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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 and ultimately final term by a landslide margin of almost 35 points, the largest margin in any election for this seat since Maryland
began holding direct elections for Senate in 1913.
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.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Ben Cardin , incumbent U.S. Senator
[5]
[6]
Erik Jetmir
[5]
[6]
Chelsea Manning , whistleblower, convicted of Espionage Act crimes, former U.S. Army soldier
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
Marcia H. Morgan,
[5] of Montgomery County
[9]
Jerome Segal , political activist and philosopher
[5]
[6]
Richard "Rikki" Vaughn,
[5]
[6] of Baltimore
[10]
Debbie "Rica" Wilson, candidate for
MD-05 in 2016,
[5] of
White Plains
[10]
Lih Young,
perennial candidate ,
[5] of Montgomery County
[9]
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
Results by county:
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Tony Campbell,
[5] of Baltimore County,
[9]
political science faculty member at
Towson University
[23]
Chris Chaffee,
[5] candidate for the U.S. Senate in
2016
[24]
Evan M. Cronhardt,
[5] of Anne Arundel County
Nnabu Eze,
[5] of Baltimore County,
[9]
Green nominee for
MD-03 in 2016
[25]
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
Tony Campbell
State legislators
[28]
Gail H. Bates , state senator
Robert G. Cassilly , state senator
Michael Hough , state senator
J. B. Jennings , state senator
Edward R. Reilly , state senator
Johnny Ray Salling , state senator
Wendell R. Beitzel , state delegate
Andrew Cassilly , state delegate
Joe Cluster , state delegate
Barrie Ciliberti , state delegate
Ron George , former state delegate
Glen Glass , state delegate
Robin L. Grammer, Jr. , state delegate
Nic Kipke , state delegate
Susan W. Krebs , state delegate
Susan K. McComas , state delegate
Pat McDonough , state delegate
Richard W. Metzgar , state delegate
Christian Miele , state delegate
Neil Parrott , state delegate
Chris West , state delegate
William J. Wivell , state delegate
Individuals
Sam Faddis (withdrew)
State Senators
Individuals
Results
Results by county:
Libertarian Party
Candidates
Declared
Independents
Candidates
Declared
Michael B Puskar, property manager
Edward Shlikas, home care compliance manager
[34]
Neal Simon , businessman
[35]
[36]
General election
Candidates
Endorsements
Tony Campbell (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
State Senators
[28]
State Delegates
Wendell R. Beitzel , state delegate
Andrew Cassilly , state delegate
Joe Cluster , state delegate
Barrie Ciliberti , state delegate
Ron George , former state delegate
Glen Glass , state delegate
Robin L. Grammer, Jr. , state delegate
Nic Kipke , state delegate
Susan W. Krebs , state delegate
Susan K. McComas , state delegate
Pat McDonough , state delegate
Richard W. Metzgar , state delegate
Christian Miele , state delegate
Neil Parrott , state delegate
Chris West , state delegate
William J. Wivell , state delegate
Individuals
Organizations
Neal Simon (I)
Organizations
Individuals
Debates
On October 7, 2018, Cardin, independent candidate
Neal Simon , and Republican candidate Tony Campbell participated in the sole televised debate of the campaign.
[48]
[49]
[50]
Predictions
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%
[57]
14%
Results
Results by county
County
Ben Cardin
Democratic
Tony Campbell
Republican
Neal Simon
Independent
Arvin Vohra
Libertarian
Write-ins
Independent
Margin
Total
Votes
Cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Allegany
8597
36.82%
13790
59.06%
746
3.19%
196
0.84%
20
0.09%
-5193
-22.24%
23349
Anne Arundel
122910
53.74%
92401
40.40%
10528
4.60%
2674
1.17%
190
0.08%
30509
13.34%
228703
Baltimore (City)
160370
86.95%
16184
8.77%
5596
3.03%
1917
1.04%
375
0.20%
144186
78.17%
184442
Baltimore (County)
197530
60.85%
106275
32.74%
17192
5.30%
3313
1.02%
290
0.09%
91255
28.11%
324600
Calvert
17372
44.51%
19901
50.99%
1273
3.26%
458
1.17%
27
0.07%
-2529
-6.48%
39031
Caroline
4265
37.73%
6474
57.27%
451
3.99%
105
0.93%
9
0.08%
-2209
-19.54%
11304
Carroll
25986
34.89%
42479
57.03%
5020
6.74%
966
1.30%
38
0.05%
-16493
-22.14%
74489
Cecil
13237
38.05%
19851
57.06%
1267
3.64%
412
1.18%
24
0.07%
-6614
-19.01%
34791
Charles
44874
69.54%
17872
27.69%
1284
1.99%
462
0.72%
41
0.06%
27002
41.84%
64533
Dorchester
5928
48.23%
5864
47.71%
397
3.23%
95
0.77%
8
0.07%
64
0.52%
12292
Frederick
55256
51.67%
47038
43.99%
3242
3.03%
1292
1.21%
105
0.10%
8218
7.69%
106933
Garrett
2817
25.75%
7801
71.31%
216
1.97%
98
0.90%
7
0.06%
-4984
-45.56%
10939
Harford
45921
41.63%
56749
51.45%
6185
5.61%
1352
1.23%
100
0.09%
-10828
-9.82%
110307
Howard
96067
66.97%
38797
27.05%
6621
4.62%
1819
1.27%
144
0.10%
57270
39.92%
143448
Kent
4588
53.49%
3490
40.69%
411
4.79%
86
1.00%
3
0.03%
1098
12.80%
8578
Montgomery
314568
77.29%
74924
18.41%
13333
3.28%
3655
0.90%
517
0.13%
239644
58.88%
406997
Prince George's
286975
90.10%
24140
7.58%
5031
1.58%
2031
0.64%
346
0.11%
262835
82.52%
318523
Queen Anne's
8463
37.21%
12813
56.34%
1230
5.41%
232
1.02%
6
0.03%
-4350
-19.13%
22744
St. Mary's
16849
41.93%
21393
53.24%
1361
3.39%
559
1.39%
18
0.04%
-4544
-11.31%
40180
Somerset
3652
47.09%
3882
50.06%
172
2.22%
45
0.58%
4
0.05%
-230
-2.97%
7755
Talbot
9054
50.12%
8050
44.56%
796
4.41%
154
0.85%
12
0.07%
1004
5.56%
18066
Washington
19956
39.59%
28319
56.18%
1598
3.17%
507
1.01%
26
0.05%
-8363
-16.59%
50406
Wicomico
16539
49.09%
15644
46.43%
1133
3.36%
351
1.04%
24
0.07%
895
2.66%
33691
Worcester
9840
41.37%
12886
54.17%
881
3.70%
164
0.69%
17
0.07%
-3046
-12.80%
23788
Total
1491614
64.86%
697017
30.31%
85964
3.74%
22943
1.00%
2351
0.10%
794597
34.55%
2299889
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
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