Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

Elections in Maryland, 2020

• Primary date: June 2
• Primary type: Closed
• Registration deadline(s): May 27
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: Yes

• Early voting starts: Pending
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): June 2 (postmarked)
• Voter ID: No ID
• Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Date of Maryland presidential primary: June 2

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Maryland's 2nd Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: January 24, 2020
Primary: June 2, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent: Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Maryland
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
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A Republican Party primary took place on June 2, 2020, in Maryland's 2nd Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 3, 2020.

Johnny Ray Salling advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2.

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Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
January 24, 2020	June 2, 2020	November 3, 2020

Heading into the election, the incumbent was Dutch Ruppersberger (Democrat), who was first elected in 2002.

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.

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

This page focuses on Maryland's 2nd Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

• Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
• Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Maryland modified its absentee/mail-in and candidate filing procedures, early voting, and polling places for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee/mail-in ballot request forms sent to all qualified voters in the general election. The return deadline for absentee/mail-in ballot requests was October 20, 2020.
• Candidate filing procedures: The petition signature requirement for obtaining party status for the Green and Libertarian parties was reduced from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures. The nomination petition signature requirement for unaffiliated candidates was reduced by 50 percent.
• Early voting: An early voting period ran from October 26, 2020 through November 2, 2020.
• Polling places: All early voting centers and Election Day polling locations were open on November 3, 2020. The Maryland State Board of Elections operated a limited number of centralized voting centers in lieu of precinct polling places for in-person voting in the general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.