The 2018 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 6, 2018, in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maryland. It was held concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and

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. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Cardin was re-elected to a third term by a landslide margin of almost 35 points. The primary election for the Senate race was held on June 26, 2018. The incumbent, Ben Cardin, won the

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primary. In the general election, Cardin was reelected to a third term. Tony Campbell, a professor of political science at Towson University and former Army Chaplain, won the

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primary. If elected, Campbell would have become Maryland's first African-American U.S. Senator. Businessman Neal Simon ran as an independent and Arvin Vohra was the Libertarian Party nominee in the general election. There were also several official write-in candidates.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Ben Cardin, incumbent U.S. Senator *Erik Jetmir * Chelsea Manning, whistleblower, convicted of Espionage Act crimes, former U.S. Army soldier * Marcia H. Morgan, of Montgomery County * Jerome Segal, political activist and philosopher * Richard "Rikki" Vaughn, of Baltimore * Debbie "Rica" Wilson, candidate for MD-05 in 2016, of White Plains * Lih Young, perennial candidate, of Montgomery County

Declined

* John Delaney, U.S. Representative (running for President in 2020) * Donna Edwards, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in

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(running for Prince George's County Executive) * Elijah Cummings, U.S. Representative * Heather Mizeur, former state delegate * John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Tony Campbell, of Baltimore County, political science faculty member at Towson University * Chris Chaffee, candidate for the U.S. Senate in

* Evan M. Cronhardt, of Anne Arundel County * Nnabu Eze, of Baltimore County, Green nominee for MD-03 in 2016 * John Graziani, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016 and candidate for MD-04 in 2014 * Christina J. Grigorian, attorney * Albert Howard * Bill Krehnbrink, perennial candidate * Gerald I. Smith, Jr., conspiracy theorist, of Cecil County * Blaine Taylor, perennial candidate, of Baltimore County * Brian Charles Vaeth, perennial candidate

Withdrew

* Sam Faddis, former

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officer and candidate for MD-05 in

Declined

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, Governor of Maryland since 2015 ( running for reelection)

Endorsements

Results

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared

* Arvin Vohra, vice-chair of the Libertarian National Committee and perennial candidate, of Montgomery County

Independents

Candidates

Declared

* Michael B Puskar, property manager * Edward Shlikas, home care compliance manager * Neal Simon, businessman

General election

Candidates

* Ben Cardin, Incumbent (D) * Tony Campbell, Professor at Towson University (R) * Arvin Vohra, vice-chair of the Libertarian National Committee (L) * Neal Simon, businessman (I) * Michael B Puskar, property manager (I)

Endorsements

Debates

On October 7, 2018, Cardin, independent candidate Neal Simon, and Republican candidate Tony Campbell participated in the sole televised debate of the campaign.

Predictions

Polling

Results

References

External links

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Tony Campbell (R) for U.S. Senate

Ben Cardin (D) for U.S. Senate

Neal Simon (I) for U.S. Senate

Arvin Vohra (L) for U.S. Senate

Michael B. Puskar (I) for U.S. Senate
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