2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland
The Maryland Congressional elections of 2002 were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. The terms of all eight Representatives to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2003, and therefore all were put up for contest. The winning candidates served a two-year term from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2005.
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All 8 Maryland seats to the United States House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Maryland |
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Overview
United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2002[1] | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 904,250 | 54.50% | -0.56% | 6 | +2 | |
Republican | 752,911 | 45.38% | +0.94% | 2 | -2 | |
Green | 158 | 0.01% | - | 0 | — | |
Others | 1,794 | 0.11% | - | 0 | — | |
Totals | 1,659,113 | 100.00% | - | 8 | — | |
District 1
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wayne Gilchrest (inc.) | 192,004 | 76.83 | |
Democratic | Amy D. Tamlyn | 57,986 | 23.20 | |
Total votes | 249,900 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 2
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Dutch Ruppersberger | 105,718 | 54.31 | |||
Republican | Helen Delich Bentley | 88,954 | 45.69 | |||
Total votes | 194,672 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 3
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin Cardin (inc.) | 145,589 | 65.79 | |
Republican | Scott Conwell | 75,721 | 34.21 | |
Total votes | 221,310 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 131,644 | 78.96 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 34,890 | 20.93 | |
Write-ins | 195 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 166,729 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steny Hoyer (inc.) | 137,903 | 69.36 | |
Republican | Joseph T. Crawford | 60,758 | 30.56 | |
Green | Bob S. Auerbach (write-in) | 158 | 0.08 | |
Total votes | 198,819 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 6
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Roscoe Bartlett (inc.) | 147,825 | 66.17 | |
Democratic | Donald M. DeArmon | 75,575 | 33.83 | |
Total votes | 223,400 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 7
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (inc.) | 137,047 | 73.59 | |
Republican | Joseph E. Ward | 49,172 | 26.41 | |
Total votes | 186,219 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 8
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Chris Van Hollen | 112,788 | 51.74 | |||
Republican | Constance A. Morella (inc.) | 103,587 | 47.52 | |||
Write-ins | 1,599 | 0.73 | ||||
Total votes | 217,974 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
See also
Preceded by 2000 elections |
United States House elections in Maryland 2002 |
Succeeded by 2004 elections |
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