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Blaine Taylor
Blaine Taylor (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Johnny Ray Salling in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dutch Ruppersberger (D) | 67.7 | 224,836 |
 | Johnny Ray Salling (R) | 32.0 | 106,355 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 835 | ||
| Total votes: 332,026 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Northcott (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Michael Feldman and Jake Pretot in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dutch Ruppersberger | 73.3 | 82,167 |
| Michael Feldman | 18.0 | 20,222 | ||
 | Jake Pretot | 8.7 | 9,780 | |
| Total votes: 112,169 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Johnny Ray Salling | 19.1 | 5,942 |
 | Genevieve Morris | 16.5 | 5,134 | |
 | Tim Fazenbaker | 16.4 | 5,123 | |
 | Rick Impallaria | 16.2 | 5,061 | |
 | Jim Simpson | 15.3 | 4,764 | |
 | Scott Collier | 11.4 | 3,564 | |
 | Blaine Taylor | 5.0 | 1,562 | |
| Total votes: 31,150 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carl Magee Jr. (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Maryland
Incumbent Ben Cardin defeated Tony Campbell, Neal Simon, and Arvin Vohra in the general election for U.S. Senate Maryland on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Cardin (D) | 64.9 | 1,491,614 |
 | Tony Campbell (R) | 30.3 | 697,017 | |
 | Neal Simon (Independent) | 3.7 | 85,964 | |
 | Arvin Vohra (L) | 1.0 | 22,943 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,351 | ||
| Total votes: 2,299,889 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maryland
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Cardin | 80.3 | 477,441 |
 | Chelsea Manning | 5.8 | 34,611 | |
 | Jerry Segal | 3.4 | 20,027 | |
 | Debbie Wilson | 3.2 | 18,953 | |
| Marcia Morgan | 2.7 | 16,047 | ||
 | Lih Young | 1.7 | 9,874 | |
 | Richard Vaughn | 1.6 | 9,480 | |
 | Erik Jetmir | 1.4 | 8,259 | |
| Total votes: 594,692 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mia Mason (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Maryland
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Campbell | 29.2 | 51,426 |
 | Chris Chaffee | 24.1 | 42,328 | |
 | Christina Grigorian | 17.5 | 30,756 | |
| John Graziani | 8.8 | 15,435 | ||
| Blaine Taylor | 5.0 | 8,848 | |
 | Gerald Smith | 4.3 | 7,564 | |
 | Brian Vaeth | 3.1 | 5,411 | |
| Evan Cronhardt | 2.5 | 4,445 | ||
 | Bill Krehnbrink | 2.0 | 3,606 | |
 | Nnabu Eze | 2.0 | 3,442 | |
| Albert Howard | 1.5 | 2,720 | ||
| Total votes: 175,981 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sam Faddis (R)
- David Pae (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Maryland's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. In the U.S. Senate race in Maryland, incumbent Barbara Mikulski chose to retire, leaving the seat open in 2016. The election attracted a large number of Democratic, Republican and independent candidates. Chris Van Hollen (D) defeated Kathy Szeliga (R), Arvin Vohra (Libertarian), Margaret Flowers (Green), and several write-in candidates in the general election on November 8, 2016. Van Hollen defeated nine other Democrats to win the nomination, and Szeliga defeated 13 other Republicans in the primary. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Chris Van Hollen |
60.9% | 1,659,907 | |
| Republican | Kathy Szeliga | 35.7% | 972,557 | |
| Green | Margaret Flowers | 3.3% | 89,970 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 3,736 | |
| Total Votes | 2,726,170 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chris Van Hollen |
53.2% | 470,320 | ||
| Donna Edwards | 38.9% | 343,620 | ||
| Freddie Dickson | 1.7% | 14,856 | ||
| Theresa Scaldaferri | 1.5% | 13,178 | ||
| Violet Staley | 1.2% | 10,244 | ||
| Lih Young | 1% | 8,561 | ||
| Charles Smith | 0.9% | 7,912 | ||
| Ralph Jaffe | 0.8% | 7,161 | ||
| Blaine Taylor | 0.7% | 5,932 | ||
| Ed Tinus | 0.3% | 2,560 | ||
| Total Votes | 884,344 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kathy Szeliga |
35.6% | 135,337 | ||
| Chris Chaffee | 13.7% | 52,066 | ||
| Chrys Kefalas | 9.6% | 36,340 | ||
| Richard Douglas | 7.6% | 29,007 | ||
| Dave Wallace | 6.1% | 23,226 | ||
| Sean Connor | 5.7% | 21,727 | ||
| Lynn Richardson | 5.5% | 20,792 | ||
| John Graziani | 4.4% | 16,722 | ||
| Greg Holmes | 4.3% | 16,148 | ||
| Mark McNicholas | 2.6% | 9,988 | ||
| Joseph Hooe | 2.2% | 8,282 | ||
| Anthony Seda | 1% | 3,873 | ||
| Richard Shawver | 0.8% | 3,155 | ||
