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Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2022 (July 19 Democratic primary)

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Maryland's 8th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: April 15, 2022
Primary: July 19, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Maryland
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+29
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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A Democratic Party primary took place on July 19, 2022, in Maryland's 8th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

Incumbent Jamie Raskin advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 15, 2022
July 19, 2022
November 8, 2022


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.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Maryland's 8th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Andalib Odulate in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on July 19, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jamie Raskin
Jamie Raskin
 
93.9
 
109,055
Image of Andalib Odulate
Andalib Odulate
 
6.1
 
7,075

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 116,130
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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Jamie Raskin Democratic Party $4,701,192 $2,918,723 $3,120,998 As of December 31, 2022
Andalib Odulate Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maryland in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Maryland U.S. House Ballot-qualified party N/A $100.00 4/15/2022 Source
Maryland U.S. House Unaffiliated 1% of the eligible voters for the district $100.00 8/3/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Maryland District 8
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Maryland District 8
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.


Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Maryland after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[5] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[6]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Maryland
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Maryland's 1st 41.7% 56.3% 39.1% 58.8%
Maryland's 2nd 59.4% 38.6% 65.8% 32.4%
Maryland's 3rd 61.7% 36.2% 68.7% 29.4%
Maryland's 4th 89.6% 8.7% 79.1% 19.2%
Maryland's 5th 67.4% 30.9% 68.6% 29.7%
Maryland's 6th 53.9% 44.1% 60.6% 37.5%
Maryland's 7th 81.0% 17.5% 78.4% 20.0%
Maryland's 8th 80.5% 17.9% 69.3% 28.9%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Maryland.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Maryland in 2022. Information below was calculated on June 16, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Sixty-five candidates filed to run for Maryland's eight U.S. House districts, including 31 Democrats and 34 Republicans. That's 8.12 candidates per district, less than the 9.87 candidates per district in 2020 and more than the 6.87 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Maryland was apportioned eight districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.

Rep. Anthony Brown (D) filed to run for attorney general of Maryland, making the 4th district the only open seat this year and only the fourth U.S. House seat to open up in Maryland since 2012.

Twelve candidates — nine Democrats and three Republicans — ran to replace Brown, the most candidates who ran for a seat this year. There were 15 contested primaries, eight Democratic and seven Republican. That’s one less than in 2020, and one more than in 2018.

Rep. Andrew Harris (R), the incumbent in the 1st district, was the only incumbent not to face a primary challenger this year. That’s one more than in 2020, when all eight incumbents faced primary challengers, and the same as in 2018. Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in all eight districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+29. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 29 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 8th the 21st most Democratic district nationally.[7]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Maryland's 8th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
80.5% 17.9%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Maryland, 2020

Maryland presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 21 Democratic wins
  • 10 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R D D D D R R R D D D D R R R D D D R D D R R D D D D D D D D


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Maryland and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Maryland
Maryland United States
Population 6,177,224 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 9,711 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 54.2% 70.4%
Black/African American 29.9% 12.6%
Asian 6.4% 5.6%
Native American 0.3% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 4.7% 5.1%
Multiple 4.5% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 10.3% 18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 90.6% 88.5%
College graduation rate 40.9% 32.9%
Income
Median household income $87,063 $64,994
Persons below poverty level 9% 12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Maryland's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maryland, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 7 9
Republican 0 1 1
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 8 10

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Maryland's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Maryland, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Larry Hogan
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Boyd Rutherford
Secretary of State Republican Party John C. Wobensmith
Attorney General Democratic Party Brian Frosh

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Maryland General Assembly as of November 2022.

Maryland State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 32
     Republican Party 15
     Vacancies 0
Total 47

Maryland House of Delegates

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 99
     Republican Party 42
     Vacancies 0
Total 141

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Maryland was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Maryland Party Control: 1992-2022
Nineteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Primary Elections," accessed September 27, 2024
  2. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed September 27, 2024
  3. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  4. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  5. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  6. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  7. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023


Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Angela Alsobrooks (D)
Chris Hollen (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
Democratic Party (9)
Republican Party (1)


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