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text-align: center;">Maryland House of Delegates</div> <hr /> <div class="widget-row value-only Republican Party">Elections and appointments</div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key"> Last election </div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> May 14, 2024 </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only Republican Party"> <p> Education </p> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Bachelor's</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1965 </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Graduate</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> American University </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Law</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> University of Baltimore School of Law </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only Republican Party"> <p> Military </p> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Service / branch</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> U.S. Army </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Years of service</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> 1960 - 1966 </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only Republican Party">Personal</div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Birthplace</div> <div class="widget-value">Takoma Park, Md.</div> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Religion</div> <div class="widget-value">Christian</div> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Profession</div> <div class="widget-value">Real estate broker</div> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only Republican Party">Contact</div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://voteficker.com/" target="_blank">Campaign website</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/p/Robin-for-US-Senate-100064291323868/" target="_blank">Campaign Facebook</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/robin_ficker" target="_blank">Campaign Twitter</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robinfickerforu.s.senate/" target="_blank">Campaign Instagram</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpHwmg4MwHAceIH8qplbm4Q" target="_blank">Campaign YouTube</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robinficker" target="_blank">Personal Facebook</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinficker/" target="_blank">Personal LinkedIn</a> </p> </div> </div> <p><style> .infobox { width: 250px; 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color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-key { width: 43%; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; } .widget-value { width: 57%; float: right; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; } .widget-img { width: 150px; display: block; margin: auto; } .clearfix { clear: both; } </style> </p> <div style="display: none;"></div> <p><b>Robin Ficker</b> (<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Party">Republican Party</a>) was an officeholder of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Maryland_House_of_Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</a>. </p><p>Ficker (<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Party">Republican Party</a>) ran for election to the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate">U.S. Senate</a> to represent Maryland. He lost in the Republican primary on <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland,_2024">May 14, 2024</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Elections"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#2024"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">2024</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Endorsements"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Endorsements</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#2022"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">2022</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#2016"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">2016</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#2014"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#2012"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">2012</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#2009"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">2009</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#2006"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">2006</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Campaign_themes"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign themes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#2024_2"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">2024</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Campaign_website"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign website</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#2022_2"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">2022</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Campaign_website_2"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign website</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Campaign_finance_summary"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign finance summary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Issues"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Issues</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Political_positions"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Political positions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2> <p>Robin Ficker was born in <a href="/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park, Maryland</a>. Ficker served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1966. He earned a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1965, a graduate degree from American University, and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Ficker's career experience includes working as a real estate broker and farmer.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2024">2024</span></h3> <p><style> .votebox { color: #888; display: table; max-width: 600px; } .electionsectionheading { font-size: 1.25em; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 10px; margin-bottom: .75em; margin-top: 1em; } .results_text { font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: 200; border-bottom: 1px solid grey; padding-bottom: 7px; } .election_results_text { display: inline; } .race_header { background: #4c4c4c; color: #fff; padding:7px 8px 8px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 4px; } .race_header.democratic { background-color: #003388; } .race_header.republican { background-color: #db0000; } .race_header.libertarian { background-color: #dac113; } .race_header.green { background-color: #6db24f; } .mw-body #mw-content-text 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.results_table_container, .votebox_legend { width: 350px; } .votebox { overflow-x: scroll; width: 100%; display: block; } } .votebox-scroll-container { overflow-x: auto; } .silhouette-image-container { position: relative; display: inline-block; } .silhouette-text-overlay { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; background-color: white; opacity: 0; font-size: 12px; text-align: center; transition: opacity 0.3s ease; border-radius: 100%; line-height: 1.1; cursor: pointer; } .silhouette-image-container:hover .silhouette-text-overlay { opacity: 1; } </style><style> .votebox-scroll-container { overflow-y: hidden; } .results_table_container { max-height: 580px; overflow-y: auto; } </p> </style></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i>See also: <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Maryland,_2024">United States Senate election in Maryland, 2024</a></i></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i><a href=""></a></i></p><h4>General election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">General election for U.S. Senate Maryland</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Maryland on November 5, 2024. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/AngelaAlsobrooks.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Angela Alsobrooks" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Angela_Alsobrooks">Angela Alsobrooks</a> (D) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">54.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 54.6%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,650,912</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/426672776_962420595242118_5399033453852618640_n.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Larry Hogan" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Larry_Hogan">Larry Hogan</a> (R) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">42.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 42.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,294,344</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Libertarian"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/MikeScottMD2024.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Mike Scott" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Scott_(Maryland_U.S._Senate_candidate)">Mike Scott</a> (L) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Scott_(Maryland_U.S._Senate_candidate)#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">2.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Libertarian" style="width: 2.