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Utam Paul
Utam Paul (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Gregory Coll and Lih Young in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jamie Raskin (D) | 68.2 | 274,716 |
 | Gregory Coll (R)  | 31.6 | 127,157 | |
 | Lih Young (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 27 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 714 | ||
| Total votes: 402,614 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Marcia Morgan, Lih Young, and Utam Paul in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Raskin | 86.8 | 111,894 |
| Marcia Morgan | 7.9 | 10,236 | ||
| Lih Young | 3.8 | 4,874 | |
| Utam Paul | 1.5 | 1,885 | ||
| Total votes: 128,889 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregory Coll | 41.8 | 13,070 |
 | Bridgette Cooper | 15.4 | 4,831 | |
 | Nicholas Gladden | 12.8 | 4,019 | |
| Patricia Rogers | 12.4 | 3,868 | ||
 | Shelly Skolnick | 9.5 | 2,979 | |
 | Michael Yadeta | 8.1 | 2,526 | |
| Total votes: 31,293 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated John Walsh and Jasen Wunder in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Raskin (D) | 68.2 | 217,679 |
 | John Walsh (R) | 30.2 | 96,525 | |
 | Jasen Wunder (L) | 1.5 | 4,853 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 273 | ||
| Total votes: 319,330 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
Incumbent Jamie Raskin defeated Summer Spring and Utam Paul in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Raskin | 90.5 | 81,071 |
 | Summer Spring | 5.8 | 5,239 | |
| Utam Paul | 3.7 | 3,272 | ||
| Total votes: 89,582 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8
John Walsh defeated Bridgette Cooper and Victor Williams in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Walsh | 44.9 | 9,095 |
| Bridgette Cooper | 31.3 | 6,341 | |
 | Victor Williams | 23.9 | 4,835 | |
| Total votes: 20,271 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Utam Paul did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
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