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Jim Crawford (Maryland)
Jim Crawford (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 28. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 28 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 28 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Debra Davis (D) | 23.8 | 34,236 |
| ✔ |  | Edith J. Patterson (D) | 23.2 | 33,383 |
| ✔ |  | C.T. Wilson (D) | 22.8 | 32,793 |
 | Jim Crawford (R) | 10.5 | 15,059 | |
| Dave Campbell (R) | 10.4 | 15,010 | ||
| Maureen Woodruff (R) | 9.3 | 13,318 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 159 | ||
| Total votes: 143,958 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bill Dotson (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 28 (3 seats)
Incumbent Edith J. Patterson, incumbent C.T. Wilson, and Debra Davis defeated Edward Holland and John Coller in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 28 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Edith J. Patterson | 27.4 | 10,346 |
| ✔ | | C.T. Wilson | 26.6 | 10,053 |
| ✔ | | Debra Davis | 23.1 | 8,725 |
| Edward Holland | 12.1 | 4,561 | ||
| John Coller | 10.7 | 4,043 | ||
| Total votes: 37,728 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 28 (3 seats)
Bill Dotson, Jim Crawford, and Dave Campbell defeated Vanessa Jones in the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 28 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Dotson | 34.9 | 2,625 | |
| ✔ | | Jim Crawford | 28.8 | 2,166 |
| ✔ | Dave Campbell | 23.0 | 1,729 | |
| Vanessa Jones | 13.3 | 996 | ||
| Total votes: 7,516 | |||
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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. Edith J. Patterson and incumbents Sally Y. Jameson and C.T. Wilson defeated John Coller and Candice Quinn Kelly in the Democratic primary, while Jim Crawford was unopposed in the Republican primary. Wilson, Jameson and Patterson defeated Crawford for three seats in the general election. John C. Ford (R) ran as a write-in candidate.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Sally Jameson Incumbent |
28.8% | 25,811 | |
| Democratic | C.T. Wilson Incumbent |
27% | 24,202 | |
| Democratic | Edith J. Patterson |
23.9% | 21,421 | |
| Republican | Jim Crawford | 19.3% | 17,321 | |
| Republican | John C. Ford (write-in) | 1% | 913 | |
| Total Votes | 89,668 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
C.T. Wilson Incumbent |
25.9% | 8,302 |
| Sally Jameson Incumbent |
22.6% | 7,249 |
| Edith J. Patterson |
20.7% | 6,644 |
| Candice Quinn Kelly | 18.6% | 5,966 |
| John Coller | 12.2% | 3,913 |
| Total Votes | 32,074 | |
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Crawford was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Maryland. All 38 delegates from Maryland were bound to Donald Trump.[4] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Crawford was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.[5]
Appointment process
The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.
Delegate rules
District-level delegates from Maryland to the Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election on April 26, 2016. At-large delegates were elected at the Republican state convention in May 2016. Delegates from Maryland were bound through the first two rounds of voting unless released by their candidate or their candidate failed to receive 35 percent or more of the vote in the first round of voting.
Maryland primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Maryland, 2016
| Maryland Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 2,770 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.3% | 5,946 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.3% | 1,239 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 19% | 87,093 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,012 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 837 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 23.2% | 106,614 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 1,533 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.7% | 3,201 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 478 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump |
54.1% | 248,343 | 38 | |
| Totals | 459,066 | 38 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Maryland Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Maryland had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Maryland's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in a given district received all of that district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. Maryland's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2018
- Maryland House of Delegates
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for House of Delegates," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2014 Official General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Maryland State Election Board, "2016 Election Results," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of 2016 RNC Rules Committee members is based on an official list from the Republican National Committee obtained by Ballotpedia on June 24, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