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">69,396</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper "><a href="https://form.ballotpedia.org/index.php/122219?pid=615166&Source=electionsection" target="_blank"><div class="silhouette-image-container"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/3/31/SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png/120px-SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png" /><div class="silhouette-text-overlay">Submit photo</div></div></a></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Burke_(Maryland)">Patrick Burke</a> (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.0</div><div class="inner_percentage " style="width: 0.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">879</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper "><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/BillyBridges2024.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Billy Bridges" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Billy_Bridges">Billy Bridges</a> (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Billy_Bridges#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.0</div><div class="inner_percentage " style="width: 0.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">70</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper "><a href="https://form.ballotpedia.org/index.php/122219?pid=615169&Source=electionsection" target="_blank"><div class="silhouette-image-container"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/3/31/SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png/120px-SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png" /><div class="silhouette-text-overlay">Submit photo</div></div></a></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_Rowe">Robin Rowe</a> (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.0</div><div class="inner_percentage " style="width: 0.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">17</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper "><a href="https://form.ballotpedia.org/index.php/122219?pid=574648&Source=electionsection" target="_blank"><div class="silhouette-image-container"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/3/31/SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png/120px-SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png" /><div class="silhouette-text-overlay">Submit photo</div></div></a></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Christy_Helmondollar">Christy Helmondollar</a> (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.0</div><div class="inner_percentage " style="width: 0.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">3</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper "><a href="https://form.ballotpedia.org/index.php/122219?pid=615168&Source=electionsection" target="_blank"><div class="silhouette-image-container"><img alt="Silhouette Placeholder Image.png" id="placeholder_image" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/3/31/SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png/120px-SubmitPhotoPlaceholder-02.png" /><div class="silhouette-text-overlay">Submit photo</div></div></a></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Irwin_Gibbs">Irwin Gibbs</a> (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.0</div><div class="inner_percentage " style="width: 0.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">2</td></tr><tr class="results_row"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td> </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text">Other/Write-in votes</td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.2</div><div class="inner_percentage" style="width: 0.2%;"> </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">5,755</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2024/General_Results/gen_results_2024_2.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 3,021,378 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" 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class="votebox-header-election-type"> Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maryland</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maryland on May 14, 2024. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/AngelaAlsobrooks.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Angela Alsobrooks" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Angela_Alsobrooks">Angela Alsobrooks</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">53.4</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 53.4%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">357,052</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/DAVID_TRONE.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of David Trone" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/David_Trone">David Trone</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">42.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 42.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">286,381</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Joseph-Perez.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Joseph Perez" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Perez_(Maryland)">Joseph Perez</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">4,688</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/mcobb.png" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Michael Cobb Sr." /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Cobb_Sr.">Michael Cobb Sr.</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">4,524</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/BrianFrydenborg.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Brian Frydenborg" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Frydenborg">Brian Frydenborg</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Frydenborg#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">3,635</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/ScottieGriffin.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Scottie Griffin" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Scottie_Griffin">Scottie Griffin</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">3,579</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/MarcellusCrews.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Marcellus Crews" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Marcellus_Crews">Marcellus Crews</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Marcellus_Crews#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">3,379</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Andrew_Wildman.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Andrew Wildman" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Andrew_Wildman">Andrew Wildman</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">2,198</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Robert_Houton.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Robert Houton" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Houton">Robert Houton</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Houton#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,946</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/StevenSeuferer2024.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Steven Seuferer" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Seuferer">Steven Seuferer</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Seuferer#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.2</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.2%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,664</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2024/Primary_Results/gen_results_2024_2.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 669,046 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Juan_Dominguez">Juan Dominguez</a> (D)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/William_Jawando">William Jawando</a> (D)</li></ul><h4>Republican primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header republican"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Republican primary for U.S. Senate Maryland</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Maryland on May 14, 2024. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/426672776_962420595242118_5399033453852618640_n.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Larry Hogan" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Larry_Hogan">Larry Hogan</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">64.2</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 64.2%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">183,661</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Robin-Ficker.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Robin Ficker" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_Ficker">Robin Ficker</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">27.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 27.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">79,517</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Chris-Chaffee.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Chris Chaffee" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Chaffee">Chris Chaffee</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">3.2</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 3.2%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">9,134</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/LorieFriend2023.JPG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Lorie Friend" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Lorie_Friend">Lorie Friend</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Lorie_Friend#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">2.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 2.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">5,867</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/JohnMyrick2024.