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Tony Campbell
Tony Campbell (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Maryland. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Maryland
Incumbent Ben Cardin defeated Tony Campbell, Neal Simon, and Arvin Vohra in the general election for U.S. Senate Maryland on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Cardin (D) | 64.9 | 1,491,614 |
 | Tony Campbell (R) | 30.3 | 697,017 | |
 | Neal Simon (Independent) | 3.7 | 85,964 | |
 | Arvin Vohra (L) | 1.0 | 22,943 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,351 | ||
| Total votes: 2,299,889 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maryland
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Cardin | 80.3 | 477,441 |
 | Chelsea Manning | 5.8 | 34,611 | |
 | Jerry Segal | 3.4 | 20,027 | |
 | Debbie Wilson | 3.2 | 18,953 | |
| Marcia Morgan | 2.7 | 16,047 | ||
 | Lih Young | 1.7 | 9,874 | |
 | Richard Vaughn | 1.6 | 9,480 | |
 | Erik Jetmir | 1.4 | 8,259 | |
| Total votes: 594,692 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mia Mason (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Maryland
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Campbell | 29.2 | 51,426 |
 | Chris Chaffee | 24.1 | 42,328 | |
 | Christina Grigorian | 17.5 | 30,756 | |
| John Graziani | 8.8 | 15,435 | ||
 | Blaine Taylor | 5.0 | 8,848 | |
 | Gerald Smith | 4.3 | 7,564 | |
 | Brian Vaeth | 3.1 | 5,411 | |
| Evan Cronhardt | 2.5 | 4,445 | ||
 | Bill Krehnbrink | 2.0 | 3,606 | |
 | Nnabu Eze | 2.0 | 3,442 | |
| Albert Howard | 1.5 | 2,720 | ||
| Total votes: 175,981 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sam Faddis (R)
- David Pae (R)
Campaign themes
2018
Campbell’s campaign website stated the following:
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Education Reform Over the past thirty years, programs such as Race To The Top, No Child Left Behind and Common Core has stripped the fundamental rights of states to manage public education. Under the Constitution, states have control over providing public education to students. The 9th and 10th Amendments stipulate the national government should stay away from setting curricula and testing standards. As your next United States Senator, I will push to end Common Core to return authority of education to the people of Maryland! The role of the national government in K-12 education should be to provide construction funding to build good schools to make sure every child has equal access to a quality learning environment. One of my goals, as your next United States Senator, is to use the resources of the Department of Education to provide block grants to states to make our schools more secure. States should remain the driving force in teacher training, school district evaluation and setting curricula standards Higher Education is different from K-12 in how it is funded. K-12 is funded directly through tax revenue, usually property taxes. Higher Education is a pay for use service initiated by the student to receive instruction in a college major. Unfortunately, over the past two decades a disturbing trend has emerged, the training received from these institutions has not met the real-world opportunities in the workplace. The current relationship between government and institutions of higher education is partly to blame for this current, unsustainable problem. This current model has shifted the balance of career / technical training and universities based upon a liberal arts education. Institutions of higher education received tax payer revenues in a variety of ways – student loan funding for tuition and fees, capital funding for new buildings, and grants for academic research on a variety of topics. One would think with that many funding avenues tuition costs to students would be reasonable. Instead, the opposite has taken place over the last thirty years. Loans which are used to help pay for tuition, fees and other costs of attending universities have helped justify substantial the steady rise in education costs. Every year, tens of thousands of college students graduate with massive loan debts with no job prospects in sight. I believe it is time for taxpayers and students to ask for reasonable tuition rates. Institutions of higher education, who receive government funding (student loans, grants and capital funding) should set reasonable tuition rates to allow for every student to achieve their goal of a four year college degree. As your next United States Senator, I will lead the fight to demand any future tuition increases must be approved by the voters of the state via referendum. Enabling the American Dream for All Marylanders Every Marylander should have the opportunity to achieve Success. As your next United States Senator, I will work hard to make sure our national government is not an obstacle to growth, prosperity and success. Success is not working a job to obtain money; Success is having the opportunity to use that income to own a home, build a business and create generational wealth. While job creation is a positive step, my focus as your United States Senator will be to help Marylanders take advantage of opportunities to own their businesses and create legacy wealth for themselves and their families. The American dream of Life, Liberty and Estate is a pale reflection of itself in too many communities in our society. Cooperation has been replaced with contempt. Success has been replaced by generations of subsistence and survival. Government should be focused on allowing individuals to achieve their right of property in the most effective and less intrusive way possible. Government should use the resources given to it to expand the life, liberty and estate of its citizens not to take those rights away. Smaller, more effective government is the correct course of action. As your next United States Senator, I will work to lower taxes, to ensure sound fiscal management and to push for a balanced budget. Keeping America Secure Our rights and freedoms are only as safe as our nation is secure. One of the key functions of the United States Senate is to advise the executive branch on foreign affairs. As a former Army Officer, I understand the dangers and opportunities which exist across the globe. The United States is a leader on the world stage but we do not solely bear the responsibility for peace. We must be wise in using our resources – diplomatically, financially and militarily. Most importantly, the national security interest of the United States must come first. As a citizen who volunteered to enlist twice in our country’s Armed Forces, I fully support the men and women who have chosen to protect our freedoms. Our Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines deserve the best equipment in order to do their jobs. Our veterans should not have to solely rely on a broken VA Health System to get the care they need; as your next US Senator, I will sponsor legislation to allow every veteran to get free medical care at any hospital of their choice. National Security, not only includes our Armed Forces, but includes federal law enforcement agencies including the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. I believe Immigration policy has a direct impact on National Security. As your next United States Senator, I will push for an end to chain migration and the immigration lottery. While debate continues on whether undocumented individuals should be able to stay or be deported, I believe our most pressing issue is to put forward a common-sense immigration policy for people who want to come into our country. Our national government should take the responsibility of our infrastructure seriously. As your next United States Senator, I will work to strengthen our infrastructure including our power grids, the cyber infrastructure which is the skeleton of internet commerce, and rebuilding our roads, bridges and tunnels.[1] |
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| —Tony Campbell’s campaign website (2018)[2] | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Campbell 4 Maryland, "Issues," accessed October 19, 2018
