:2016 United States presidential election in Maryland
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2016 United States presidential election in Maryland
| country = Maryland
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2012 United States presidential election in Maryland
| previous_year = 2012
| election_date = November 8, 2016
| next_election = 2020 United States presidential election in Maryland
| next_year = 2020
| turnout = 71.98% {{decrease}} 2.02 pp{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2016/turnout/general/Official%20by%20Party%20and%20County.pdf|title=Official Turnout (By Party and County)}}
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| image1 = Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
| nominee1 = Hillary Clinton
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state1 = New York
| running_mate1 = Tim Kaine
| electoral_vote1 = 10
| popular_vote1 = 1,677,928
| percentage1 = {{percent| 1,677,928| 2,781,446|2|pad=yes}}
| image2 = Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Donald Trump
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state2 = New York
| running_mate2 = Mike Pence
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 943,169
| percentage2 = {{percent| 943,169| 2,781,446|2|pad=yes}}
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Clinton
{{legend|#B9D7FF|40–50%}}
{{legend|#86B6F2|50–60%}}
{{legend|#4389E3|60–70%}}
{{legend|#1666CB|70–80%}}
{{legend|#0645B4|80–90%}}
{{legend|#002B84|90–100%}}
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Trump
{{legend|#F2B3BE|40–50%}}
{{legend|#E27F90|50–60%}}
{{legend|#CC2F4A|60–70%}}
{{legend|#D40000|70–80%}}
{{legend|#AA0000|80–90%}}
{{legend|#800000|90–100%}}
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Tie/No Data
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| title = President
| before_election = Barack Obama
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Donald Trump
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
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File:United States presidential election in Maryland, 2016.svg
The 2016 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Maryland has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/allocation.html|title=Distribution of Electoral Votes|website=National Archives and Records Administration|date=September 19, 2019|access-date=November 26, 2020}}
Clinton won Maryland with 60.3% of the vote, while Trump received 33.9%.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/maryland |title=Maryland Election Results 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2016-11-08 |access-date=2016-11-13}} Maryland was among the eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which Clinton improved on Barack Obama's 2012 raw vote total, although by just 84 votes.{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2016&def=swg&datatype=national&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data}} Maryland was one of four states in which Clinton received over 60% of the vote, the others being Massachusetts, Hawaii, and California. However, Maryland was the only one of those eleven states to have voted more Democratic in both 2012 and 2016. In this election, Maryland voted 24.32% to the left of the nation at-large.{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}
Clinton continued the tradition of Democratic dominance in the state of Maryland, capturing large majorities of the vote in the densely populated and heavily nonwhite Democratic Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, while Trump easily outperformed her in more white, sparsely populated regions elsewhere in the state that tend to vote Republican. While Republicans typically win more counties, they are usually swamped by the heavily Democratic counties between Baltimore and Washington. Though Trump won 17 of Maryland's 24 county-level jurisdictions, the state's four largest county-level jurisdictions—Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore counties and the City of Baltimore—all broke for Clinton by double digits, enough to deliver the state to her.
Clinton became the first Democrat to win Anne Arundel County, home to the state capital of Annapolis, since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Therefore, Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Anne Arundel County since Calvin Coolidge in 1924.
Primary elections
Maryland's presidential primaries were held on April 26, 2016.