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of John Myrick" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Myrick">John Myrick</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Myrick#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 1.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">4,987</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/MoeBarakat2.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Moe Barakat" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Moe_Barakat">Moe Barakat</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Moe_Barakat#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 0.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">2,203</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/LabanSeyoum2.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Laban Seyoum" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Laban_Seyoum">Laban Seyoum</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.3</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 0.3%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">782</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2024/Primary_Results/gen_results_2024_8_cong_8.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 286,151 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Teichert">John Teichert</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Puleo">Christopher Puleo</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ray_Bly">Ray Bly</a> (R)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_Thormann">John Thormann</a> (R)</li></ul><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script> 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.silhouette-image-container:hover .silhouette-text-overlay { opacity: 1; } </style><style> .votebox-scroll-container { overflow-y: hidden; } .results_table_container { max-height: 580px; overflow-y: auto; } </p> </style></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i>See also: <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Maryland_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2022">Maryland gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022</a></i></p><p style="padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 10px;"><i><a href=""></a></i></p><h4>General election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header nonpartisan"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type">General election for Governor of Maryland</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Maryland on November 8, 2022. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Wes_Moore.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Wes Moore" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Wes_Moore">Wes Moore</a> (D) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">64.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 64.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">1,293,944</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/DanCox2022.JPG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Dan Cox" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Cox_(Maryland)">Dan Cox</a> (R) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Cox_(Maryland)#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">32.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 32.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">644,000</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Libertarian"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/David_Lashar.png" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of David Lashar" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/David_Lashar">David Lashar</a> (L) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/David_Lashar#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Libertarian" style="width: 1.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">30,101</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper "><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/DavidHarding.png" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of David Harding" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/David_Harding">David Harding</a> (Working Class Party) </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.9</div><div class="inner_percentage " style="width: 0.9%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">17,154</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Green"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Nancy-Wallace.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Nancy Wallace" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Nancy_Wallace">Nancy Wallace</a> (G) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Nancy_Wallace#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Green" style="width: 0.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">14,580</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Independent"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/ksefcik.JPG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Kyle Sefcik" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kyle_Sefcik">Kyle Sefcik</a> (Independent) (Write-in) <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kyle_Sefcik#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.0</div><div class="inner_percentage Independent" style="width: 0.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">596</td></tr><tr class="results_row"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td> </td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text">Other/Write-in votes</td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.2</div><div class="inner_percentage" style="width: 0.2%;"> </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">4,848</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/general_results/gen_results_2022_1.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 2,005,223 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Democratic primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header democratic"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland</h5></div><p class="results_text">The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland on July 19, 2022. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Wes_Moore.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Wes Moore" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Wes_Moore">Wes Moore</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">32.4</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 32.4%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">217,524</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Tom_Perez_DNC4.png" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Tom Perez" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Perez_(DNC_chairman)">Tom Perez</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">30.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 30.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">202,175</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Peter-Franchot.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Peter Franchot" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Peter_Franchot">Peter Franchot</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">21.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 21.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">141,586</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Rushern_Baker_III.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Rushern Baker III" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rushern_Baker_III">Rushern Baker III</a> <i>(Unofficially withdrew)</i> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rushern_Baker_III#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">4.0</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 4.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">26,594</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/AG_Gansler_at_his_desk.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Douglas F. Gansler" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Gansler">Douglas F. Gansler</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">3.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 3.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">25,481</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/John_B._King__Jr.2015-7_fixed.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of John B. King Jr." /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John_King_(New_York)">John B. King Jr.</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">3.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 3.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">24,882</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/AshwaniJain.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Ashwani Jain" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ashwani_Jain">Ashwani Jain</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ashwani_Jain#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">2.1</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 2.1%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">13,784</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Jon_Baron.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Jon Baron" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jon_Baron">Jon Baron</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 1.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">11,880</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Jerry-Segal.