Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
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Election details |
Filing deadline: February 9, 2024 |
Primary: May 14, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Maryland |
Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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See also |
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All U.S. House districts, including the 2nd Congressional District of Maryland, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was May 14, 2024. The filing deadline was February 9, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 59.2%-40.6%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 59.4%-38.6%.[3]
This is one of 45 open races for the U.S. House in 2024 where an incumbent did not run for re-election. Across the country, 24 Democrats and 21 Republicans did not run for re-election. In 2022, 49 representatives did not seek re-election, including 31 Democrats and 18 Republicans.
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)
- Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2
John Olszewski Jr. defeated Kim Klacik and Jasen Wunder in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Olszewski Jr. (D) | 58.2 | 223,797 |
![]() | Kim Klacik (R) | 39.5 | 152,079 | |
![]() | Jasen Wunder (L) | 2.1 | 8,169 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 749 |
Total votes: 384,794 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Olszewski Jr. | 78.7 | 65,995 |
![]() | Harry Bhandari | 8.5 | 7,150 | |
![]() | Sia Kyriakakos | 4.9 | 4,080 | |
Sharron Reed-Burns ![]() | 4.1 | 3,472 | ||
![]() | Jessica Sjoberg | 2.0 | 1,692 | |
![]() | Clint Spellman Jr. ![]() | 1.7 | 1,466 |
Total votes: 83,855 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
- Bryan Moore (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Kim Klacik defeated Dave Wallace and John Thormann in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kim Klacik | 63.1 | 25,377 |
![]() | Dave Wallace | 23.5 | 9,433 | |
![]() | John Thormann | 13.5 | 5,414 |
Total votes: 40,224 | ||||
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Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Maryland
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Harry Bhandari | Democratic Party | $269,242 | $269,242 | $0 | As of August 29, 2024 |
Sia Kyriakakos | Democratic Party | $23,028 | $23,368 | $-340 | As of June 13, 2024 |
John Olszewski Jr. | Democratic Party | $1,570,997 | $1,404,405 | $166,592 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Sharron Reed-Burns | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Jessica Sjoberg | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Clint Spellman Jr. | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Kim Klacik | Republican Party | $169,861 | $325,170 | $17,020 | As of December 31, 2024 |
John Thormann | Republican Party | $3,046 | $4,522 | $1,857 | As of April 24, 2024 |
Dave Wallace | Republican Party | $14,345 | $14,442 | $0 | As of September 30, 2024 |
Jasen Wunder | Libertarian Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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." |
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[4]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[5][6][7]
Race ratings: Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. |
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maryland in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Maryland | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | $100.00 | 2/9/2024 | Source |
Maryland | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1% of the eligible voters for the district | $100.00 | 8/5/2024 | 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 in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Maryland.
Maryland U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
2024 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 87 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 87.5% | 5 | 100.0% | ||||
2022 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 93.8% | 6 | 85.7% | ||||
2020 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 79 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | 8 | 100.0% | ||||
2018 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 87.5% | 6 | 85.7% | ||||
2016 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 60 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 93.8% | 5 | 83.3% | ||||
2014 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 75.0% | 6 | 75.0% |
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Maryland in 2024. Information below was calculated on March 19, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Eighty-seven candidates ran for Maryland’s eight U.S. House districts, including 58 Democrats and 29 Republicans. That’s 10.88 candidates per district, more than in the previous three election cycles. There were 8.12 candidates per district in 2022, 9.87 candidates per district in 2020, and 6.87 in 2018.
The total number of candidates who ran for the U.S. House in 2024 is also higher than any other year this decade.
Three districts—the 2nd, the 3rd, and the 6th—were open, meaning no incumbents ran. That’s the most open districts in an election cycle this decade.
Rep. David Trone (D-6th) did not run for re-election in order to run for the U.S. Senate, while Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-2nd) and John Sarbanes (D-3rd) retired from public office.
Thirty-one candidates—22 Democrats and nine Republicans—ran for the open 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a district in 2024.
