Maryland's 4th congressional district special election of 2008 took place on June 17, 2008 to fill the seat in the

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left vacant by the resignation of

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

congressman

Albert Wynn Albert Russell Wynn (born September 10, 1951) is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of Maryland from 1993 to 2008. On February 13, 2008, ...

. Democrat

Donna Edwards Donna Fern Edwards (born June 28, 1958) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2008 to 2017. The district included most of Prince George's County, as well as part of Anne Arundel County. She is a member of the ...

won the election by a large margin.

Background

Maryland's 4th congressional district Maryland's 4th congressional district comprises portions of Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County. The seat is represented by Anthony Brown, a Democrat. The district includes most of the majority-black precincts on the Maryland side o ...

seat was vacant after Congressman

resigned on May 31, 2008. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced that a

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would be held on June 17, 2008 to fill the seat for the remainder of the

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.MARYLAND BRIEFING
, ''The Washington Post'', April 18, 2008. In order to save time and money, O'Malley signed legislation to allow the Democratic and Republican parties to choose candidates by committee instead of holding primaries. As expected, both parties chose the November general election nominees (who had already been nominated in primaries for that election) as their respective June special election candidates so that either winner would be positioned to run as the party incumbent in November. Election officials estimated the cost for holding the special election ranged from $1.05 to $1.25 million, which was borne by the taxpayers of the 4th District.

Candidates

(D), attorney, Democratic general election nominee, 2006 Democratic candidate for Congress *Peter James (R), public Advocate, Republican general election nominee *Thibeaux Lincecum (L)

Results

External links

Donna Edwards campaign websitePeter James campaign website

References

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Background

Candidates

Results

See also

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