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Jerry Segal" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jerome_Segal">Jerry Segal</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.6</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.6%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">4,276</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Democratic"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Ralph_Jaffe.jpg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Ralph Jaffe" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ralph_Jaffe">Ralph Jaffe</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">0.4</div><div class="inner_percentage Democratic" style="width: 0.4%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">2,978</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/primary_results/gen_results_2022_1.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 671,160 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><h4>Withdrawn or disqualified candidates</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Laura_Neuman">Laura Neuman</a> (D)</li><li><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Rosenbaum">Mike Rosenbaum</a> (D)</li></ul><h4>Republican primary election</h4><div class="votebox-scroll-container"><div class="votebox"><div class="race_header republican"><h5 class="votebox-header-election-type"> Republican primary for Governor of Maryland</h5></div><p class="results_text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Cox_(Maryland)">Dan Cox</a> defeated <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kelly_Schulz">Kelly Schulz</a>, <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_Ficker">Robin Ficker</a>, and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Werner">Joe Werner</a> in the Republican primary for Governor of Maryland on July 19, 2022. </p><p class="indicate_scroll" style="text-align: right"></p><div class="results_table_container"><table class="results_table"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row" style="margin-top: 6px;"><td colspan="2"></td><td><div>Candidate</div></td><td style="text-align: center;min-width: 100px;"><div style="width: 75px;text-align: center;float:left;margin-left: 10px;">%</div></td><td style="text-align: center;"><div>Votes</div></td></tr><tr class="results_row winner"><td class="votebox-results-cell--check">✔</td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/DanCox2022.JPG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Dan Cox" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Cox_(Maryland)">Dan Cox</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Cox_(Maryland)#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">52.0</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 52.0%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">153,423</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Kelly_Schulz1.jpeg" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Kelly Schulz" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kelly_Schulz">Kelly Schulz</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">43.5</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 43.5%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">128,302</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Robin-Ficker.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Robin Ficker" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_Ficker">Robin Ficker</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_Ficker#Campaign_themes"><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /></a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">2.8</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 2.8%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">8,268</td></tr><tr class="results_row "><td class="votebox-results-cell--check"></td><td><div class="image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper Republican"><img class="image-candidate-thumbnail" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Joe-Werner.PNG" onerror="imgError(this);" alt="Image of Joe Werner" /></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--text"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Werner">Joe Werner</a></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number"><div class="outer_percentage">  <div class="percentage_number">1.7</div><div class="inner_percentage Republican" style="width: 1.7%;">  </div></div></td><td class="votebox-results-cell--number">5,075</td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><table class="votebox_legend"><tbody><tr class="non_result_row"><td style="width: 40px;"><p style="margin-bottom: -12px;"><img class="votebox_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /></p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom: -12px; margin-right: 15px;" class="votebox-results-metadata-p"> There were no <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Incumbent">incumbents</a> in this race. The results have been certified. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/primary_results/gen_results_2022_1.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p></td><td style="vertical-align: top; width: 170px; padding-right: 10px; text-align: right;" class="votebox-results-cell--number">Total votes: 295,068 </td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;"><span><img style="width: 15px" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/candidate_connection_shortened_logo.png" alt="Candidate Connection" title="Candidate Connection" /> = candidate completed the <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia Candidate Connection</a> survey.</span></td></tr><tr class="non_result_row"><td colspan="5" style="margin:5px;">If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, <a href="/Survey?source=votebox">complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background:#DDD; position:relative;"><p style="margin:0; font-size:0.75em; color:#666;">Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? <a href="mailto:data@ballotpedia.org">Contact our sales team.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><script>function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more <i class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></i> ")}})}defer();</script> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2016">2016</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Maryland%27s_6th_Congressional_District_election,_2016" title="Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2016">Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2016</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Heading into the election, Ballotpedia <a href="/U.S._Congress_race_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress race ratings">rated</a> this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 6th Congressional District, incumbent <a href="/John_Delaney" title="John Delaney">John Delaney</a> (D) defeated <a href="/Amie_Hoeber" title="Amie Hoeber">Amie Hoeber</a> (R), <a href="/David_Howser" title="David Howser">David Howser</a>, <a href="/George_Gluck" title="George Gluck">George Gluck</a> (G), and <a href="/Ted_Athey" title="Ted Athey">Ted Athey</a> (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Delaney defeated <a href="/Tony_Puca" title="Tony Puca">Tony Puca</a> in the Democratic primary, while Hoeber defeated seven other Republican challengers to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p> <table class="table table-responsive table-hover mw-collapsible"> <caption class="general"><b>U.S. House, Maryland District 6 General Election, 2016</b> </caption> <tbody><tr class="thead"> <th style="text-align:left" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</th> <th width="275px" style="text-align:left">Candidate</th> <th width="75px" style="grey;text-align:right">Vote %</th> <th width="100px" style="text-align:right">Votes</th> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>John Delaney</b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">56%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">185,770</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Amie Hoeber </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">40.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">133,081</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> David Howser </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">2.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">6,889</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#0b0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Green </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> George Gluck </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">1.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">5,824</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">N/A </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Write-in </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">0.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">409</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>331,973</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2016/results/general/gen_results_2016_4_008X.html">Maryland State Board of Elections</a> </td> </tr></tbody></table><p><br /> </p><table class="table table-responsive table-hover mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr></tbody><caption style="color:white;text-align:left" class="democratic"><b>U.S. House, Maryland District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016</b></caption> <tbody><tr class="thead"> <th width="275px" style="text-align:left">Candidate</th> <th width="75px" style="text-align:right">Vote %</th> <th width="100px" style="text-align:right">Votes</th> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> <a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>John Delaney</b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">84.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">69,343</td> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Tony Puca </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">15.