Maryland Attorney General election, 2014

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Maryland Attorney General Election, 2014
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Nominee Brian Frosh Jeffrey Pritzker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote935,846682,265
Percentage55.8%40.7%
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.

Attorney General of Maryland attorney general for the U.S. state of Maryland

The Attorney General of the State of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qualified voter in Maryland and must have resided and practiced law in the state for at least ten years.

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Doug Gansler American politician in Maryland

Douglas F. Gansler is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Attorney General of Maryland. Gansler previously served as the State's Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland from 1999 to 2007. He won nomination in the state Democratic primary election for Attorney General and defeated Republican candidate Scott Rolle in the 2006 general election, taking 61% of the vote. He was re-elected unopposed in the 2010 election. Gansler lost the Democratic Primary race for Governor of Maryland on June 24, 2014 to Anthony G. Brown.

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

Brian Frosh American politician

Brian E. Frosh is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the Attorney General for the state of Maryland. He also served five terms in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 16 in Montgomery County. Prior to serving in the Senate, Frosh also represented District 16 in the Maryland House of Delegates, serving two four-year terms.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Aisha N. Braveboy American politician

Aisha N. Braveboy is an American politician and attorney, who represented district 25 in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2007 to 2015. In 2018, she was elected as Prince George's County State's Attorney.

Jon S. Cardin American politician

Jon S. Cardin is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He currently serves in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 11 in Baltimore County. He is a member of the Judiciary Committee and the chair of the Civil Proceedings Subcommittee. He previously represented the same district from 2003 through 2015. During that time he was a member of the Ways and Means Committee and chaired the Election Law Subcommittee. Cardin is the nephew of Ben Cardin, a United States Senator from Maryland. In 2014, he ran for Attorney General of Maryland, but lost in the Democratic primary to state senator Brian Frosh.

Ben Cardin United States Senator from Maryland

Benjamin Louis Cardin is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Maryland, first elected to that seat in 2006. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1979 to 1987, the youngest person to hold the position in history. In his half-century career as an elected official, he has never lost an election.

Withdrew

William Frick American politician

Charles William 'Bill' Frick is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. From 2007 to 2018, he was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 16, which includes parts of Bethesda, Friendship Heights, and Somerset.

Declined

Endorsements

Jon S. 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
  • U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) [7]
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 E. 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 N.
Braveboy		Jon S.
Cardin		William
Frick		Brian E.
Frosh		Undecided
Washington Post June 5–8, 2014487± 5%13%26%—20%40%
Baltimore Sun May 31–June 3, 2014499± 4.4%7%26%—16%42%
Washington Post February 13–16, 20141,002± 5.5%12%21%4%5%40%
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 E. Frosh228,36049.58
Democratic Jon S. Cardin139,58230.3
Democratic Aisha N. Braveboy92,66420.12
Total votes460,606100

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

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

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeffrey Pritzker166,885100
Total votes166,885100

General election

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Brian E.
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 E. Frosh 935,84655.8
Republican Jeffrey Pritzker682,26540.68
Libertarian Leo Wayne Dymowski57,0693.4
Write-ins2,0890.12
Majority253,58115.12%
Total votes1,677,269100
Democratic hold

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 John Wagner (September 24, 2013). "Democrats running for governor in Maryland woo labor with promises, past history". The Washington Post . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  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
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "In bid for Maryland-attorney general Frosh to pick-up endorsements of two former officeholders". Washington Post. August 20, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 "Endorsements". BrianFrosh.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Outgoing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses Frosh for Md. attorney general". The Washington Post. December 18, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Md. Teachers' Union Endorses Frosh For Attorney Generalor". CBS Baltimore (WJZ-TV). October 25, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  11. ↑ "AFSCME council endorses Frosh". November 15, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Frosh for Maryland Attorney General". 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.
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