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Edward Shlikas (Maryland)

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Edward Shlikas
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Last election

November 3, 2020

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Edward Shlikas (unaffiliated) ran for election for President of the United States. Shlikas lost as a write-in in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Shlikas was a 2018 write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate from Maryland. Shlikas was a 2016 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Maryland. Shlikas did not qualify for the general election ballot.[1]

Elections

2020

Presidency

See also: Presidential candidates, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.


Presidential election, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
51.3
 
81,282,632 306
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
46.9
 
74,223,234 232
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
1.2
 
1,864,873 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.3
 
402,795 0
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Roque De La Fuente (multiple running mates) (Alliance Party)
 
0.1
 
88,214 0
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Gloria La Riva (multiple running mates) (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
84,905 0
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Ye/Michelle Tidball (Independent)
 
0.0
 
67,906 0
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Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
59,924 0
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Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent)
 
0.0
 
49,764 0
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Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (American Solidarity Party)
 
0.0
 
35,260 0
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Alyson Kennedy/Malcolm Jarrett (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.0
 
6,791 0
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Bill Hammons/Eric Bodenstab (Unity Party)
 
0.0
 
6,647 0
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Jade Simmons (multiple running mates) (Independent)
 
0.0
 
6,534 0
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Jerry Segal/John de Graaf (Bread and Roses)
 
0.0
 
5,949 0
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Dario David Hunter/Dawn Neptune Adams (Progressive Party)
 
0.0
 
5,394 0
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Phil Collins/Billy Joe Parker (Prohibition Party)
 
0.0
 
4,844 0
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Jesse Ventura/Cynthia McKinney (Green Party of Alaska)
 
0.0
 
3,284 0
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President Boddie/Eric Stoneham (C.U.P.)
 
0.0
 
3,171 0
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Joe McHugh/Elizabeth Storm (Independent)
 
0.0
 
2,843 0
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Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Independent)
 
0.0
 
2,662 0
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Sheila Tittle (multiple running mates) (Independent)
 
0.0
 
1,806 0
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Connie Gammon/Phil Collins (Independent)
 
0.0
 
1,475 0
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J.R. Myers/Tiara Lusk (Life and Liberty)
 
0.0
 
1,372 0
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Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Independent)
 
0.0
 
1,241 0
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H. Brooke Paige/Thomas Witman (Grumpy Old Patriots)
 
0.0
 
1,175 0
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Christopher Lafontaine/Michael Speed (Independent)
 
0.0
 
856 0
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Kyle Kenley Kopitke (multiple running mates) (Independent)
 
0.0
 
815 0
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Ricki Sue King/Dayna Chandler (Genealogy Know Your Family History Party)
 
0.0
 
546 0
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Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro/Khadijah Maryam Jacob Sr. (Independent)
 
0.0
 
497 0
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Blake Huber/Frank Atwood (Approval Voting Party)
 
0.0
 
409 0
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Joseph Kishore/Norissa Santa Cruz (Socialist Equality Party)
 
0.0
 
317 0
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Richard Duncan/Mitch Bupp (Independent)
 
0.0
 
213 0
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Jordan Marc Scott/Jennifer Tepool (Independent)
 
0.0
 
175 0
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Gary Swing/David Olszta (Boiling Frog)
 
0.0
 
141 0
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Keith McCormic/Sam Blasiak (Bull Moose)
 
0.0
 
126 0
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Zachary Scalf/Matthew Lyda (Independent)
 
0.0
 
29 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.1
 
183,207 0

Total votes: 158,402,026

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2018

See also: United States Senate election in Maryland, 2018

Shlikas ran as a write-in candidate.

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
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Ben Cardin (D)
 
64.9
 
1,491,614
Image of Tony Campbell
Tony Campbell (R)
 
30.3
 
697,017
Image of Neal Simon
Neal Simon (Independent)
 
3.7
 
85,964
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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
Image of Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
 
80.3
 
477,441
Image of Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning
 
5.8
 
34,611
Image of Jerry Segal
Jerry Segal
 
3.4
 
20,027
Image of Debbie Wilson
Debbie Wilson
 
3.2
 
18,953
Marcia Morgan
 
2.7
 
16,047
Image of Lih Young
Lih Young
 
1.7
 
9,874
Image of Richard Vaughn
Richard Vaughn
 
1.6
 
9,480
Image of Erik Jetmir
Erik Jetmir
 
1.4
 
8,259

Total votes: 594,692
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Tony Campbell
Tony Campbell
 
29.2
 
51,426
Image of Chris Chaffee
Chris Chaffee
 
24.1
 
42,328
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Christina Grigorian
 
17.5
 
30,756
John Graziani
 
8.8
 
15,435
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Blaine Taylor Candidate Connection
 
5.0
 
8,848
Image of Gerald Smith
Gerald Smith
 
4.3
 
7,564
Image of Brian Vaeth
Brian Vaeth
 
3.1
 
5,411
Evan Cronhardt
 
2.5
 
4,445
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Bill Krehnbrink Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
3,606
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Nnabu Eze
 
2.0
 
3,442
Albert Howard
 
1.5
 
2,720

Total votes: 175,981
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: United States Senate election in Maryland, 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.[2][3]

U.S. Senate, Maryland General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChris 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


U.S. Senate, Maryland Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngChris 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
U.S. Senate, Maryland Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKathy 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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