2014 Maryland Attorney General election

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2014 Maryland Attorney General Election
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Nominee Brian Frosh Jeffrey Pritzker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote935,846682,265
Percentage55.8%40.7%
2014 Maryland Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Frosh:      50–60%     60–70%     80–90%
Pritzker:      40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
Attorney General before election

Doug Gansler
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Brian Frosh
Democratic

The Maryland Attorney General election of 2014 was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the Attorney General of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Doug Gansler was eligible to seek a third term in office, but instead ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland.

Contents

Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. The Democrats nominated State Senator Brian Frosh and the Republicans nominated attorney Jeffrey Pritzker.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Jon Cardin
Organizations
  • Baltimore Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance [5]
  • The Maryland Multi-Housing Association [6]
  • The Greater Baltimore Muslim Council [6]
  • Baltimore Grove Democratic Club [6]
  • Baltimore County Firefighters Local 1311 [6]
  • The Baltimore County Seal Democratic Club [6]
Federal politicians
Members of Congress
Maryland State Delegates
  • Delegate Talmadge Branch [6]
  • Delegate Eric Bromwell [6]
  • Delegate Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. [6]
  • Delegate Dan K. Morhaim [6]
  • Delegate Doyle L. Niemann [6]
  • Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr. [6]
  • Delegate Dana M. Stein [6]
  • Delegate Pam Beidle [6]
Brian Frosh
Former Maryland Attorneys General
National Leaders
Members of Congress
State-wide elected officials
Maryland State Delegates
Maryland State Senators
Local elected officials
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Aisha
Braveboy		Jon
Cardin		William
Frick		Brian
Frosh		Undecided
The Washington Post June 5–8, 2014487± 5%13%26%—20%40%
The Baltimore Sun May 31–June 3, 2014499± 4.4%7%26%—16%42%
Washington Post [ dead link ]February 13–16, 20141,002± 5.5%12%21%4%5%40%
The Baltimore Sun February 8–12, 2014500± 4.4%4%18%3%6%69%
Gonzales Research October 1–14, 2013403± 5%8.2%25.1%5.2%13.2%48.4%

Results

Democratic primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Frosh 228,360 49.58
Democratic Jon Cardin139,58230.3
Democratic Aisha Braveboy92,66420.12
Total votes460,606 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jeffrey Pritzker, attorney and candidate for attorney general in 2002 [15]

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeffrey Pritzker 166,885 100
Total votes166,885 100

General election

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Brian
Frosh (D)		Jeffrey
Pritzker (R)		Leo Wayne
Dymowski (L)		Undecided
Washington Post October 2–5, 2014549± 5%49%26%5%19%

Results

Maryland Attorney General election, 2014 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Frosh 935,846 55.8
Republican Jeffrey Pritzker682,26540.68
Libertarian Leo Wayne Dymowski57,0693.4
Write-ins2,0890.12
Majority253,58115.12%
Total votes1,677,269 100
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Frosh won 6 of 8 congressional districts, with the remaining two going to Pritzker, including one that elected a Democrat. [20]

DistrictFroshPritzkerRepresentative
1st 32%64% Andy Harris
2nd 55%41% Dutch Ruppersberger
3rd 55%41% John Sarbanes
4th 70%28% Donna Edwards
5th 58%39% Steny Hoyer
6th 47%50% John Delaney
7th 67%29% Elijah Cummings
8th 56%41% Chris Van Hollen

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  2. ↑ Michael Dresser (February 25, 2014). "Frick drops out of attorney general's race". The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Michael Dresser (June 1, 2013). "Gansler makes it explicit: No third term as AG". The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Doug Gansler To Make Bid For Governor Official In Sept". CBS Baltimore. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Baltimore ministers group endorses Gansler for governor". Baltimore Sun. March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Endorsements - Jon Cardin for Attorney General". Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "In bid for Maryland-attorney general Frosh to pick-up endorsements of two former officeholders". The Washington Post. August 20, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
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  9. ↑ "Outgoing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses Frosh for Md. attorney general". The Washington Post. December 18, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
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  11. ↑ "AFSCME council endorses Frosh". November 15, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Frosh for Maryland Attorney General". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  13. ↑ Sun endorses Brian Frosh for attorney general – Baltimore Sun
  14. 1 2 "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for Attorney General". Maryland Secretary of State. July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Lawyer Jeffrey Pritzker steps forward to run as a Republican for attorney general in Maryland". The Washington Post. February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Richard Douglas steps forward as a possible GOP candidate for attorney general in Md". The Washington Post. December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  17. ↑ "GOP's Douglas decides not to run for attorney general". The Baltimore Sun. January 10, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  18. ↑ "2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election State Candidates List". electionsmaryland.com. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Unofficial 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Attorney General". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  20. ↑ https://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/election_data/State_Congressional_Districts_2014_General.csv
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