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">12,317</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="450" style=";text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>81,660</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2016/results/primary/gen_results_2016_3_008X.html"><i>Maryland State Board of Elections</i></a><br /><i></i></td> </tr></tbody></table> <table class="table table-responsive table-hover mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr></tbody><caption style="color:white;text-align:left" class="republican"><b>U.S. House, Maryland District 6 Republican Primary, 2016</b></caption> <tbody><tr class="thead"> <th width="275px" style="text-align:left">Candidate</th> <th width="75px" style="text-align:right">Vote %</th> <th width="100px" style="text-align:right">Votes</th> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> <a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Amie Hoeber</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">29.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">17,967</td> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Terry Baker </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">22.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">13,837</td> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Frank Howard </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">17.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">10,677</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Robin Ficker </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">11.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">7,014</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> David Vogt </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">9.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">5,774</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Christopher Mason </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">4.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">2,590</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Scott Cheng </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">3.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">2,303</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Harold Painter </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">1.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">1,117</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="450" style=";text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>61,279</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2016/results/primary/gen_results_2016_3_008X.html"><i>Maryland State Board of Elections</i></a><br /><i></i></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Maryland_State_Senate_elections,_2014" title="Maryland State Senate elections, 2014">Maryland State Senate elections, 2014</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Elections for the <a href="/Maryland_State_Senate" title="Maryland State Senate">Maryland State Senate</a> took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on <a href="/State_legislative_elections,_2014" title="State legislative elections, 2014">November 4, 2014</a>. The <a href="/Ballot_access_requirements_for_political_candidates_in_Maryland" title="Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Maryland">filing deadline for candidates</a> wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. Incumbent <a href="/Brian_Feldman" title="Brian Feldman">Brian Feldman</a> was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robin Ficker</a> was unopposed in the Republican primary. Feldman defeated Ficker in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-md_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-md-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <table class="table table-responsive table-hover mw-collapsible table70"> <caption class="general"><b>Maryland State Senate District 15, General Election, 2014</b> </caption> <tbody><tr class="thead"> <th style="text-align:left" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</th> <th width="275px" style="text-align:left">Candidate</th> <th width="75px" style="grey;text-align:right">Vote %</th> <th width="100px" style="text-align:right">Votes</th> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Brian Feldman</b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">60.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">19,925</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Robin Ficker </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">39.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">13,028</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>32,953</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2012">2012</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Maryland%27s_6th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012" title="Maryland's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012">Maryland's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Ficker ran in the <a href="/U.S._Congress_elections,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress elections, 2012">2012 election</a> for the <a href="/U.S._House_elections,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House elections, 2012">U.S. House</a> to represent <a href="/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Maryland,_2012" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2012">Maryland's</a> <a href="/Maryland%27s_6th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012" title="Maryland's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012">6th District</a>. Ficker sought the nomination on the Republican ticket, but he was defeated by <a href="/Roscoe_Bartlett" title="Roscoe Bartlett">Roscoe Bartlett</a> in the April 3, 2012, primary.<sup id="cite_ref-jobs_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jobs-7">[7]</a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/Signature_requirements_and_deadlines_for_2012_U.S._Congress_elections" title="Signature requirements and deadlines for 2012 U.S. Congress elections">signature filing deadline</a> for candidates wishing to run was January 11, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> </p> <table class="table table-responsive table-hover mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr></tbody><caption style="color:white;text-align:left" class="republican"><b>U.S. House, Maryland, District 6 Republican Primary, 2012</b></caption> <tbody><tr class="thead"> <th width="275px" style="text-align:left">Candidate</th> <th width="75px" style="text-align:right">Vote %</th> <th width="100px" style="text-align:right">Votes</th> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> <a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Roscoe G. Bartlett</b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">43.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">17,600</td> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Kathy Afzali </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">10.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">4,115</td> </tr><tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> David R. Brinkley </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">19.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">7,987</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Robert Coblentz </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">2.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">970</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Robin Ficker </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">7.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">2,854</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Peter James </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">2.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">933</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Joseph T. Krysztoforski </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">7.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">3,073</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Brandon Orman Rippeon </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">7%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">2,843</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="450" style=";text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>40,375</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2009">2009</span></h3> <p>He was a Republican candidate in the 2009 Montgomery County Council special election.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2006">2006</span></h3> <p>Ficker ran for Montgomery County Executive in 2006 as an independent, and received 28,063 votes, more than any other independent candidate in Montgomery County has earned.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1610395138232-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1610395138232-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_themes"><a href="/Campaign_themes" title="Campaign themes">Campaign themes</a></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2024_2">2024</span></h3> <style type="text/css">.survey-result {padding:10px;}p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;}p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;}p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;}ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; }.key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;}.key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;}div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; }div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; }div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; }a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; }a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; }a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; }.panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;}.expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;}.hideResponses { display: none;}.large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;}</style><script>(function(){var nTimer=setInterval(function(){if(typeof $!