Fourteen primaries—eight Democratic and six Republican—were contested in 2024. Fifteen primaries were contested in 2022, 16 primaries were contested in 2020, and 14 were in 2018.
Five incumbents—four Democrats and one Republican—faced primary challengers in 2024. That's fewer than in 2022, when six incumbents faced challengers, in 2020 when eight incumbents faced challengers, and in 2018, when six did.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 2nd the 147th most Democratic district nationally.[8]
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 2nd based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
59.4% | 38.6% |
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
57.4 | 40.2 | R+17.2 |
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 |
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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 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Maryland's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maryland | |||
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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 May 2024.
State executive officials in Maryland, May 2024 | |
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Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
Maryland State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 34 | |
Republican Party | 13 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 47 |
Maryland House of Delegates
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 102 | |
Republican Party | 39 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 141 |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Maryland Party Control: 1992-2024
Twenty-one 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 | 23 | 24 |
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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 | D | D |
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 | 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 | D | D |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Nicolee Ambrose in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dutch Ruppersberger (D) | 59.2 | 158,998 |
![]() | Nicolee Ambrose (R) ![]() | 40.6 | 109,075 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 361 |
Total votes: 268,434 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated George Croom, Marques Dent, and Liri Fusha in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dutch Ruppersberger | 75.5 | 62,896 |
![]() | George Croom ![]() | 10.2 | 8,465 | |
![]() | Marques Dent | 9.3 | 7,728 | |
Liri Fusha | 5.1 | 4,218 |
Total votes: 83,307 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brittany Oliver (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Nicolee Ambrose ![]() | 32.3 | 12,201 |
![]() | Dave Wallace | 20.2 | 7,643 | |
![]() | Michael Geppi ![]() | 14.8 | 5,595 | |
![]() | Bernard Flowers ![]() | 13.2 | 4,983 | |
![]() | Ellen McNulty ![]() | 11.1 | 4,204 | |
![]() | Lance Griffin ![]() | 8.4 | 3,192 |
Total votes: 37,818 | ||||
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Johnny Ray Salling in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dutch Ruppersberger (D) | 67.7 | 224,836 |
![]() | Johnny Ray Salling (R) | 32.0 | 106,355 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 835 |
Total votes: 332,026 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Northcott (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Michael Feldman and Jake Pretot in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dutch Ruppersberger | 73.3 | 82,167 |
Michael Feldman | 18.0 | 20,222 | ||
Jake Pretot | 8.7 | 9,780 |
Total votes: 112,169 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Johnny Ray Salling | 19.1 | 5,942 |
![]() | Genevieve Morris ![]() | 16.5 | 5,134 | |
Tim Fazenbaker ![]() | 16.4 | 5,123 | ||
![]() | Rick Impallaria | 16.2 | 5,061 | |
![]() | Jim Simpson ![]() | 15.3 | 4,764 | |
![]() | Scott Collier | 11.4 | 3,564 | |
![]() | Blaine Taylor | 5.0 | 1,562 |
Total votes: 31,150 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carl Magee Jr. (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Elizabeth Matory, Michael Carney, and Guy Mimoun in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dutch Ruppersberger (D) | 66.0 | 167,201 |
Elizabeth Matory (R) | 30.7 | 77,782 | ||
![]() | Michael Carney (L) | 2.1 | 5,215 | |
Guy Mimoun (G) ![]() | 1.1 | 2,904 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 200 |
Total votes: 253,302 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Jake Pretot in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dutch Ruppersberger | 78.1 | 47,776 |
Jake Pretot | 21.9 | 13,405 |
Total votes: 61,181 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2
Elizabeth Matory defeated Mark Shell, Mitchell Toland Jr., and Hubert Owens Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Elizabeth Matory | 42.0 | 7,426 | |
![]() | Mark Shell | 23.6 | 4,171 | |
Mitchell Toland Jr. | 17.3 | 3,061 | ||
Hubert Owens Jr. | 17.1 | 3,017 |
Total votes: 17,675 | ||||
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Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023