Jay Fred Cohen
Jay Fred Cohen (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 7th Congressional District. Cohen lost in the special Democratic primary on February 4, 2020.
Cohen was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 12 of the Maryland House of Delegates.[1]
Prior to running for office, Cohen was a judge on the Orphans Court of Howard County in Maryland.[2] He began serving in 2006 and left the bench in December of 2010.
Elections
2020
See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election, 2020
Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Democratic primary)
Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Republican primary)
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7
Kweisi Mfume defeated Kim Klacik in the special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on April 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kweisi Mfume (D) | 73.8 | 111,955 |
 | Kim Klacik (R) | 25.1 | 38,102 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 1,661 | ||
| Total votes: 151,718 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kweisi Mfume | 43.0 | 31,415 |
 | Maya Rockeymoore Cummings | 17.1 | 12,524 | |
 | Jill Carter | 16.0 | 11,708 | |
 | Terri L. Hill | 7.4 | 5,439 | |
 | F. Michael Higginbotham | 4.4 | 3,245 | |
 | Harry Spikes | 3.5 | 2,572 | |
 | Saafir Rabb | 1.8 | 1,327 | |
 | Jay Jalisi | 1.7 | 1,257 | |
 | Talmadge Branch | 1.1 | 810 | |
 | Mark Gosnell | 0.8 | 579 | |
 | T. Dan Baker | 0.5 | 377 | |
| Charles Stokes | 0.4 | 297 | ||
 | Paul Konka | 0.3 | 251 | |
| Darryl Gonzalez | 0.3 | 245 | ||
| Alicia Brown | 0.2 | 180 | ||
| Leslie Grant | 0.2 | 176 | ||
 | Anthony Carter Sr. | 0.2 | 155 | |
| Jay Fred Cohen | 0.2 | 150 | ||
| Matko Lee Chullin III | 0.1 | 79 | ||
 | Charles Smith | 0.1 | 75 | |
 | Adrian Petrus | 0.1 | 60 | |
| Nathaniel Costley Sr. | 0.1 | 49 | ||
| Dan Hiegel | 0.0 | 31 | ||
| Jermyn Michael Davidson | 0.0 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 73,032 | |||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kim Klacik | 40.2 | 4,525 |
 | Elizabeth Matory | 24.3 | 2,740 | |
| James Arnold | 12.4 | 1,401 | ||
 | Reba Hawkins | 8.1 | 913 | |
 | Christopher Anderson | 7.6 | 852 | |
 | William Newton | 3.7 | 414 | |
 | Ray Bly | 2.1 | 236 | |
| Brian Brown | 1.6 | 185 | ||
| Total votes: 11,266 | |||
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2014
Elections for the Maryland House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. Eric Ebersole, Terri L. Hill and Clarence K. Lam defeated Brian S. Bailey, Jay Fred Cohen, Rebecca P. Dongarra, Michael Gisriel, Renee McGuirk-Spence, Adam Sachs and Nick Stewart in the Democratic primary, while Gordon Bull, Joseph D. "Joe" Hooe and Rick Martel were unopposed in the Republican primary. Ebersole, Hill and Lam defeated Bull, Hooe and Martel for three seats in the general election.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Eric Ebersole |
19% | 19,274 | |
| Democratic | Terri L. Hill |
18.9% | 19,236 | |
| Democratic | Clarence K. Lam |
18.3% | 18,568 | |
| Republican | Joseph D. "Joe" Hooe | 15.9% | 16,171 | |
| Republican | Rick Martel | 14.1% | 14,290 | |
| Republican | Gordon Bull | 13.9% | 14,146 | |
| Total Votes | 101,685 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Clarence K. Lam |
21.3% | 6,307 |
| Terri L. Hill |
20.5% | 6,059 |
| Eric Ebersole |
14.9% | 4,427 |
| Rebecca P. Dongarra | 12.8% | 3,782 |
| Nick Stewart | 10.1% | 2,991 |
| Renee McGuirk-Spence | 6.4% | 1,908 |
| Brian S. Bailey | 5.3% | 1,576 |
| Michael Gisriel | 4.2% | 1,246 |
| Adam Sachs | 2.5% | 747 |
| Jay Fred Cohen | 2% | 580 |
| Total Votes | 29,623 | |
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jay Fred Cohen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Maryland Secretary of State - Official candidate list
- Maryland Courts, "About the Orphans' Court"
- Maryland Courts, "Welcome to the Maryland Orphans' Court"
Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election State Candidates List - House of Delegates," accessed May 9, 2014
- ↑ Maryland Courts, "About the Maryland Court System," accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial Results for the 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election," accessed June 25, 2014