='undefined'){$(".collapse-all").on("click",()=>{$(".collapse").collapse("hide")}),$(".expand-all").on("click",()=>{$(".collapse").collapse("show")}),$(".showResponses").on("click",()=>{$(".hideResponses,.pastResponses").show(),$(".showResponses").hide()}),$(".hideResponses").on("click",()=>{$(".hideResponses,.pastResponses").hide(),$(".showResponses").show()}),$("#candidate-connection-email-178175").on("click",()=>{ga("send","event","surveycta","surveycta-click-email")}),$("#candidate-connection-twitter-178175").on("click",()=>{ga("send","event","surveycta","surveycta-click-twitter")}),clearInterval(nTimer)}},100)})();</script><div style="clear:both;"></div><h4>Ballotpedia survey responses</h4><p style="margin-left:20px;font-style:italic;">See also: <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p><p>Robin Ficker did not complete <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection</a> survey. </p><h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_website">Campaign website</span></h4> <p>Ficker’s campaign website stated the following: </p> <table data-nosnippet="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;">“ </td> <td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"> <p><big><b>PROUD TO CALL MARYLAND HOME</b></big><br /> Ficker is a lifelong Marylander. He grew up here. He raised his family here. He started a business here. He owns a farm here. </p><p><big><b>ARMY VETERAN FIGHTING FOR MARYLAND VALUES</b></big><br /> He knows what it means to serve and is a veteran of the United States Army. </p><p><big><b>PUBLIC SERVANT STANDING UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND</b></big><br /> He served in the Maryland legislature where he empowered voters throughout Maryland. The Democrats and Washington Post did everything in their power to stop Ficker, but he passed ballot initiatives including limiting property taxes and imposing term limits on county officials. Robin Ficker has fought for 25 such Amendments, which have received over 2.5 Million votes! </p><p><big><b>SMALL BUSINESS OWNER PUSHING FOR JOB GROWTH IN MARYLAND</b></big><br /> Ficker has started and run successful businesses. He knows what it takes to create jobs, and what the government does to make that harder and harder every day.<sup id="cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> </td> <td width="20" valign="bottom" style="border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="cquotecite" style="border: none; padding-right: 4%"><cite style="font-style: normal;font-size: smaller; float: right;">—Robin Ficker’s campaign website (2024)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2022_2">2022</span></h3> <style type="text/css">.survey-result {padding:10px;}p.survey-question {font-weight:bold;}p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;}p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;}ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; }.key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;}.key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;}div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; }div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; }div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; }a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; }a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; }a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; }.panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;}.expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;}.hideResponses { display: none;}.large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;}</style><script>(function(){var nTimer=setInterval(function(){if(typeof $!='undefined'){$(".collapse-all").on("click",()=>{$(".collapse").collapse("hide")}),$(".expand-all").on("click",()=>{$(".collapse").collapse("show")}),$(".showResponses").on("click",()=>{$(".hideResponses,.pastResponses").show(),$(".showResponses").hide()}),$(".hideResponses").on("click",()=>{$(".hideResponses,.pastResponses").hide(),$(".showResponses").show()}),$("#candidate-connection-email-100024").on("click",()=>{ga("send","event","surveycta","surveycta-click-email")}),$("#candidate-connection-twitter-100024").on("click",()=>{ga("send","event","surveycta","surveycta-click-twitter")}),clearInterval(nTimer)}},100)})();</script><div style="clear:both;"></div><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3"><p><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection"><img src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png" width="90%" align="middle" alt="Candidate Connection" /></a></p></div></div><p>Robin Ficker completed <a href="/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ficker's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.</p><p style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; text-align: right"><span class="expand-all">Expand all</span> | <span class="collapse-all">Collapse all</span></p><div class="panel-group" id="accordion" role="tablist" aria-multiselectable="true"><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading-bio-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse-bio-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse-bio-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-bio-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> Who are you? Tell us about yourself. </a></p></div><div id="collapse-bio-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading-bio-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> A lifetime Maryland resident and former elected legislator, I have placed 25 ballot measures which received 2,537, 403 votes to pass Term Limits, property tax revenue increase limits, and to bar the trenching of sewage sludge and operating garbage dumps in residential zones. I spent the summers of 2020 and 2021 meeting residents of all 23 counties of Maryland and Baltimore City on the Ocean City Boardwalk. I have completed 40,000 in all Maryland courts, standing up for the rights of Marylanders, and have overturned 4 state/local laws in federal court, including one last year overturning durational and size restrictions on political signs on the Eastern Shore. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading-key-message-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse-key-message-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse-key-message-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse-key-message-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? </a></p></div><div id="collapse-key-message-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading-key-message-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><ul><li>To give every Marylander a fiscal stimulus every day by cutting the state sales tax 2 cents or $780 per year per household. No state has ever cut its state sales tax. Delaware, with which we share an 85 mile border, has no sales tax. This cut will send a nation-wide message that Maryland is business friendly..</li><li>I will form a Jobs Strikeforce to visit large companies all of which have shunned Maryland while our Maryland Department of Commerce was sleeping. In the last few years Amazon, Apple, Facebook/Meta, Global Foundries, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nucor Steel, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, Tesla and Texas Instruments have built multi-BILLION dollar projects in other states, not Maryland. We’ll reverse Maryland’s passivity and failure to attract major employers.</li><li>Keep schools open. It is inexcusable that Maryland ranked last of all the states in percentage of students participating in actual physical, non-virtual learning. Give parents a big say in whether students are safe, what they are taught, and whether they should be the victim of any mandates.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading1-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse1-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse1-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse1-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? </a></p></div><div id="collapse1-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading1-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Taxes. Limit property tax increases. Of my 25 ballot questions, about 16 sought to limit property taxes. In 2008, we were successful in passing a requirement that a 9-member-council unanimous vote was needed to increase property tax revenues more than the rate of inflation. Every elected office holder in Montgomery County (all Democrats) opposed this question but it was passed by the voters. It stopped property tax increases for almost a decade. Peter Sepp, President of the National Taxpayers Union said, “Your victory is a national record to pass a taxpayer protection measure at the local level against such difficult odds.” <br /> <p>and<br /> </p> To give every Marylander a fiscal stimulus every day by cutting the state sales tax 2 cents or $780 per year per household. No state has ever cut its state sales tax. Delaware, with which we share an 85 mile border, has no sales tax. This cut will send a nation-wide message that Maryland is business friendly. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading2-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse2-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse2-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse2-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy? </a></p></div><div id="collapse2-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading2-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> I recommend the "Path to Power," a 4-volume work by Robert Caro. