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Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
- 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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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: January 24, 2020 |
| Primary: June 2, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent: David Trone (Democratic) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Maryland |
| Race ratings |
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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| See also |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 2, 2020, in Maryland's 6th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 3, 2020.
Incumbent David Trone advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6.
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Heading into the election, the incumbent was David Trone (Democrat), who was first elected in 2018.
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 6th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
- Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
Election procedure changes in 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 primary election process as follows:
- Election postponements: The primary election was postponed from April 28, 2020, to June 2.
- Voting procedures: The primary election was conducted largely by mail.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Trone | 72.4 | 65,655 |
 | Maxwell Bero  | 27.6 | 25,037 | |
| Total votes: 90,692 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Candidate profiles
This section includes candidate profiles created in one of two ways. Either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey or Ballotpedia staff created a profile after identifying the candidate as noteworthy.[3] Ballotpedia staff compiled profiles based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements.
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "For the last 15 years of my life, I have lived and breathed Maryland District 6. My parents live in Point of Rocks, MD. My wife and I graduated high school here (St. Johns' Catholic Prep, Frederick, MD, class of '08). After graduating from college at the University of Maryland, we moved to Germantown. Following the birth of our daughter, we moved to Clarksburg. For the last 4 years, I have taught high school and coached football and lacrosse in Montgomery Village. The 6th District is my life. I learned the value of hard work and perseverance growing up on a family farm just north of Baltimore, in Harford County. As a teenager, I had to balance school and sports with tending the farm. Waking up before school to feed animals and hurrying home (after football practice in the fall) to work on my to-do list before the sunset was not easy, but it taught me the skill set and work ethic I needed to have to be successful in my life. I hope to bring the same work ethic, passion, and fight to the floor of Congress that I've brought to everything else in my life."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Maryland District 6 in 2020.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+6, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 6th Congressional District the 166th most Democratic nationally.[4]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.97. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.97 points toward that party.[5]
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[6] 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.[7] The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| David Trone | Democratic Party | $2,965,204 | $2,980,058 | $93,680 | As of December 31, 2020 |
| Maxwell Bero | Democratic Party | $6,017 | $4,336 | $1,681 | As of June 30, 2020 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2020. 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." |
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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.[8]
- 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.[9][10][11]
| Race ratings: Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 3, 2020 | October 27, 2020 | October 20, 2020 | October 13, 2020 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid 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 updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season. | |||||||||
See also
- Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
- Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
- United States House elections in Maryland, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Maryland, 2020 (June 2 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Candidate Connection surveys completed before September 26, 2019, were not used to generate candidate profiles. In battleground primaries, Ballotpedia based its selection of noteworthy candidates on polling, fundraising, and noteworthy endorsements. In battleground general elections, all major party candidates and any other candidates with the potential to impact the outcome of the race were included.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 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
