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Maryland State Board of Elections
2008 Maryland Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
Primary Filing Deadline: 12/3/07, Primary: 2/12/08, Filing Deadline: 8/4/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/29/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: February 12, 2008
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
President, 56.0% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 60.5%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 36.0%, uncommitted 1.3%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.2%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.4%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.2%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.2%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.1%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.1%, 		U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 54.9%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 28.7%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 6.9%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 6.0%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 1.4%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 1.1%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.9%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.2%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.1%,
1st Congressional District, 68.8% in '06, 9th term, Wayne T. Gilchrest (R) defeated in Primary, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican,
attorney Frank M. Kratovil Jr. (D) 40.2%,
'06 candidate / attorney Christopher R. Robinson (D) 30.8%, consultant Steven F. Harper (D) 16.7%, '06 Senate candidate / attorney Joseph Werner (D) 12.3%, 		St. Sen. Andrew P. Harris (R) 43.5%,
Wayne T. Gilchrest (R) 33.1%, '04 Senate nominee / St. Sen. Edward "E.J." Pipkin (R) 20.3%, author / defense consultant Joe Arminio (R) 1.6%, ex-gubernatorial aide Robert Banks (R) 1.5%,
2nd Congressional District, 69.2% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D) 100%, Richard Pryce Matthews (R) 100%,
3rd Congressional District, 64.0% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
John P. Sarbanes (D) 89.1%,
'06 candidate John Rea (D) 10.9%, 		Thomas E. "Pinkston" Tom Harris (R) 38.9%,
'98/'00/'04 Senate candidate /ex-USMC atty John Stafford (R) 32.2%,ex-Libertarian Chris Panasuk (R) 14.9%, '06 candidate /USAF vet Paul Spause (R) 13.9%, 		Charles McPeek (L),
4th Congressional District, 80.7% in '06, 8th term, Albert R. Wynn (D) defeated in primary, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
'06 candidate / activist Donna Edwards (D) 58.8%,
Albert R. Wynn (D) 37.0%, businessman George E. Mitchell (D) 1.3%, econ. prof. Michael Babula (D) 1.1%, environmental engineer Jason Jennings (D) 1.0%, '04 & '06 candidate Geroge Edwards McDermott (D) 0.8%, 		Peter James (R) 38.9%, businessman / '06 nominee Michael Moshe Starkman (R) 25.5%, software developer Robert Broadus (R) 21.9%, ex-UMD College Rep. pres. Vincent Martorano (R) 13.7%,
5th Congressional District, 82.7% in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Steny H. Hoyer (D) 82.7%,
James P. Cusick, Sr. (D) 17.3%, 		school board member Collins Bailey (R) 44.0%,
Mike Hethmon (R) 28.9%, Jesse James Dann (R) 27.1%,
6th Congressional District, 59.0% in '06, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican,
ex-Frederick Mayor Jennifer Dougherty (D) 44.1%,
'06 nominee / military intelligence planner Andrew J. Duck (D) 36.9%, party activist Robin L. Deibert (D) 9.9%, assistant principal Larry John Smith (D) 7.1%, businessman Rick Lank (D) 2.1%, 		Roscoe G. Bartlett (R) 77.7%,
'06 candidate Joseph T. Krysztoforski (R) 8.6%, Tom Croft (R) 7.3%, '06 Senate candidate/'04 congressional candidate/behavioral researcher John Kimble (R) 5.1%, ex-Cumberland mayor Frank K. Nethken (R) 1.3%, 		auto loan consultant Gary W. Hoover, Sr. (I),
7th Congressional District, 98.1% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Elijah E. Cummings (D) 93.0%,
'00/'02 candidate/'06 Senate candidate Charles Smith (D) 7.0%, 		dentist Michael Hargadon (R) 73.2%,
'04 & '06 Senate candidate Ray Bly (R) 26.8%,
8th Congressional District, 76.5% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (D) 88.0%,
'06 candidate attorney Deborah A. Vollmer (D) 9.2%, '96 / '00 '04 candidate / '06 Senate candidate / '98 / '02 Comp. candidate / economist Lih Young (D) 2.8%, 		Steven Hudson (R) 37.6%,
attorney Bruce Stern (R) 24.8%, attorney Brian Mezger (D) 19.6%, Jay Roberts (R) 12.1%, education consultant Meyer Marks (R) 5.9%,

1. Link to Predictions:
D.C.'s Political Report,
Washington Post's Chris Cillizza,
Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker,
Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard,
Cook Political Report,
National Journal's Rankings,
Roll Call's Outlook,
Rothenberg Political Report,
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,

2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
= Democrat retain control, = Democrats take over control,
= Republican retain control, = Republicans take over control,
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, = Independent / 3rd Party take over control
Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races.
Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control.
Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. Red boxes indicates Republicans took control.

3. Key to Maryland Political Parties:
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green Party
(I) = independent candidates 		(L) = Libertarian Party
(R) = Republican Party

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