United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: Oct. 25 - Nov. 1
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Only during early voting period
- Voter ID: No ID required generally
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Maryland took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's eight congressional districts.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Democratic Party held seven of the eight congressional seats from Maryland.
| Members of the U.S. House from Maryland -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2018 | After the 2018 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 7 | 7 | |
| Republican Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 8 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2018 election, the incumbents for the eight congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Harris |  Republican |
1 |
| Dutch Ruppersberger |  Democratic |
2 |
| John Sarbanes | Democratic |
3 |
| Anthony Brown | Democratic |
4 |
| Steny Hoyer | Democratic |
5 |
| John Delaney | Democratic |
6 |
| Elijah Cummings | Democratic |
7 |
| Jamie Raskin | Democratic |
8 |
Candidates
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District 1
General election
General election candidates
- Andrew Harris (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jesse Colvin (Democratic Party)
- Jenica Martin (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Andrew Harris (Incumbent) ✔
- Martin Elborn
- Lamont Taylor
Libertarians
District 2
General election
General election candidates
- Dutch Ruppersberger (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Elizabeth Matory (Republican Party)
- Guy Mimoun (Green Party)
- Michael Carney (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Dutch Ruppersberger (Incumbent) ✔
- Jake Pretot
Republican primary candidates
Libertarians
District 3
General election
General election candidates
- John Sarbanes (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Charles Anthony (Republican Party)
- David Lashar (Libertarian Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- John Sarbanes (Incumbent) ✔
- Adam DeMarco
- John Rea
- Eduardo Rosas
Republican primary candidates
Libertarians
District 4
General election
General election candidates
- Anthony G. Brown (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- George McDermott (Republican Party)
- David Bishop (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Anthony G. Brown (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Libertarians
District 5
General election
General election candidates
- Steny Hoyer (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- William Devine III (Republican Party)
- Patrick Elder (Green Party)
- Jacob Pulcher (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Write-in candidates:
- Johnny Rice (R)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Steny Hoyer (Incumbent) ✔
- Dennis Fritz
Republican primary candidates
Green Party
Libertarians
District 6
General election
General election candidates
- David Trone (Democratic Party) ✔
- Amie Hoeber (Republican Party)
- George Gluck (Green Party)
- Kevin Caldwell (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Ted Athey (Independent)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Andrew Duck
- George English
- Chris Graves
- Nadia Hashimi
- Christopher Hearsey
- Roger Manno
- Aruna Miller
- David Trone ✔
Republican primary candidates
Libertarians
Green Party
Independents
District 7
General election
General election candidates
- Elijah Cummings (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Richmond Davis (Republican Party)
- David Griggs (Libertarian Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Libertarians
District 8
General election
General election candidates
- Jamie Raskin (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- John Walsh (Republican Party)
- Jasen Wunder (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Jamie Raskin (Incumbent) ✔
- Utam Paul
- Summer Spring
Republican primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Libertarians
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to U.S. House elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| U.S. House wave elections | ||||||
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| Year | President | Party | Election type | House seats change | House majority[4] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -97 | D | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -76 | R | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -70 | D | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -63 | R (flipped) | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -59 | R | |
| 1946 | Truman | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1994 | Clinton | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | First midterm | -53 | D (flipped) | |
| 1942 | Roosevelt | D | Third midterm | -50 | D | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[5] | -48 | D | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[6] | -48 | D | |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Maryland, "2018 Candidates," accessed January 16, 2018
- ↑ The Enterprise, "Crop of candidates vie for Hoyer's seat," June 20, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, "David Griggs Maryland 7th Congressional District," accessed May 23, 2018
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
