2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland
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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.
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All 8 Maryland seats to the United States House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview edit
United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2002[1] | ||||||
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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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 |
List of Connie Morella endorsements
- Former Senators Charles Mathias[2]
- Former Representative Gilbert Gude[2]
References edit
See also edit
Preceded by 2000 elections |
United States House elections in Maryland 2002 |
Succeeded by 2004 elections |