MARYLAND 10 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Maryland State Board of Elections)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est. 5,884,563
Total Registration, Oct. 21, 2012
3,694,527   >
Dem. 2,059,544 (55.75%)   Rep. 959,858 (25.98%)   Grn. 8,716 (0.24%)   Lib. 11,256 (0.30%)   Unaff. 614,887 (16,64%)   Other 40,266 (1.09%)
Maryland has: 23 counties and Baltimore city.
Largest counties: Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore (county), Baltimore (city), Anne Arundel. >

Government
Governor: Martin O'Malley (D) elected 2006; re-elected 2010. 
State Legislature: Maryland General Assembly  House: 141 seats  Senate: 47 seats
Local: Counties, Cities   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 6D, 2R - 1. A.Harris (R) | 2. D.Ruppersburger. (D) | 3. J.Sarbanes (D) | 4. D.Edwards (D) | 5. S.Hoyer (D) | 6. R.Bartlett (R) | 7. E.Cummings (D) | 8. C.Van Hollen (D)
U.S. Senate: Ben Cardin (D) re-elected in 2012, Barbara Mikulski (D) re-elected in 2010. 
2012
U.S. Senate: Sen. Ben Cardin (D), seeking a second term, defeated Daniel Bongino (R), a former policeman and Secret Service special agent, businessman Rob Sobhani (I), and Dean Ahmad (L) by 56.0% to 26.3%, 16.4% and 1.2%.
U.S. House: In the 6th CD (Western Maryland),
businessman John Delaney (D) defeated veteran incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R) by 58.8% to 37.9%.  The delegation goes from 6D, 2R to 7D, 1R.
Ballot Measures: Maryland voters decided seven ballot measures including several controversial ones:

-Approved Question 4 providing for in-state tuition rates for undocumented immigrants, by 58.9% to 41.1%. 

-Approved Question 5, keeping the congressional redistricting plan, by 64.1% to 35.9%.
-Approved Question 6, the Civil Marriage Protection Act, allowing
same sex marriage, by 52.4% to 47.6%.
-Approved Question 7, expanding commercial gaming, by 51.9% to 48.1%.

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The Free State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 4,091,886.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.2%.


Voter Registration Deadline: October 16, 2012 (21 days preceding the election).
Early Voting Centers
: Open October 27-November 1, 2012 (2nd Saturday before an election through the Thursday before an election).
+

Early Voting
430,546 (15.7%)
Polling Place (EDay)
2,068,656 (75.7%)
Absentee
155,098 (5.7%)
Provisional
79,876 (2.9%)
Total
2,734,176

Official Results >

 
+Obama/Biden
1,677,844
(61.97)
Romney/Ryan
971,869
(35.90)
Johnson/Gray
30,195
(1.12)
Stein/Honkala
17,110
(0.63)
write-ins
10,309
(0.38)
Total........2,707,327

Top write-in vote getters were Santa Claus (625), Virgil Goode (418) and Anderson/Rodriguez (204).
Overview: Maryland remained solidly in the Democratic column as Obama/Biden amassed a plurality of 705,975 votes (26.07 percentage points).  Romney carried 16 counties to seven for Obama, but Obama piled up huge margins in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties and Baltimore City.  The campaigns encouraged their supporters to help out in the battleground state of Virginia. 
Obama  | 
(Romney)
BALLOT [PDF]
2012 Presidential Primary Election -- Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Democrats
Delegates
Maryland Democratic Party: 2012 Democratic National Convention

Official Results
Barack Obama
288,766
88.5%
Uncommitted
37,704
11.5%
Total
326,470

Early voting: 48,066.  (14.7%)

Republicans
37 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 24 by CD (3 x 8 CDs).
1.62% of the 2,286 Delegates. 

Official Results
Newt Gingrich
27,240
10.96%
Jon Huntsman
1,484
0.60%
Fred Karger
377
0.15%
Ron Paul
23,609
9.50%
Rick Perry
1,108
 0.45%
Buddy Roemer
901
0.36%
+Mitt Romney 122,400
49.26%
Rick Santorum
71,349
28.72%
Total 248,468

Early voting: 26,119  (10.5%).
Details



General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 3,888,726.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.7%.


