A general election was held in the U.S. state of
Maryland
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on November 8, 2022. All of Maryland's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Maryland's eight seats in the
United States House of Representatives
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, one of its U.S. senators, and the
state legislature
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. Primaries were held on July 19, 2022. Polls were open from 7 AM to 8 PM
EST.
The
Democratic Party swept every statewide election, flipping the governorship and lieutenant governorship from the
Republican Party, while maintaining supermajorities in
the state's congressional delegation and the state legislature. As such, the party won
full control of Maryland state government for the first time since 2014.
United States Senate
Incumbent
Democratic U.S. Senator
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Chris Van Hollen
Christopher Van Hollen Jr. ( ; born January 10, 1959) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. re ...
was first elected in
2016
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with 60.9% of the vote, and was running for a second term. Ten Republican candidates filed to run in the election.
Van Hollen won reelection with 65.7% of the votes.
United States House of Representatives
Maryland has eight seats to the
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, which are currently held by seven
Democrats and one
Republican. This split was maintained after the election.
Governor
Incumbent Republican governor
Larry Hogan
Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 62nd governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party and son of three-term U.S. representative Lawrence Hogan, he served as co-ch ...
was
term-limited
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by the
Maryland Constitution
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and could not run for re-election. He was re-elected in 2018 with 55.4% of the vote.
The Democratic ticket of author
Wes Moore
Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and former U.S. Army officer serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023.
Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York. ...
and former State Delegate
Aruna Miller
Aruna Miller (née Katragadda; born November 6, 1964) is an American politician and civil engineer who has been serving as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, lieutenant governor of Maryland since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (Un ...
defeated the Republican ticket of State Delegate
Dan Cox
Daniel Lewis Cox (born August 9, 1974) is an American politician and lawyer who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing the Maryland Legislative District 4, fourth district from 2 ...
and lawyer Gordana Schifanelli, receiving 64.5% of the votes. This was the highest margin of victory by any gubernatorial candidate in Maryland since
William Donald Schaefer
William Donald Schaefer (November 2, 1921 – April 18, 2011) was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. As a Democrat, he was the 45th mayor of Baltimore from December 197 ...
in
1986
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Events January
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.
Comptroller
Incumbent Comptroller
Peter Franchot
Peter Van Rensselaer Franchot (born November 25, 1947) is an American politician who was the 33rd comptroller of Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Franchot served for 20 years in the Maryland House of D ...
was eligible to run for a fifth term, but instead ran for Governor of Maryland.
Democratic candidates
Bowie mayor Tim Adams and state delegate
Brooke Lierman
Brooke Elizabeth Lierman (born February 14, 1979) is an American civil rights and disabilities attorney and politician who is the 34th Comptroller of Maryland. She was first elected in 2022, becoming the first female Comptroller of the state and ...
, and Republican
Harford County executive Barry Glassman
Barry Glassman (born March 24, 1962) is an American politician who served as the 7th county executive of Harford County, Maryland, from 2014 to 2022. He was previously a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 35 in Harford Cou ...
, filed to run in the primary election.
Lierman defeated Glassman, receiving 61.56% of the vote.
Attorney general
Incumbent attorney general
Brian Frosh
Brian E. Frosh (born October 8, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of Maryland from 2015 to 2023. He also served five terms in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 16 in Montgom ...
was eligible to run for a third term, but announced on October 21, 2021, that he would be retiring at the end of his term in early 2023. Democratic candidates included
U.S. representative
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and former
lieutenant governor
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Anthony Brown and retired judge and former
First Lady of Maryland Katie O'Malley. Republican candidates included former
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Board of Elections chairman Jim Shalleck and former
Anne Arundel County
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councilmember and
2004
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Events January
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Constitution Party candidate for
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Michael Peroutka
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.
Brown defeated Peroutka by a margin of over 30 percentage points.
State legislature
All 47 seats in the
Maryland Senate
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and 141 seats in the
Maryland House of Delegates
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are up for election in 2022. Prior to the election, Democrats held a veto-proof majority in both chambers. They retained this majority, gaining seats in both houses.
State senate
House of Delegates
Local elections
Elections for
county executives in eight of Maryland's 23 counties and numerous local elections also took place in 2022. Democratic candidates won county executive elections in Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Baltimore County, Frederick County, Howard County, and Anne Arundel County, while Republicans won in Harford County and Wicomico County.
Ballot propositions
Polling
On Question 4
On whether recreational marijuana should be legal
See also
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Political party strength in Maryland
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Elections in Maryland
Notes
Partisan clients
References
External links
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