Maryland's 7th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 7th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
The incumbent was Elijah Cummings (D), who was first elected in 1996. He defeated challengers Corrogan Vaughn (R) and Scott Soffen in the general election.[4]
Cummings fended off two challengers in the Democratic primary, defeating Bryant Alexander and Fred Donald Dickson, Jr. Vaughn defeated Ray Bly in the Republican primary to win the nomination. Soffen, previously seeking election in Maryland's 4th District, secured his spot as a third party candidate by representing the Libertarian Party. Cummings had more cash on hand than both other candidates.[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 law stipulates that political parties can determine for themselves who may participate in their primary elections. As of October 2025, both the Democratic and Republican parties operated a closed primary where only a voter affiliated with the party may vote in a party's primary.[6]
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.[7]
- See also: Maryland elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Elijah Cummings (D), who was first elected in 1996.
Maryland's 7th Congressional District contains portions of Howard and Baltimore counties and parts of the city of Baltimore.[8]
Candidates
General election candidates
Corrogan Vaughn- Elijah Cummings - Incumbent
Scott Soffen
June 24, 2014, primary results
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Libertarian Party Candidates
Election results
General election results
The 7th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Elijah Cummings (D) defeated challengers Corrogan Vaughn (R) and Scott Soffen (L) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Elijah Cummings Incumbent |
69.9% | 144,639 | |
| Republican | Corrogan Vaughn | 27% | 55,860 | |
| Libertarian | Scott Soffen | 3% | 6,103 | |
| Write-in | Others | 0.1% | 207 | |
| Total Votes | 206,809 | |||
| Source: Maryland Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
Democratic primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Elijah Cummings Incumbent |
87% | 48,564 | ||
| Bryant Alexander | 8.6% | 4,786 | ||
| Fred Dickson | 4.4% | 2,460 | ||
| Total Votes | 55,810 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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Republican primary
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Corrogan Vaughn |
54.8% | 6,293 | ||
| Ray Bly | 45.2% | 5,195 | ||
| Total Votes | 11,488 | |||
| 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] Elijah Cummings 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. Elijah Cummings voted for HR 2775.[15]
Campaign contributions
Elijah Cummings
| Elijah Cummings (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 8, 2013 | $780,052.38 | $91,954.71 | $(93,542.07) | $778,465.02 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 15, 2013 | $778,465.02 | $74,108.51 | $(106,723.83) | $745,849.70 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2013 | $745,849.70 | $150,248.29 | $(80,580.08) | $815,517.91 | ||||
| Year-end[19] | January 31, 2014 | $815,517 | $147,451 | $(86,661) | $876,307 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $876,307 | $135,196 | $(58,820) | $952,684 | ||||
| July Quarterly[21] | July 15, 2014 | $924,331 | $51,025 | $(21,251) | $954,268 | ||||
| October Quarterly[22] | October 15, 2014 | $954,268 | $126,634 | $(117,064) | $965,587 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $776,617.51 | $(564,641.98) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 7th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Elijah Cummings (D) won. He defeated Ty Busch (D), Charles Smith (D), Frank Mirabile, Jr. (R) and Ronald Owens-Bey (L) in the general election.[23]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Elijah Cummings Incumbent |
76.5% | 247,770 | |
| Republican | Frank Mirabile, Jr. | 20.8% | 67,405 | |
| Libertarian | Ronald Owens-Bey | 2.5% | 8,211 | |
| Democratic | Ty Busch (Write-in) | 0% | 10 | |
| Democratic | Charles Smith (Write-in) | 0% | 28 | |
| N/A | Other Write-ins | 0.1% | 394 | |
| Total Votes | 323,818 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Elijah Cummings won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank Mirabile, Jr. (R) and Scott Spencer (L) in the general election.[24]
| U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Elijah Cummings incumbent |
75.2% | 152,669 | |
| Republican | Frank Mirabile, Jr. | 22.8% | 46,375 | |
| Libertarian | Scott Spencer | 1.9% | 3,814 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 210 | |
| Total Votes | 203,068 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
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 on Receipts and Disbursements," accessed October 6, 2014
- ↑ LexisNexis, "Md. Election Code Ann. § 8–202," accessed October 20, 2025
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Maryland Elections, "Candidate List 2014," accessed December 10, 2013
- ↑ Ray Bly for Congress, "Home," accessed February 21, 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, "Elijah Cummings April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Elijah Cummings 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
- ↑ 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
