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The Maryland Congressional elections of 2002 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. The terms of all eight Representatives to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2003, and therefore all were put up for contest. The winning candidates served a two-year term from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2005.
Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2002 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 904,250 | 54.50% | -0.56% | 6 | +2 | |
Republican | 752,911 | 45.38% | +0.94% | 2 | -2 | |
Green | 158 | 0.01% | - | 0 | — | |
Others | 1,794 | 0.11% | - | 0 | — | |
Totals | 1,659,113 | 100.00% | - | 8 | — |
District 1
See also: Maryland's 1st congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wayne Gilchrest (inc.) | 192,004 | 76.83 | |
Democratic | Amy D. Tamlyn | 57,986 | 23.20 | |
Total votes | 249,900 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
District 2
See also: Maryland's 2nd congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Dutch Ruppersberger | 105,718 | 54.31 | |||
Republican | Helen Delich Bentley | 88,954 | 45.69 | |||
Total votes | 194,672 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 3
See also: Maryland's 3rd congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin Cardin (inc.) | 145,589 | 65.79 | |
Republican | Scott Conwell | 75,721 | 34.21 | |
Total votes | 221,310 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 4
See also: Maryland's 4th congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 131,644 | 78.96 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 34,890 | 20.93 | |
Write-ins | 195 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 166,729 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 5
See also: Maryland's 5th congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steny Hoyer (inc.) | 137,903 | 69.36 | |
Republican | Joseph T. Crawford | 60,758 | 30.56 | |
Green | Bob S. Auerbach (write-in) | 158 | 0.08 | |
Total votes | 198,819 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 6
See also: Maryland's 6th congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 147,825 | 66.17 | |
Democratic | Donald M. DeArmon | 75,575 | 33.83 | |
Total votes | 223,400 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
See also: Maryland's 7th congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (inc.) | 137,047 | 73.59 | |
Republican | Joseph E. Ward | 49,172 | 26.41 | |
Total votes | 186,219 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 8
See also: Maryland's 8th congressional districtParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Chris Van Hollen | 112,788 | 51.74 | |||
Republican | Connie Morella (inc.) | 103,587 | 47.52 | |||
Write-ins | 1,599 | 0.73 | ||||
Total votes | 217,974 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
- Former Senators Charles Mathias
- Former Representative Gilbert Gude
References
- Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 19.
- ^ "In Battle for Congress, Democrats Close Ranks". September 12, 2002.
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