United States Senate election in Maryland, 2016

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United States Senate election in Maryland, 2016

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  Chris Van Hollen official portrait, 2010.jpg 1szeliga.jpg
Nominee Chris Van Hollen Kathy Szeliga
Party Democratic Republican

Maryland Presidential Election Results 2016.svg

Incumbent U.S. senator

Barbara Mikulski
Democratic



Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 United States Senate election in Maryland will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maryland, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski is not running for re-election to a sixth term in office.[1] Primary elections were held on April 26, 2016, in which Chris Van Hollen and Kathy Szeliga were chosen as the Democratic and Republican party nominees, respectively. On May 1, 2016, Margaret Flowers was elected as the Green Party nominee.

Background

Mikulski first ran for the U.S. Senate in 1974, losing to Republican incumbent Charles Mathias. Mikulski then served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, succeeding the retiring Mathias. She was re-elected by large margins in 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010. Shortly after being sworn in for her fifth term in 2011, she succeeded Margaret Chase Smith as the longest-serving female Senator in U.S. history[2] and on March 17, 2012, she became the longest-serving female member of Congress in U.S. history, surpassing Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, who served from 1925 to 1960.[3] On March 2, 2015, Mikulski announced that she would not run for re-election to a sixth term in office.[1]

In August 2013, Abby Livingston of Roll Call had predicted that a potential retirement by Mikulski would create "chaos" and "blow open Maryland's political bottleneck" because "the state's teeming political Democratic Party talent is backed up in lower offices."[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Donna
Edwards
Chris
Van Hollen
Other Undecided
Monmouth University April 18–20, 2016 300 ± 5.7% 36% 52% 1% 11%
Public Policy Polling April 15–17, 2016 492 ± 4.4% 33% 42% 25%
NBC4/Marist April 5–9, 2016 775 ± 3.5% 38% 44% 18%
Washington Post - University of Maryland March 30-April 3, 2016 539 ± 4.5% 44% 40% 16%
Garin-Hart-Yang March 28–30, 2016 604 ± 4.9% 40% 45% 15%
Baltimore Sun - University of Baltimore March 4–9, 2016 400 ± 4.9% 34% 28% 31%
Gonzales Research February 29-March 4, 2016 411 ± 5.0% 41% 42% 17%
Goucher College February 13–18, 2016 307 ± 5.6% 39% 37% 24%
Gonzales Research January 11–16, 2016 402 ± 5% 36% 38% 24%
Baltimore Sun - University of Baltimore November 13–17, 2015 419 ± 4.8% 19% 28% 40%[77] 13%
31% 45% 24%
Washington Post - University of Maryland October 7–11, 2015 1,006 ± 3.5% 20% 20% 33%[77] 27%
Global Strategy Group** August 3–9, 2015 600 ± 4% 42% 37% 21%
The Mellman Group* March 19–22, 2015 700 ± 3.7% 23% 22% 29%[77] 27%
  • * Internal poll for Elijah Cummings
  • ** Internal poll for Donna Edwards

Results

Democratic primary results[78][79]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen 445,865 53.3
Democratic Donna Edwards 327,116 38.8
Democratic Freddie Dickson 13,847 1.7
Democratic Theresa Scaldaferri 12,405 1.5
Democratic Violet Staley 9,471 1.1
Democratic Lih Young 7,645 0.9
Democratic Charles Smith 7,431 0.9
Democratic Ralph Jaffe 6,716 0.8
Democratic Blaine Taylor 5,596 0.7
Democratic Ed Tinus 2,430 0.3
Total votes 838,522 100.00

Van Hollen won the April 26, 2016 primary in each of Maryland's counties except Prince George's and Charles, where Donna Edwards received more votes. Democratic voters in Baltimore City also preferred Edwards.[80]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kathy
Szeliga
Richard
Douglas
Barry
Glassman
Chrys
Kefalas
Anthony
Seda
Undecided
NBC4/Marist April 5–9, 2016 368 ± 5.1% 20% 13% - 9% - 57%
Washington Post - University of Maryland March 30-April 3, 2016 283 ± 7.5% 15% 9% - 11% - 46%
Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore/OpinionWorks March 4–8, 2016 400 ± 4.9% 6% 1% - 2% <1% 79%
Baltimore Sun - University of Baltimore November 13–17, 2015 307 ± 5.6% 15% 9% 8% 5% 4% 59%

Results

Republican primary results[78][79]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kathy Szeliga 130,738 36.1
Republican Chris Chaffee 49,462 13.6
Republican Chrys Kefalas 34,779 9.6
Republican Richard Douglas 27,103 7.5
Republican Dave Wallace 22,067 6.1
Republican Sean Connor 20,679 5.7
Republican Lynn Richardson 19,678 5.4
Republican John Graziani 15,921 4.4
Republican Greg Holmes 15,187 4.2
Republican Mark McNicholas 9,488 2.6
Republican Joe Hooe 7,852 2.2
Republican Anthony Seda 3,642 1.0
Republican Richard Shawver 2,990 0.8
Republican Garry Yarrington 2,846 0.8
Total votes 362,432 100.00

Szeliga won the April 26, 2016 primary in Baltimore City and each of Maryland's counties except Calvert, St. Mary's, Charles, and Prince George's, in which Chris Chaffee received more votes.[80]

Third party and independent candidates

Green Party

Results

Green Party primary results[121]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Margaret Flowers 125 98
Green None of the above 3 2
Total votes 128 100.00

Independents

  • Greg Dorsey[7]
  • Steve Gladstone[7]
  • Edward Shlikas[7]
  • Kay Young[7]

Libertarian Party

General election

Candidates

  • Kathy Szeliga, (R) Maryland State Delegate and House Minority Whip
  • Chris Van Hollen, (D) U.S. Representative
  • Arvin Vohra, (L) nominee for MD-05 in 2012 and for MD-04 in 2014
  • Margaret Flowers, (G) former pediatrician, healthcare activist and radio host[120]

Endorsements

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[126] Safe D March 25, 2016
Daily Kos[127] Safe D April 4, 2016
Roll Call[128] Safe D April 4, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[129] Safe D March 21, 2016

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Chris
Van Hollen (D)
Kathy
Szeliga (R)
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling April 15–17, 2016 879 ± 3.3% 53% 25% 22%

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External links

Official campaign websites