young 9,874 1.75%
Democratic Richard Vaughn 9,480 1.68%
Democratic Erik Jetmir 8,259 1.46%
Total votes 564,692 100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Tony Campbell,[5] of Baltimore County,[9] political science faculty member at Towson University[24]
  • Chris Chaffee,[5] candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016[25]
  • Evan M. Cronhardt,[5] of Anne Arundel County
  • Nnabu Eze,[5] of Baltimore County,[9] Green nominee for MD-03 in 2016[26]
  • John Graziani, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016 and candidate for MD-04 in 2014[5]
  • Christina J. Grigorian, attorney[5]
  • Albert Howard[5]
  • Bill Krehnbrink, perennial candidate[5]
  • Gerald I. Smith, Jr., conspiracy theorist,[5] of Cecil County[9]
  • Blaine Taylor, perennial candidate,[5] of Baltimore County[9]
  • Brian Charles Vaeth, perennial candidate[5]

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Results

File:Maryland Senate Republican Primary Election Results by County, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Campbell
  •   40–50%
Chaffee
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Campbell 51,426 29.22%
Republican Chris Chaffee 42,328 24.05%
Republican Christina J. Grigorian 30,786 17.49%
Republican John Graziani 15,435 8.77%
Republican Blaine Taylor 8,848 5.03%
Republican Gerald I. Smith, Jr. 7,564 4.30%
Republican Brian Vaeth 5,411 3.08%
Republican Evan M. Cronhardt 4,445 2.53%
Republican Bill Krehnbrink 3,606 2.05%
Republican Nnabu Eze 3,442 1.96%
Republican Albert Howard 2,720 1.55%
Total votes 175,981 100%

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Michael B Puskar, property manager
  • Edward Shlikas, home care compliance manager[35]
  • Neal Simon, businessman[36][37]

General election

Candidates

Endorsements

Debates

On October 7, 2018 Cardin, independent candidate Neal Simon, and Republican candidate Tony Campbell participated in the sole televised debate of the campaign.[47][48][49]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[50] Solid D September 28, 2018
Inside Elections[51] Solid D November 14, 2017
Sabato's Crystal Ball[52] Safe D November 15, 2017
Fox News[53] Likely D^ July 9, 2018
CNN[54] Solid D July 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics[55] Safe D June 2018

^Highest rating given

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Ben
Cardin (D)		 Tony
Campbell (R)		 Neal
Simon (I)		 Other Undecided
Gonzales Research (I-Simon) October 1–6, 2018 806 ± 3.5% 49% 22% 18% – 11%
Goucher College September 11–16, 2018 472 ± 4.5% 56% 17% 8% 1%[56] 14%

Results

United States Senate election in Maryland, 2018[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ben Cardin (incumbent) 1,491,614 64.86% +8.88%
Republican Tony Campbell 697,017 30.31% +3.98%
Independent Neal Simon 85,964 3.74% N/A
Libertarian Arvin Vohra 22,943 1.00% -0.22%
Write-in 2,351 0.10% N/A
Total votes 2,299,889 100% N/A
Democratic hold

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External links

Official campaign websites
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