Jake Pretot

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Jake Pretot

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 2, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Maryland

Graduate

University of Maryland

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

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Jake Pretot (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

Biography

Pretot served in the U.S. Army. He earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Maryland. Pretot's career experience includes working as a small business owner.

Elections

2020

See also: Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican 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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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 M. Collier	11.4	3,564
		Blaine Taylor	5.0	1,562

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,150
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Carl Magee Jr. (R)

2018

See also: Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Elizabeth Matory, Michael Carney, and Guy Mimoun in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dutch Ruppersberger (D)	66.0	167,201
		Elizabeth Matory (R)	30.7	77,782
		Michael Carney (L)	2.1	5,215
		Guy Mimoun (G)	1.1	2,904
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	200

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 253,302 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Jake Pretot in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dutch Ruppersberger	78.1	47,776
		Jake Pretot	21.9	13,405

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 61,181
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Elizabeth Matory defeated Mark Shell, Mitchell Toland Jr., and Hubert Owens Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elizabeth Matory	42.0	7,426
		Mark Shell	23.6	4,171
		Mitchell Toland Jr.	17.3	3,061
		Hubert Owens Jr.	17.1	3,017

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 17,675
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Campaign themes

2020

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Footnotes

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ben Cardin (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

Dutch Ruppersberger (D)

District 3

John Sarbanes (D)

District 4

Anthony Brown (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

David Trone (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)