=Democratic primary=
File:Maryland Democratic Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2016.svg
{{main article|2016 Maryland Democratic presidential primary}}
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=Republican primary=
File:Maryland Republican Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2016.svg
{{main article|2016 Maryland Republican presidential primary}}
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=Minor parties=
==Green primary==
{{main|2016 Green Party presidential primaries}}
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colspan="2"| | colspan="3"| Winning | colspan="8"| Projected delegates | ||||||||||
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June 12 | Maryland | style="background:#18563e; color:white" | Jill Stein | 51 | 96% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
==Libertarian convention==
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|+ Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote (round one){{cite AV media|date=May 29, 2016 |title=Libertarian Party National Convention|language=en |url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?409917-1/libertarian-party-national-convention-selects-nominee&live |access-date=May 29, 2016 |format=Live Video|location=Orlando, Florida |publisher=C-SPAN}} |
Candidate
!Delegate Votes !Percentage |
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| style="text-align:left;"| Gary Johnson | 10 | 56% |
style="text-align:left;"|Marc Allan Feldman
| 4 | 22% |
style="text-align:left;"|Darryl W. Perry
| 2 | 11% |
style="text-align:left;"|Austin Petersen
| 2 | 11% |
style="text-align:left;"|Others
| - | - |
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| style="margin-right:0.50px"|Total | style="margin-right:0.50px"|18 | style="margin-right:0.50px"|100% |
General election
=Polling=
{{see also|Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election#Maryland}}
=Predictions=
=Results=
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|+ 2016 United States presidential election in Maryland | |||
colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 10em" |Candidate ! style="width: 10em" |Running mate ! style="width: 5em" |Votes ! style="width: 5em" |% ! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes | |||
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| style="width: 130px" | Democratic | style="text-align:right;"| 1,677,928 | style="text-align:right;"| 60.33% | style="text-align:right;"| 10 | |||
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| style="width: 130px" | Republican | style="text-align:right;"| 943,169 | style="text-align:right;"| 33.91% | style="text-align:right;"| 0 | |||
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| style="width: 130px" | Libertarian | style="text-align:right;"| 79,605 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.86% | style="text-align:right;"| 0 | |||
style="background:#00a95c; width:3px;"|
| style="width: 130px" | Green | style="text-align:right;"| 35,945 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.29% | style="text-align:right;"| 0 | |||
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| style="width: 130px" | Others | Write ins | | style="text-align:right;"| 44,799 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.61% | style="text-align:right;"| 0 | |||
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| colspan="4"| Total | 2,781,446 | 100.00% | 10 |
==By county==
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! rowspan="2" |County ! colspan="2" |Hillary Clinton ! colspan="2" |Donald Trump ! colspan="2" |Various candidates ! colspan="2" |Margin ! rowspan="2" |Total votes cast |
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! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Allegany | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,875 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 25.69% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 21,270 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 69.39% | {{party shading/Others}}| 1,509 | {{party shading/Others}}| 4.92% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −13,395 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −43.70% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 30,654 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Anne Arundel | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 128,419 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.55% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 122,403 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.32% | {{party shading/Others}}| 19,259 | {{party shading/Others}}| 7.13% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,016 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2.23% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 270,081 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Baltimore | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 218,412 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.91% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 149,477 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 38.26% | {{party shading/Others}}| 22,793 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.83% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 68,935 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17.65% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 390,682 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Baltimore City | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 202,673 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 84.66% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 25,205 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10.53% | {{party shading/Others}}| 11,524 | {{party shading/Others}}| 4.81% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 177,468 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 74.13% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 239,402 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Calvert | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 18,225 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38.44% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 26,176 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.21% | {{party shading/Others}}| 3,007 | {{party shading/Others}}| 6.35% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −7,951 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −16.77% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47,408 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Caroline | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,009 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28.41% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,368 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 66.38% | {{party shading/Others}}| 736 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.21% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −5,359 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −37.97% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 14,113 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Carroll | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 26,567 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28.92% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 58,215 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.38% | {{party shading/Others}}| 7,066 | {{party shading/Others}}| 7.70% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −31,648 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −34.46% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 91,848 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Cecil | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13,650 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.15% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 28,868 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.77% | {{party shading/Others}}| 2,751 | {{party shading/Others}}| 6.08% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −15,218 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −33.62% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45,269 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Charles | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49,341 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 63.01% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 25,614 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 32.71% | {{party shading/Others}}| 3,348 | {{party shading/Others}}| 4.28% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 23,727 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.30% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 78,303 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Dorchester | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,245 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 41.02% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,413 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.26% | {{party shading/Others}}| 567 | {{party shading/Others}}| 3.72% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −2,168 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −14.24% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 15,225 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Frederick | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56,522 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 44.97% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 59,522 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.36% | {{party shading/Others}}| 9,633 | {{party shading/Others}}| 7.67% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −3,000 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −2.39% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 125,677 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Garrett | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,567 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 18.32% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,776 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 76.91% | {{party shading/Others}}| 