| Garry Yarrington | 0.8% | 2,988 | ||
| Total Votes | 379,651 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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2014
Taylor ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 2nd District.[3] He was defeated by incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger in the Democratic primary on June 24, 2014.[4]
2012
Taylor ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Maryland. He was defeated by incumbent Ben Cardin in the Democratic primary on April 3, 2012.[5][6]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Ben Cardin Incumbent |
74.2% | 240,704 |
| Raymond Blagmon | 1.8% | 5,909 |
| C. Anthony Muse | 15.7% | 50,807 |
| J.P. Cusick | 1.5% | 4,778 |
| Christopher Garner | 2.9% | 9,274 |
| Ralph Jaffe | 1% | 3,313 |
| Blaine Taylor | 1.3% | 4,376 |
| Ed Tinus | 0.3% | 1,064 |
| Lih Young | 1.2% | 3,993 |
| Total Votes | 324,218 | |
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Blaine Taylor did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Blaine Taylor participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 30, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Blaine Taylor's responses follow below.[7]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Avoid wars abroad, but win them if we enter any. 2) Prevent a second civil war at home, but win it to preserve the union if it occurs 3) Help save the planet environmentally[8][9] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | The three listed aboveCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[9]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Blaine Taylor answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | At 71, no one. I rely on myself and on the innate goodness of our people.[9] | ” |
| “ | The Constitution of the United States, that---as a soldier---I took an oath to defend in 1965.[9] | ” |
| “ | Truth, honesty, character, convictions, principle, compassion, strength of purpose.[9] | ” |
| “ | The above, plus doing what I say I will.[9] | ” |
| “ | All of the above thus far answered.[9] | ” |
| “ | Peace, union, strength, and prosperity[9] | ” |
| “ | The 1948 Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia that nominated Harry Truman for President. I was 18 months old.[9] | ” |
| “ | Cleaning lawn movers and delivering sharpened and oiled saws to customers, summers, 1958-60.[9] | ” |
| “ | Zero.:)[9] | ” |
| “ | Don't really have one.[9] | ” |
| “ | The ones I've written.[9] | ” |
| “ | None. I am for reality always. I like being who I am in life.[9] | ” |
| “ | My computer, my window to, on, and from the world outside.[9] | ” |
| “ | Ones that I wrote and sing privately to my sister.[9] | ” |
| “ | Getting powers that be to grant me the celebration of my actual achievements. Politics gets in the way of that many times.[9] | ” |
| “ | It acts as a check and balance against the powers of the other two branches of government, the Executive (President) and the Judicial (Supreme Court).[9] | ” |
| “ | Yes, it helps, but is not actually necessary or even required under our system. All one must do is win the election.[9] | ” |
| “ | It has its place in the overall scheme of things.[9] | ” |
| “ | Are they honest, qualified, and competent? Do they have common sense?[9] | ” |
| “ | 1) Getting ALL the money out of politics 2) Preventing a second civil war. 3) Destroying all the members of the Mexican and other drug cartels, root and branch, sparing none. 4) Sinking on sight all ships at sea bringing drugs into our country. 5) Remaining at peace with Russia and China. 6) Working with all other world powers to save the planet.[9] | ” |
| “ | Of course.[9] | ” |
| “ | That doesn't matter, as it's all done by assignment. I would function as well as possible on any to which I was assigned.[9] | ” |
| “ | I am not.[9] | ” |
| “ | Armed Services---as a former Vietnam War combat soldier under enemy fire---and Foreign Relations, as the author of 22 published books worldwide in three languages thus far.[9] | ” |
| “ | Robert F. Kennedy of New York, 1965-68.[9] | ” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List," accessed February 5, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Maryland Primary Results," April 26, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections "2012 Primary Results"
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Blaine Taylor's responses," May 30, 2018
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