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading3-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse3-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse3-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse3-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official? </a></p></div><div id="collapse3-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading3-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> To give compassionate, efficient leadership. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading4-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse4-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse4-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse4-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder? </a></p></div><div id="collapse4-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading4-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Perseverance, focus, honesty </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading5-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse5-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse5-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse5-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office? </a></p></div><div id="collapse5-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading5-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Get the state up early in the morning, work throughout the day efficiently, and then rest and prepare for the next work day. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading6-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse6-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse6-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse6-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What legacy would you like to leave? </a></p></div><div id="collapse6-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading6-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> He was the best Governor Maryland ever had. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading7-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse7-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse7-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse7-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time? </a></p></div><div id="collapse7-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading7-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> I was 4 years old when I sat on my Dad's shoulders and watched Harry Truman's inaugural parade. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading8-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse8-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse8-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse8-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What was your very first job? How long did you have it? </a></p></div><div id="collapse8-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading8-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> I delivered the Washington Post newspaper to my residential paper route at 5 a.m. every morning--double paper weight on Sunday. I did this for 3 years in elementary school. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading9-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse9-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse9-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse9-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What is your favorite book? Why? </a></p></div><div id="collapse9-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading9-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Maryland Travel Guide </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading10-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse10-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse10-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse10-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be? </a></p></div><div id="collapse10-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading10-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> The Gladiator </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading11-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse11-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse11-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse11-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What was the last song that got stuck in your head? </a></p></div><div id="collapse11-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading11-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> America the Beautiful </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading12-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse12-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse12-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse12-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you? </a></p></div><div id="collapse12-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading12-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> As Harry Truman said, "The buck stops here." Someone needs to be the final arbiter. Thank goodness for someone who can make up his or her mind. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading13-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse13-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse13-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse13-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state? </a></p></div><div id="collapse13-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading13-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> To craft the budget. We have to provide the best services to the voters that we can, while living within our fiscal means, without raising taxes. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading14-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse14-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse14-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse14-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state? </a></p></div><div id="collapse14-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading14-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> I would like to have strong control over the budgetary process because our state legislature is made up of people of the opposite party who don't seem too concerned with the pocket books of the taxpayers. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading15-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse15-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse15-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse15-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power? </a></p></div><div id="collapse15-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading15-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> I would veto expenditures that are of marginal benefit to the voters. No pork-barrel politics in Maryland. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading16-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse16-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse16-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse16-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature? </a></p></div><div id="collapse16-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading16-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Very friendly. Never make enemies. Disagree without being disagreeable. Work hard for the people of Maryland from sun-up to sunrise. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading17-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse17-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse17-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse17-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What do you love most about your state? </a></p></div><div id="collapse17-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading17-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> The smart, generous, friendly people,. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading18-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse18-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse18-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse18-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade? </a></p></div><div id="collapse18-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading18-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> In the last few years Amazon, Apple, Facebook/Meta, Global Foundries, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nucor Steel, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, Tesla and Texas Instruments have built multi-BILLION dollar projects in other states, not Maryland. We must reverse Maryland’s passivity and failure to attract major employers. I will form a Jobs Strikeforce to visit large companies all of which have shunned Maryland while our Maryland Department of Commerce was sleeping. </span></div></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" role="tab" id="heading19-100024-2022-04-23" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse19-100024-2022-04-23"><p class="panel-title" style="font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;"><a role="button" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse19-100024-2022-04-23" class="collapsed" data-parent="#accordion" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapse19-100024-2022-04-23"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right pull-right"></i><i class="fa fa-chevron-down pull-right"></i> Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers? </a></p></div><div id="collapse19-100024-2022-04-23" class="panel-collapse collapse" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="heading19-100024-2022-04-23"><div class="panel-body" style="max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;"><div class="answers-container"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> When there are true emergencies. Pandemics lasting 2 to 3 years are not true emergencies. </span></div></div></div></div></div><div data-nosnippet="" class="small"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_website_2">Campaign website</span></h4> <p>Ficker's campaign website stated the following: </p> <div style="height:400px;overflow:scroll;border:1px solid gray;margin:20px;padding:10px;"> <table data-nosnippet="" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="20" valign="top" style="border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;">“ </td> <td valign="top" style="border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"> <ul><li>Robin has placed 25 ballot measures which received 2,537,403 votes to approve Term Limits, Property Tax Revenue Increase Limits, and to keep sewage sludge trenching and garbage dumps from residential zones. Peaceful change is important!