2018 United States Senate election in Maryland

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2018 United States Senate election in Maryland
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  2012 November 6, 2018 2024  
Turnout58.17% Decrease2.svg 10.03 pp
  Ben Cardin official Senate portrait (cropped).jpg Tony Campbell.jpg
Nominee Ben Cardin Tony Campbell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,491,614697,017
Percentage64.86%30.31%

2018 United States Senate election in Maryland results map by county.svg
2018 United States Senate election in Maryland results by congressional district.svg
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Cardin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Campbell:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%
     No data

U.S. senator before election

Ben Cardin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ben Cardin
Democratic

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.

Contents

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

Declined

Endorsements

Chelsea Manning
Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Ben
Cardin
Chelsea
Manning
OtherUndecided
Goucher College February 12–18, 2018409± 4.8%61%17%3%19%

Results

Results by county:
Cardin
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70-80%
80-90% Maryland Senate Democratic Primary Election Results by County, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Cardin
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ben Cardin (incumbent) 447,441 79.24%
Democratic Chelsea Manning 34,6116.13%
Democratic Jerome Segal 20,0273.55%
Democratic Debbie Wilson18,9533.36%
Democratic Marcia H. Morgan16,0472.84%
Democratic Lih Young9,8741.75%
Democratic Richard Vaughn9,4801.68%
Democratic Erik Jetmir8,2591.46%
Total votes564,692 100.00%

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]
Individuals
Sam Faddis (withdrew)
State Senators
Individuals

Results

Results by county:
Campbell
<40%
Chaffee
<40%
40-50%
50-60% Maryland Senate Republican Primary Election Results by County, 2018.svg
Results by county:
Campbell
  •   <40%
Chaffee
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tony Campbell 51,426 29.22%
Republican Chris Chaffee42,32824.05%
Republican Christina J. Grigorian30,78617.49%
Republican John Graziani15,4358.77%
Republican Blaine Taylor8,8485.03%
Republican Gerald I. Smith, Jr.7,5644.30%
Republican Brian Vaeth5,4113.08%
Republican Evan M. Cronhardt4,4452.53%
Republican Bill Krehnbrink3,6062.05%
Republican Nnabu Eze3,4421.96%
Republican Albert Howard2,7201.55%
Total votes175,981 100.00%

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
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

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [51] Safe DOctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [52] Safe DNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [53] Safe DNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [54] Likely DJuly 9, 2018
CNN [55] Safe DJuly 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics [56] Safe DJune 2018

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Ben
Cardin (D)
Tony
Campbell (R)
Neal
Simon (I)
OtherUndecided
Gonzales Research (I-Simon) October 1–6, 2018806± 3.5%49%22%18%11%
Goucher College September 11–16, 2018472± 4.5%56%17%8%1% [57] 14%

Results

2018 United States Senate election in Maryland [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ben Cardin (incumbent) 1,491,614 64.86% +8.88%
Republican Tony Campbell 697,01730.31%+3.98%
Independent Neal Simon 85,9643.74%N/A
Libertarian Arvin Vohra22,9431.00%-0.22%
Write-in 2,3510.10%N/A
Total votes2,299,889 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Results by county

CountyBen Cardin

Democratic

Tony Campbell

Republican

Neal Simon

Independent

Arvin Vohra

Libertarian

Write-ins

Independent

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast

#%#%#%#%#%#%
Allegany 859736.82%1379059.06%7463.19%1960.84%200.09%-5193-22.24%23349
Anne Arundel 12291053.74%9240140.40%105284.60%26741.17%1900.08%3050913.34%228703
Baltimore (City) 16037086.95%161848.77%55963.03%19171.04%3750.20%14418678.17%184442
Baltimore (County) 19753060.85%10627532.74%171925.30%33131.02%2900.09%9125528.11%324600
Calvert 1737244.51%1990150.99%12733.26%4581.17%270.07%-2529-6.48%39031
Caroline 426537.73%647457.27%4513.99%1050.93%90.08%-2209-19.54%11304
Carroll 2598634.89%4247957.03%50206.74%9661.30%380.05%-16493-22.14%74489
Cecil 1323738.05%1985157.06%12673.64%4121.18%240.07%-6614-19.01%34791
Charles 4487469.54%1787227.69%12841.99%4620.72%410.06%2700241.84%64533
Dorchester 592848.23%586447.71%3973.23%950.77%80.07%640.52%12292
Frederick 5525651.67%4703843.99%32423.03%12921.21%1050.10%82187.69%106933
Garrett 281725.75%780171.31%2161.97%980.90%70.06%-4984-45.56%10939
Harford 4592141.63%5674951.45%61855.61%13521.23%1000.09%-10828-9.82%110307
Howard 9606766.97%3879727.05%66214.62%18191.27%1440.10%5727039.92%143448
Kent 458853.49%349040.69%4114.79%861.00%30.03%109812.80%8578
Montgomery 31456877.29%7492418.41%133333.28%36550.90%5170.13%23964458.88%406997
Prince George's 28697590.10%241407.58%50311.58%20310.64%3460.11%26283582.52%318523
Queen Anne's 846337.21%1281356.34%12305.41%2321.02%60.03%-4350-19.13%22744
St. Mary's 1684941.93%2139353.24%13613.39%5591.39%180.04%-4544-11.31%40180
Somerset 365247.09%388250.06%1722.22%450.58%40.05%-230-2.97%7755
Talbot 905450.12%805044.56%7964.41%1540.85%120.07%10045.56%18066
Washington 1995639.59%2831956.18%15983.17%5071.01%260.05%-8363-16.59%50406
Wicomico 1653949.09%1564446.43%11333.36%3511.04%240.07%8952.66%33691
Worcester 984041.37%1288654.17%8813.70%1640.69%170.07%-3046-12.80%23788
Total149161464.86%69701730.31%859643.74%229431.00%23510.10%79459734.55%2299889

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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