2022 Maryland Attorney General election

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2022 Maryland Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
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Nominee Anthony Brown Michael Peroutka
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,287,418691,910
Percentage65.0%34.9%

2022 Maryland Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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Brown:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Peroutka:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      40–50%     50%
     No votes

Attorney General of Maryland before election

Brian Frosh
Democratic

Elected Attorney General of Maryland

Anthony Brown
Democratic

The Maryland Attorney General election of 2022 was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Brian Frosh was eligible to seek a third term in office, but announced that he would retire at the end of his term in early 2023. [1]

Contents

U.S. Representative, former Lieutenant Governor, and 2014 gubernatorial nominee Anthony Brown won the Democratic nomination, while Neo-Confederate former Anne Arundel County councilman and 2004 Constitution Party Presidential nominee Michael Peroutka won the Republican nomination. As was expected, Brown won the general election by a wide margin. [2]

Democratic primary

Former district judge Katie O'Malley finished second in the primary Cc12-md1stlady-w-ccgroup1 (cropped).jpg
Former district judge Katie O'Malley finished second in the primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Anthony Brown
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Judges
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Katie O'Malley
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Judges
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers

Debates and forums

2022 Maryland Democratic Attorney General primary debates
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
 P Participant   A Absent   N Non-invitee   I Invitee W  Withdrawn
Anthony Brown Katie O'Malley
1 [55] May 20, 2022Maryland League of
Conservation Voters
Staci Hartwell YouTube PP
2 [56] [57] May 25, 2022 League of Women Voters
Maryland Matters
Len Lazarick Panopto PP

Fundraising

Primary campaign finance activity through July 3, 2022
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Anthony Brown$1,820,422$1,461,455$360,864
Katie O'Malley$1,450,509$1,245,657$204,853
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections [58]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Anthony
Brown
Katie
O'Malley
OtherUndecided
Goucher College June 15–19, 2022403 (LV)± 4.9%29%30%5%36%
OpinionWorks May 27 – June 2, 2022562 (LV)± 4.1%42%29%1%27%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D) [upper-alpha 1] April 27 – May 1, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%44%25%28%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D) [upper-alpha 1] November 8–11, 2021500 (LV)± 4.5%46%23%31%

Results

Results by county
Brown
50-60%
70-80%
80-90%
O'Malley
50-60%
60-70% 2022 Maryland Attorney General Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Brown
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  O'Malley
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony Brown 362,882 55.06%
Democratic Katie O'Malley 296,18344.94%
Total votes659,065 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Jim Shalleck, prosecutor and former chair of the Montgomery County Board of Elections (2015–2021) [62]

Endorsements

Michael Peroutka
State legislators
Organizations
Jim Shalleck
Statewide officials
Organizations
Newspapers

Debates and forums

2022 Maryland Republican Attorney General primary debates
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
 P Participant   A Absent   N Non-invitee   I Invitee W  Withdrawn
Michael Peroutka Jim Shalleck
1 [55] May 20, 2022Maryland League of
Conservation Voters
Staci Hartwell YouTube AP
2 [56] [68] May 24, 2022 League of Women Voters
Maryland Matters
Len Lazarick Panopto AP

Fundraising

Primary campaign finance activity through July 3, 2022
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Michael Peroutka$49,735$22,345$27,390
Jim Shalleck$15,153$13,093$2,102
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections [58]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Michael
Peroutka
Jim
Shalleck
OtherUndecided
Goucher College June 15–19, 2022414 (LV)± 4.8%17%11%2%69%
OpinionWorks May 27 – June 2, 2022428 (LV)± 4.7%19%18%1%63%

Results

Results by county
Peroutka
50-60%
60-70%
Shalleck
50-60% 2022 Maryland Attorney General Republican primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Peroutka
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Shalleck
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Peroutka 135,915 54.98%
Republican Jim Shalleck111,27645.02%
Total votes247,191 100.0%

General election

Debates and forums

2022 Maryland Attorney General debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
 P Participant   A Absent   N Non-invitee   I Invitee W Withdrawn
Anthony Brown Michael Peroutka
1 [69] [70] [71] August 20, 2022Maryland Association
of Counties
Mileah Kromer
Pamela Wood
N/APP
2 [72] October 12, 2022 Maryland League
of Women Voters
Len Lazarick YouTube I
YouTube II
PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [73] Safe DSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily [74] Safe DNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Anthony Brown (D)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Judges
Party officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Michael Peroutka (R)
Statewide official
State legislator
Organizations
Declined to endorse
Statewide official
State legislator
Local officials

Fundraising

Primary campaign finance activity through October 23, 2022
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Anthony Brown$2,584,025$2,094,812$491,110
Michael Peroutka$160,923$149,439$11,484
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections [58]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Anthony
Brown (D)
Michael
Peroutka (R)
OtherUndecided
OpinionWorks October 20–23, 2022982 (LV)± 3.1%60%28%2% [lower-alpha 2] 9%
Goucher College September 8–12, 2022748 (LV)± 3.6%53%31%1% [lower-alpha 3] 15%

Results

2022 Maryland Attorney General election [99]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Anthony Brown 1,287,418 64.95% +0.18%
Republican Michael Peroutka 691,91034.90%-0.21%
Write-in 2,9620.15%+0.07%
Total votes1,982,290 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. "Prefer not to say" with 2%
  3. "Some other candidate" (volunteered response) with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Anthony Brown's campaign

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