Absentee ballots returned: 208,201 (Dem. 121,876, Rep. 56,873, Others 29,452).

Total Registration: 3,432,645.
Dem. 1,946,823 (56.71%)   Rep. 927,798 (27.03%)   Grn. 8,348 (0.24%)   Con. 100   Ind. 10,235 (0.30%)   Lib. 7,058 (0.21%)   Unaff. 485,654 (14.15%)   Other 46,587 (1.08%)
Official Results >


+Obama/Biden (Dem.) 1,629,467
(61.92)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)
959,862
(36.47)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)
4,747
(0.18)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
9,842
(0.37)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
14,713
(0.56)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
3,760
(0.14)
w/ins (17)
162
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other w/ins
9,043
(0.34)
Total........2,631,596


2008 Overview
Obama amassed a plurality of 669,605 votes (25.45 percentage points), more than twice that achieved by Kerry in 2004, and carried 6 counties and Baltimore City to 17 counties for McCain.  The major focus for Maryland activists was helping out in battleground Virginia.  In terms of visits, McCain spoke at the National Guard Association conference in Baltimore on Sept. 21 and appeared at a fundraiser in Baltimore on July 22; Joe Biden appeared at a fundraiser in Baltimore on Sept. 23; and Ralph Nader made a couple of trips.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2,  2004
Voting Eligible Population: 3,797,264.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.9%.

Registration: Dem. 1,717,245 (55.30%)   Rep. 907,493 (29.22%)   Grn. 7,506 (0.24%)   Const. 296   Lib.  2,651 (0.09%)   Pop.  11   Dec./Other 470,168 (15.14%)  ...Total 3,105,370.
Deadline to register to vote before the General Election is Oct. 12, 2004 (21st day before the election).
Official Results


Bush/Cheney (Rep.) 
1,024,703
(42.98)
+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
1,334,493
(55.97)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)
3,632
(0.15)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
6,094
(0.26)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)
3,421
(0.14)
Nader/Camejo (Pop.)
11,854
(0.50)
Write-ins (5)
41
  - 
Total........2,384,238

2004 Overview
Although the margin was trimmed a bit from Gore's 2000 showing, Kerry easily won with a plurality of 309,790 votes (12.99 percentage points).  Kerry carried 5 counties--Baltimore, Charles, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George's--and Baltimore City while Bush won in 18 counties.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population: 3,649,631.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.5%.


Registration: Dem. 1,547,117 (56.98%)    Rep. 805,894 (29.68%)    Lib. 4,021    Grn. 973   Const. 57    Ref. 813    Dec./Other 356,441 (13.13%) ...Total 2,715,366.


Official Results


+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,140,782
(56.46)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
813,797
(40.28)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
5,310
(0.26)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
4,248
(0.21)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
 53,768
(2.66)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
 919
(0.05)
Write-Ins
 1,656
 (0.08)
Total........2,020,480

2000 Overview
Gore comfortably won Maryland's 10 electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 326,985 votes (16.18 percentage points).  Gore carried 6 counties and Baltimore City, while Bush won in 17 counties.

Notes: Seven political parties  filed with the State Board of Elections to be officially recognized in Maryland for the Nov. 2000 election. Six parties achieved this status and appeared on the ballot (the Natural Law Party failed to gain sufficient signatures).

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Clinton (Dem.)..........988,571 (49.80)
Bush (Rep.).............707,094 (35.62)
Perot (.)...................281,414
 (14.18)
Others (2+w/ins)...........7,967
(0.40)
Total........1,985,046

1996
Clinton (Dem.)..........966,207 (54.25)
Dole (Rep.)..............681,530 (38.27)
Perot (Ref.)..............115,812
 (6.50)
Others (3+w/ins).........17,321
(0.97)
Total........1,780,870