A general election was held in the U.S. state of

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on November 8, 2022. All of Maryland's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Maryland's eight seats in the

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, one of its U.S. senators, and the state legislature. Primaries were held on July 19, 2022. Polls were open from 7 AM to 8 PM EST. The

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swept every statewide election, flipping the governorship and lieutenant governorship from the Republican Party, while maintaining supermajorities in the state's congressional delegation and the state legislature. As such, the party won full control of Maryland state government for the first time since 2014.

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic

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Chris Van Hollen Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (born January 10, 1959) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maryland since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Van Hollen served as the U.S. representative for ...

was first elected in

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with 60.9% of the vote, and was running for a second term. Ten Republican candidates filed to run in the election. Van Hollen won reelection with 65.4% of the votes.

United States House of Representatives

Maryland has eight seats to the

which are currently held by seven Democrats and one

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Governor

Incumbent Republican governor

Larry Hogan Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 62nd governor of Maryland since 2015. A moderate member of the Republican Party, he was secretary of appointments under Maryland governor Bo ...

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by the

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and cannot run for re-election. He was re-elected in 2018 with 55.4% of the vote. Among the Republican candidates are former state commerce secretary Kelly Schulz and state delegate

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. Democratic candidates include Comptroller

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, author

Wes Moore Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, investment banker, author, and television producer. He is the governor-elect of Maryland, after defeating Republican Dan Cox in the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial ele ...

, and former

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chairman

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Comptroller

Incumbent Comptroller

was eligible to run for a fifth term, but instead ran for Governor of Maryland. Democratic candidates Bowie mayor Tim Adams and state delegate

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, and Republican Harford County executive

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, filed to run in the primary election.

Attorney General

Incumbent attorney general

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was eligible to run for a third term, but announced on October 21, 2021, that he would be retiring at the end of his term in early 2023. Democratic candidates included

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and former

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Anthony Brown and retired judge and former

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. Republican candidates included former Montgomery County Board of Elections chairman Jim Shalleck and former

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councilmember and

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Constitution Party candidate for

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Michael Peroutka Michael Anthony Peroutka (born 1952) is an American far-right politician, lawyer, and neo-Confederate activist from Maryland. He was the Republican nominee for Attorney General of Maryland in 2022, and was the Constitution Party candidate for pr ...

State legislature

All 47 seats in the

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and 141 seats in the

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are up for election in 2022. Democrats currently hold a veto-proof majority in both chambers.

State Senate

House of Delegates

Local elections

Elections for

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s in eight of Maryland's 23 counties and numerous local elections are also scheduled to take place in 2022. Some notable ones include: * Businessman David Blair is challenging incumbent Montgomery County executive

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, setting up a rematch between the two candidates after Elrich defeated Blair by 77 votes in 2018. * County councilmember Jessica Haire is running against former state delegate

Herb McMillan Herbert H. McMillan (born May 30, 1958) is a Republican former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 30 in Anne Arundel County, MD from 2003 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2019. He served alongside Democrat Michael E. Busch ...

for the Republican nomination in the Anne Arundel County executive race. * Attorney Robbie Leonard is challenging

Baltimore County State's Attorney The current Baltimore County State's Attorney is Scott D. Shellenberger. Shellenberger took office on January 2, 2007. Shellenberger started his legal career in the Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office working as a law clerk while attendin ...

Scott Shellenberger. * Attorneys Ivan Bates and Thiru Vignarajah are challenging Baltimore City State's Attorney

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* Former assistant sheriff Sam Cogen is challenging Baltimore City Sheriff John W. Anderson.

Ballot propositions

Polling

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Notes

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References

External links

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