James Arnold (Maryland)

James Arnold (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the special Republican primary on February 4, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election, 2020

Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Republican primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Kweisi Mfume defeated Kim Klacik in the special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume (D)	73.8	111,955
		Kim Klacik (R)	25.1	38,102
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	1,661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,718 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume	43.0	31,415
		Maya Rockeymoore Cummings	17.1	12,524
		Jill Carter	16.0	11,708
		Terri L. Hill	7.4	5,439
		F. Michael Higginbotham	4.4	3,245
		Harry Spikes	3.5	2,572
		Saafir Rabb	1.8	1,327
		Jay Jalisi	1.7	1,257
		Talmadge Branch	1.1	810
		Mark Gosnell	0.8	579
		T. Dan Baker	0.5	377
	Submit photo	Charles Stokes	0.4	297
		Paul Konka	0.3	251
	Submit photo	Darryl Gonzalez	0.3	245
	Submit photo	Alicia Brown	0.2	180
	Submit photo	Leslie Grant	0.2	176
		Anthony Carter Sr.	0.2	155
	Submit photo	Jay Fred Cohen	0.2	150
	Submit photo	Matko Lee Chullin III	0.1	79
		Charles Smith	0.1	75
		Adrian Petrus	0.1	60
	Submit photo	Nathaniel Costley Sr.	0.1	49
	Submit photo	Dan Hiegel	0.0	31
	Submit photo	Jermyn Michael Davidson	0.0	31

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 73,032
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Klacik	40.2	4,525
		Elizabeth Matory	24.3	2,740
	Submit photo	James Arnold	12.4	1,401
		Reba Hawkins	8.1	913
		Christopher Anderson	7.6	852
		William Newton	3.7	414
		Ray Bly	2.1	236
	Submit photo	Brian Brown	1.6	185

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 11,266
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Footnotes

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Angela Alsobrooks (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

John Olszewski (D)

District 3

Sarah Elfreth (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

April McClain Delaney (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)