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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Maryland 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, one of its U.S. senators, and the state legislature. Primaries were held on July 19, 2022. Polls were open from 7 AM to 8 PM EST. [1]

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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 Chris Van Hollen was first elected in 2016 with 60.9% of the vote, and was running for a second term. [2] Ten Republican candidates filed to run in the election. [3]

Van Hollen won reelection with 65.7% of the votes. [4]

2022 United States Senate election in Maryland [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (incumbent) 1,316,897 65.77% +4.88%
Republican Chris Chaffee682,29334.07%−1.60%
Write-in 3,1460.16%+0.02%
Total votes2,002,336 100.0%
Democratic hold

United States House of Representatives

Maryland has eight seats to the United States House of Representatives, which are currently held by seven Democrats and one Republican. This split was maintained after the election.

Governor

Incumbent Republican governor Larry Hogan was term-limited by the Maryland Constitution 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 and former State Delegate Aruna Miller defeated the Republican ticket of State Delegate Dan Cox 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 in 1986.

2022 Maryland gubernatorial election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic
1,293,944 64.53% +21.02%
Republican
644,00032.12%-24.23%
Libertarian
  • David Lashar
  • Christiana Logansmith
30,1011.50%+0.93%
Working Class
  • David Harding
  • Cathy White
17,1540.86%N/A
Green
  • Nancy Wallace
  • Patrick Elder
14,5800.73%+0.25%
Write-in 5,4440.27%+0.19%
Total votes2,005,223 100.0% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

Comptroller

Incumbent Comptroller Peter Franchot was eligible to run for a fifth term, but instead ran for Governor of Maryland. [7] Democratic candidates Bowie mayor Tim Adams and state delegate Brooke Lierman, [8] [9] and Republican Harford County executive Barry Glassman, [10] filed to run in the primary election.

Lierman defeated Glassman, receiving 61.56% of the vote.

2022 Maryland Comptroller election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Brooke Lierman 1,223,044 61.56% -10.51%
Republican Barry Glassman 761,42238.33%+10.54%
Write-in 2,2440.11%-0.03%
Total votes1,986,710 100.0%
Democratic hold

Attorney general

Incumbent attorney general Brian Frosh 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. [12] Democratic candidates included U.S. representative and former lieutenant governor Anthony Brown [13] and retired judge and former First Lady of Maryland Katie O'Malley. [14] Republican candidates included former Montgomery County Board of Elections chairman Jim Shalleck [15] and former Anne Arundel County councilmember and 2004 Constitution Party candidate for president Michael Peroutka. [16]

Brown defeated Peroutka by a margin of over 30 percentage points.

2022 Maryland Attorney General election [17]
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

State legislature

All 47 seats in the Maryland Senate and 141 seats in the Maryland House of Delegates 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.

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. [1]

Ballot propositions

Maryland 2022 ballot propositions
PropositionDescriptionResultYesNo
Votes%Votes%
Question 1Changes the names of the Maryland Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland. [18] Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes1,340,95275.0447,25225.0
Question 2Requires state legislative candidates to live in the district in which they are running, effective January 1, 2024. [19] Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes1,684,51990.2183,0999.8
Question 3Raises the state's jury trial threshold from $15,000 to $25,000. [20] Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes1,132,82262.5679,45137.5
Question 4 Legalizes and taxes cannabis for adult use, effective July 1, 2023. [21] Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes1,302,16167.2635,57232.8
Question 5Requires Howard County Circuit Court judges to serve as orphans' court judges and removes the election requirement of three orphans' court judges. [22] Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes1,062,18766.8528,00033.2

Polling

On Question 4
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		YesNoOtherUndecided
OpinionWorks October 20–23, 2022989 (LV)± 3.1%63%25%–12%
University of Maryland September 22–27, 2022810 (RV)± 4.0%73%23%–4%
Victoria Research [upper-alpha 1] September 11–19, 2022762 (RV)± 3.7%69%20%2% [lower-alpha 2] 8%
Goucher College September 8–12, 2022748 (LV)± 3.6%59%34%–7%
On whether recreational marijuana should be legal
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		YesNoOtherUndecided
Goucher College March 1–6, 2022635 (A)± 3.9%62%34%1% [lower-alpha 3] 3%
Goucher College October 14–20, 2021700 (A)± 3.7%60%33%3% [lower-alpha 4] 4%
Gonzales Research (D) [upper-alpha 2] May 17–22, 2021301 (LV) [lower-alpha 5] ± 5.8%69%24%7% [lower-alpha 6] –
Goucher College February 23–28, 2021725 (A)± 3.6%67%28%1% [lower-alpha 7] 4%

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Usually skip/Might skip" with 2%
  3. ↑ "Refused" with 1%
  4. ↑ "Refused" with 3%
  5. ↑ 301 likely Democratic primary voters
  6. ↑ "Refused" with 7%
  7. ↑ "Refused" with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored the Yes on 4 Campaign, which supports Question 4
  2. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Douglas J. J. Peters

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