Valerie Ervin
Valerie Ervin was a 2018 Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Maryland. Her running mate, Kevin Kamenetz, died on May 10, 2018. Ervin filed to run as governor in his place, but she withdrew from that race prior to the primary election.[1][2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Governor of Maryland
Incumbent Larry Hogan defeated Ben Jealous, Shawn Quinn, and Ian Schlakman in the general election for Governor of Maryland on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Larry Hogan (R) | 55.4 | 1,275,644 |
 | Ben Jealous (D) | 43.5 | 1,002,639 | |
 | Shawn Quinn (L) | 0.6 | 13,241 | |
 | Ian Schlakman (G) | 0.5 | 11,175 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,813 | ||
| Total votes: 2,304,512 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Jealous | 40.9 | 231,895 |
 | Rushern Baker III | 30.3 | 171,697 | |
| Jim Shea | 8.6 | 48,647 | ||
 | Krishanti Vignarajah | 8.5 | 48,042 | |
 | Richard Madaleno | 6.0 | 34,184 | |
| Alec Ross | 2.4 | 13,780 | ||
 | Ralph Jaffe | 1.7 | 9,405 | |
| James Jones | 1.6 | 9,188 | ||
| Total votes: 566,838 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Maryland
Incumbent Larry Hogan advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Hogan | 100.0 | 210,935 |
| Total votes: 210,935 | |||
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Ballot access lawsuit
On May 29, 2018, gubernatorial candidate Valerie Ervin (D) filed a lawsuit against the state Board of Elections over the board's decision not to reprint gubernatorial ballots to include Ervin's name. Ervin, who had been Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's (D) running mate prior to his death, joined the race in his place on May 17. On May 24, the board announced that due to the cost and the short period of time remaining until the primary, it would not print a new set of ballots with Ervin's name but would post signs informing voters of the change.[3]
On June 4, Maryland Fifth Circuit Judge William C. Mulford, II found in favor of the state Board, ruling against Ervin's proposed solutions of printing a second set of ballots or printing stickers to amend the existing ballots.[4] The Ervin campaign announced on June 7 that it would not appeal the ruling.[5]
2016
Ervin ran in the 2016 election for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 8th District. She withdrew from the race in September 2015 because of budget constraints.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, ""2018 Candidate Listings,"" accessed March 19, 2018
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Valerie Ervin to drop out of Maryland governor's race, throws support behind Rushern Baker," June 12, 2018
- ↑ WTOP, "Md. gubernatorial candidate Valerie Ervin files suit in primary ballot battle," May 29, 2018
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Judge declines to order reprint of Maryland ballots to include Democrat Valerie Ervin's name," June 4, 2018
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Maryland candidate for governor Valerie Ervin not appealing ballot ruling," June 7, 2018
- ↑ Bethesda, "Valerie Ervin Says She’s No Longer Running for Congress," September 17, 2015
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