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United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2020
- Election date: Nov. 3
- Registration deadline(s): Oct. 13
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Yes
- Recount laws
- Early voting starts: Oct. 26
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (postmarked); Nov. 13 (received)
- Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
- Voter ID: No ID
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Maryland took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's eight congressional districts.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
|---|---|---|
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 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.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 3 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 2020 | After the 2020 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 7 | 7 | |
| Republican Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 8 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2020 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 |
| David Trone | Democratic |
6 |
| Kweisi Mfume | Democratic |
7 |
| Jamie Raskin | Democratic |
8 |
Voting in Maryland
- See also: Voting in Maryland
Click the links below for more information on Maryland elections in 2020:
Battleground races
Ballotpedia identified the following Maryland elections as battlegrounds:
- Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Democratic primary)
- Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Republican primary)
- Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election, 2020
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Andrew Harris (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Mia Mason (Democratic Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Allison Galbraith (unofficially withdrew)
- Mia Mason ✔
- Jennifer Pingley
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
- Andrew Harris (Incumbent) ✔
- Jorge Delgado
District 2
General election candidates
- Dutch Ruppersberger (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Johnny Ray Salling (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Jeff Northcott (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary candidates
- Dutch Ruppersberger (Incumbent) ✔
- Michael Feldman
- Jake Pretot
Republican primary candidates
- Scott Collier
- Tim Fazenbaker
- Rick Impallaria
- Genevieve Morris
- Johnny Ray Salling ✔
- Jim Simpson
- Blaine Taylor
Did not make the ballot:
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District 3
General election candidates
- John Sarbanes (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Charles Anthony (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- John Sarbanes (Incumbent) ✔
- Joseph Ardito
- John Rea
Did not make the ballot:
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Did not make the ballot:
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District 4
General election candidates
- Anthony G. Brown (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- George McDermott (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Anthony G. Brown (Incumbent) ✔
- Shelia Bryant
- Kim Shelton
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District 5
General election candidates
- Steny Hoyer (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Chris Palombi (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Rashad Dwayne Lloyd (Unaffiliated)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
- Steny Hoyer (Incumbent) ✔
- William Devine III
- Vanessa Marie Hoffman
- Briana Urbina (unofficially withdrew)
- Mckayla Wilkes
Did not make the ballot:
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Did not make the ballot:
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District 6
General election candidates
- David Trone (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Neil Parrott (Republican Party)
- George Gluck (Green Party)
- Jason Herrick (Independent) (Write-in)
Did not make the ballot:
- Peter James (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
- David Trone (Incumbent) ✔
- Maxwell Bero
Did not make the ballot:
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District 7
General election candidates
- Kweisi Mfume (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Kim Klacik (Republican Party)
- Charles Smith (Democratic Party) (Write-in)
- Ray Bly (Republican Party) (Write-in)
Did not make the ballot:
- Amber Ivey (Independent)
- Gary Schuman (Independent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
- Kweisi Mfume (Incumbent) ✔
- T. Dan Baker
- Alicia Brown
- Jill Carter
- Matko Lee Chullin III
- Jermyn Michael Davidson
- Darryl Gonzalez
- Mark Gosnell
- Dan Hiegel
- Michael Howard Jr.
- Jay Jalisi
- Adrian Petrus
- Saafir Rabb
- Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
- Gary Schuman
- Charles Smith
- Harry Spikes
- Charles Stokes
- Jeffrey Woodard
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
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District 8
General election candidates
- Jamie Raskin (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Gregory Coll (Republican Party)
- Lih Young (Democratic Party) (Write-in)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
- Jamie Raskin (Incumbent) ✔
- Marcia Morgan
- Utam Paul
- Lih Young
Republican primary candidates
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Candidate ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maryland in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| Maryland | 1st Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 2nd Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 3rd Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 4th Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 5th Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 6th Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 7th Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 8th Congressional District | Principal parties | N/A | N/A | $100.00 | Fixed number | 1/24/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 1st Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,653 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 2nd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,459 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 3rd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,628 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 4th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,575 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 5th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,763 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 6th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,607 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 7th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,532 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
| Maryland | 8th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 2,748 | 1% of the eligible voters for the district (reduced by 50% by judge's order) | $100.00 | Fixed number | 8/3/2020 | Source |
See also
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
- Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020
External links
Footnotes
