Maryland's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 3rd Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
John Sarbanes (D) was the incumbent at the time of the election. He won his first re-election bid against Eric Delano Knowles in 2012 and ran for re-election in the 2014 Midterm Election.
Sarbanes defeated challenger Charles Long (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[4] Sarbanes won the Democratic primary by defeating challenger Matthew Molyett. Long won the Republican nomination in a race against two other primary challengers, Michael Jackson and Thomas Harris. Sarbanes had close to $1 million cash on hand for his election campaign.[5]
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Maryland utilizes a closed primary system. Although parties may hold open primaries, parties generally permit only registered party members to vote in their primaries.[6][7]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by June 3, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[8]
- See also: Maryland elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was John Sarbanes (D), who was first elected in 2006.
Maryland's 3rd Congressional District winds through parts of Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Howard and Baltimore counties and includes parts of Baltimore city.[9]
Candidates
General election candidates
Charles Long- John Sarbanes - Incumbent
June 24, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 3rd Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent John Sarbanes (D) defeated challenger Charles Long (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  John Sarbanes Incumbent |
59.6% | 128,594 | |
| Republican | Charles Long | 40.4% | 87,029 | |
| Total Votes | 215,623 | |||
| Source: Maryland Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
Democratic primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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John Sarbanes Incumbent |
85.2% | 54,926 | ||
| Matthew Molyett | 14.8% | 9,564 | ||
| Total Votes | 64,490 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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Republican primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Charles Long |
43.6% | 7,597 | ||
| Thomas Harris | 41.9% | 7,303 | ||
| Michael Jackson | 14.5% | 2,524 | ||
| Total Votes | 17,424 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[11] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[12] John Sarbanes voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[13]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[14] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. John Sarbanes voted for HR 2775.[15]
Campaign contributions
John Sarbanes
| John Sarbanes (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | April 4, 2013 | $728,898.11 | $58,215.00 | $(82,023.60) | $705,089.51 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 9, 2013 | $705,089.51 | $139,928.00 | $(98,391.97) | $746,625.54 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2013 | $746,625.54 | $131,444.00 | $(68,302.41) | $809,767.13 | ||||
| Year-end[19] | January 31, 2014 | $809,767 | $174,368 | $(76,225) | $907,909 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $907,909 | $114,199 | $(86,670) | $935,438 | ||||
| July Quarterly[21] | July 15, 2014 | $927,880 | $48,750 | $(43,544) | $933,086 | ||||
| October Quarterly[22] | October 15, 2014 | $933,086 | $43,400 | $(129,396) | $847,089 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $710,304 | $(584,552.98) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 3rd Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent John Sarbanes (D) won re-election. He defeated Eric Delano Knowles (R) and Paul Drgos, Jr. (L) in the general election.[23]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | John Sarbanes Incumbent |
66.8% | 213,747 | |
| Republican | Eric Delano Knowles | 29.6% | 94,549 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Drgos, Jr. | 3.4% | 11,028 | |
| N/A | Other Write-ins | 0.2% | 535 | |
| Total Votes | 319,859 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, John Sarbanes won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Wilhelm (R), Jerry McKinley (L) and Alain Lareau (Constitution) in the general election.[24]
| U.S. House, Maryland District 3 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John Sarbanes incumbent |
61.1% | 147,448 | |
| Republican | Jim Wilhelm | 36% | 86,947 | |
| Libertarian | Jerry McKinley | 2.2% | 5,212 | |
| Constitution | Alain Lareau | 0.7% | 1,634 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 188 | |
| Total Votes | 241,429 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Maryland's 2nd Congressional District
- United States congressional delegations from Maryland
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "House Elections Results," accessed November 11, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements," accessed October 2, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Primary Elections," accessed September 27, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed September 27, 2024
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Voter Registration Introduction," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Maryland Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed February 25, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "John Sarbanes April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "John Sarbanes July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/097/14941725097/14941725097.pdf Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 15, 2014]
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 15, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Maryland"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