</li></ul> <ul><li>Cut the Maryland Sales Tax 2 Cents or $780/yr/household making MD the first state to ever cut its sales tax. <ul><li>Voters will get an annual fiscal stimulus and Maryland will get a business-friendly reputation.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>They will fight gridlock to improve I-270, 495, 695, 81, 5, 219 and Bay Bridge Capacity.</li></ul> <ul><li>Robin is the only Gubernatorial candidate who will spend the 3rd summer in a row this year on the Ocean City Boardwalk finding out what Marylanders are going through and how he can help them. Every 2 hours there he can meet folks from all 23 Maryland counties plus Baltimore City.</li></ul> <ul><li>They will strive to double the clean electrical energy production at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant to 2 million homes, adding many Maryland jobs.</li></ul> <ul><li>They will increase accessibility to the Governor's Mansion by holding a first come, first served, Open House at 6 am every Monday morning.</li></ul> <ul><li>They will ensure swift endorsement for Chesapeake Bay pollution sources. <ul><li>A clean, healthy Bay is essential!</li></ul></li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> </td> <td width="20" valign="bottom" style="border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;">” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="cquotecite" style="border: none; padding-right: 4%"><cite style="font-style: normal;font-size: smaller; float: right;">—Robin Ficker<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_finance_summary">Campaign finance summary</span></h2> <style>.cf_bp_logo {width: 35px !important;}</style><hr /><p><img class="cf_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /><i>Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Satellite_spending" title="Satellite spending">Satellite spending groups</a> may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/candcmte_info.shtml">FEC website</a>. Click <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_campaign_finance_laws_and_regulations" title="Federal campaign finance laws and regulations">here</a> for more on federal campaign finance law and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/State_campaign_finance_information" title="State campaign finance information">here</a> for more on state campaign finance law.</i></p><hr /><div class="widget-table-container widget-pagination" style="max-width: 950px; padding-top:10px"><table data-enable-pagination="true" data-page-size="5" id="cf_summary_7837" class="table table-responsive table-hover bp-table"><caption style="text-align:center">Robin Ficker campaign contribution history </caption><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Office</th><th>Status</th><th>Contributions</th><th>Expenditures</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td data-cell="Year">2024* </td><td data-cell="Office">U.S. Senate Maryland</td><td data-cell="Status">Lost primary</td><td data-cell="Contributions">$4,430,740</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> $4,428,872 </td></tr><tr><td data-cell="Year">2022</td><td data-cell="Office">Governor of Maryland</td><td data-cell="Status">Lost primary</td><td data-cell="Contributions">$1,223,467</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> $996,565 </td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr style="background-color: transparent;"><td colspan="3" class="data-cell-empty">Grand total</td><td data-cell="Contributions">$5,654,207</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> $5,425,437</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0;background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-bottom : hidden!important;padding: 0"><span>Sources: <i><a target="_blank" href="https://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets</a>,  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fec.gov/data/">Federal Elections Commission</a> <small>***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).</small></i></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0;background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-style : hidden!important;padding: 0"><i>* Data from this year may not be complete</i></td></tr></tfoot></table><nav aria-label="Table navigation" id="navcf_summary_7837"></nav></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Issues">Issues</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_positions">Political positions</span></h3> <p>Ficker is known for proposing anti-tax <a href="/Ballot_initiatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballot initiatives">ballot initiatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> A county initiative he proposed for the November 2008 ballot (<a href="/Montgomery_County_Question_B_(2008)" title="Montgomery County Question B (2008)">Montgomery County Question B (2008)</a>) prevailed by about 5,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> The measure requires the nine-member Montgomery County Council to vote unanimously to raise <a href="/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property tax</a> revenue above the local limit. 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href="http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2016/primary_candidates/gen_cand_lists_2016_3_008X.html"><i>Maryland State Board of Elections</i>, "2016 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List," accessed February 5, 2016</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/maryland"><i>The New York Times</i>, "Maryland Primary Results," April 26, 2016</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-md-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-md_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2014/primary_candidates/gen_listings_2014_1_015X.html"><i>Maryland Secretary of State</i>, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2014/results/primary/gen_results_2014_1_015X.html"><i>Maryland State Board of Elections</i>, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for State Senate," accessed December 5, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2014/results/general/index.html"><i>Maryland State Board of Elections</i>, "2014 Official General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jobs-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-jobs_7-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-sixth-garagiola-battlegrounds-20111101,0,4250707.story"><i>The Baltimore Sun</i>, "6th District candidates spar over jobs" accessed January 6, 2012</a> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2012/results/primary/gen_results_2012_3_00806.html"><i>Maryland State Board of Elections</i>, "2012 Presidential Primary Election Results," accessed March 24, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://www.justupthepike.com/2009/03/robin-ficker-accessibility-at-all-costs.html">http://www.justupthepike.com/2009/03/robin-ficker-accessibility-at-all-costs.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/elections/electionResults2006General/jurisdictionwidefinal-1.htm">http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/elections/electionResults2006General/jurisdictionwidefinal-1.htm</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-quotedisclaimer-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_11-0">11.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_11-1">11.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://voteficker.com/robin/"><i>Robin Ficker’s campaign website</i>, “Meet Robin,” accessed April 19, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://cutmdsalestax2cents.com/"><i>Robin Ficker's campaign website</i>, “Reasons to VOTE for Robin for Governor / LeRoy for Lt. Governor,” accessed June 17, 2022</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/md/candidates/fickerrobin/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/elections/2004/md/candidates/fickerrobin/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2008/11/ficker_prevails_in_moco_by_abo.html">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2008/11/ficker_prevails_in_moco_by_abo.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="http://www.lp.org/blogs/andrew-davis/free-market-heroes-vol-1-robin-ficker">http://www.lp.org/blogs/andrew-davis/free-market-heroes-vol-1-robin-ficker</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div> <p><style> .leg-hnt-container { width: 100%; 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