668 | {{party shading/Others}}| 4.77% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −8,209 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −58.59% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 14,011 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Harford | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47,077 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 35.22% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 77,860 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 58.25% | {{party shading/Others}}| 8,735 | {{party shading/Others}}| 6.53% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −30,783 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −23.03% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 133,672 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Howard | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 102,597 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 63.26% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47,484 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 29.28% | {{party shading/Others}}| 12,112 | {{party shading/Others}}| 7.46% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55,113 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 33.98% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 162,193 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Kent | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,575 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 45.65% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,876 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 48.66% | {{party shading/Others}}| 570 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.69% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −301 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −3.01% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,021 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Montgomery | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 357,837 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 74.72% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 92,704 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 19.36% | {{party shading/Others}}| 28,332 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.92% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 265,133 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.36% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 478,873 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Prince George's | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 344,049 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 88.13% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 32,811 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8.40% | {{party shading/Others}}| 13,525 | {{party shading/Others}}| 3.47% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 311,238 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 79.73% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 390,385 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Queen Anne's | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,973 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.06% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 16,993 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 64.07% | {{party shading/Others}}| 1,557 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.87% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −9,020 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −34.01% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 26,523 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| St. Mary's | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17,534 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 35.18% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 28,663 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 57.51% | {{party shading/Others}}| 3,645 | {{party shading/Others}}| 7.31% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −11,129 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −22.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49,842 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Somerset | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,196 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.38% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,341 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.95% | {{party shading/Others}}| 363 | {{party shading/Others}}| 3.67% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −1,145 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −11.57% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,900 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Talbot | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,653 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.10% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,724 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 52.18% | {{party shading/Others}}| 1,176 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.72% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −2,071 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −10.08% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 20,553 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Washington | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 21,129 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 32.02% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 40,998 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 62.13% | {{party shading/Others}}| 3,864 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.85% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −19,869 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −30.11% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 65,991 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Wicomico | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 18,050 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.42% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 22,198 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 52.17% | {{party shading/Others}}| 2,299 | {{party shading/Others}}| 5.41% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −4,148 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −9.75% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 42,547 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Worcester | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,753 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 34.50% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 17,210 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.87% | {{party shading/Others}}| 1,310 | {{party shading/Others}}| 4.63% | {{party shading/Republican}}| −7,457 | {{party shading/Republican}}| −26.37% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 28,273 |
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!Totals!!1,677,928!!60.33%!!943,169!!33.91%!!160,349!!5.76%!!734,759!!26.42%!!2,781,446 |
{{align|right|{{Switcher| 300px|Swing by county
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{{legend|#09ceff|Democratic — +10-12.5%}}|
{{legend|#d5f6ff|Democratic — +0-2.5%}}|
{{legend|#ffd5d5|Republican — +0-2.5%}}|
{{legend|#ffaaaa|Republican — +2.5-5%}}|
{{legend|#ff5555|Republican — +7.5-10%}}|
{{legend|#ff2a2a|Republican — +10-12.5%}}|
{{legend|#ff0000|Republican — +12.5-15%}}}}|
300px|County flips
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Somerset (largest town: Princess Anne)
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Anne Arundel (largest community: Glen Burnie)
==By congressional district==
Clinton won 7 of the state's 8 congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::c35703c2-6cd0-4f1d-9fae-5a0826507cfb
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! District ! Clinton ! Trump ! Representative |
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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Maryland|1|1st}} | 33% | 61% | {{party shading/Republican}}|Andy Harris |
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! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Maryland|2|2nd}} | 59% | 35% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Dutch Ruppersberger |
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! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Maryland|3|3rd}} | 62% | 32% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|John Sarbanes |
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! rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Maryland|4|4th}} | rowspan=2|77% | rowspan=2|19% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Donna Edwards |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Anthony Brown |
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! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Maryland|5|5th}} | 63% | 32% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Steny Hoyer |
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! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Maryland|6|6th}} |55% | 39% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|John Delaney |
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! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Maryland|7|7th}} |74% | 20% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Elijah Cummings |
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! rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Maryland|8|8th}} | rowspan=2|63% | rowspan=2|30% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|Chris Van Hollen |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Jamie Raskin |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.gop.com/the-official-guide-to-the-2016-republican-nominating-process/ RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108193454/https://www.gop.com/the-official-guide-to-the-2016-republican-nominating-process/ |date=2016-11-08 }}
- [http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/ Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions]
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