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Lih Young
Lih Young (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 8th Congressional District. She lost as a write-in in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Young was a 2018 Democratic write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate from Maryland. Young was defeated in the Democratic primary.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Gregory Coll and Lih Young in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jamie Raskin (D) | 68.2 | 274,716 |
 | Gregory Coll (R)  | 31.6 | 127,157 | |
 | Lih Young (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 27 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 714 | ||
| Total votes: 402,614 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Marcia Morgan, Lih Young, and Utam Paul in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Raskin | 86.8 | 111,894 |
| Marcia Morgan | 7.9 | 10,236 | ||
| Lih Young | 3.8 | 4,874 | |
| Utam Paul | 1.5 | 1,885 | ||
| Total votes: 128,889 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory Coll | 41.8 | 13,070 |
 | Bridgette Cooper | 15.4 | 4,831 | |
 | Nicholas Gladden | 12.8 | 4,019 | |
| Patricia Rogers | 12.4 | 3,868 | ||
 | Shelly Skolnick | 9.5 | 2,979 | |
 | Michael Yadeta | 8.1 | 2,526 | |
| Total votes: 31,293 | |||
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2018
Young 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 | ||
| ✔ |  | 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) | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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.[2][3]
| 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
Young ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 8th District.[4] She was defeated by incumbent Chris Van Hollen in the Democratic primary on June 24, 2014.[5]
2012
Young ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Maryland. She was defeated by incumbent Ben Cardin in the Democratic primary and ran as a write-in candidate.[6][7]
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ben Cardin Incumbent |
56% | 1,474,028 | |
| Republican | Dan Bongino | 26.3% | 693,291 | |
| Libertarian | Dean Ahmad | 1.2% | 32,252 | |
| Independent | Rob Sobhani | 16.4% | 430,934 | |
| Democratic | Lih Young (Write-in) | 0% | 163 | |
| Republican | Mary Podlesak (Write-in) | 0% | 21 | |
| Independent | Brandy Baker | 0% | 151 | |
| Independent | Ed Tinus | 0% | 48 | |
| N/A | Other Write-ins | 0.1% | 2,346 | |
| Total Votes | 2,633,234 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "U.S. Senator" | ||||
Democratic Primary
| 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
Lih Young did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland Board of Elections, ""2018 Candidate Listing,"" accessed February 28, 2018
- ↑ 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"
