2016 United States Senate election in Maryland explained

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Election Name:	2016 United States Senate election in Maryland
Country:	Maryland
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2010 United States Senate election in Maryland
Previous Year:	2010
Next Election:	2022 United States Senate election in Maryland
Next Year:	2022
Election Date:	November 8, 2016
Image1:	File:Chris Van Hollen official portrait, 2010 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Chris Van Hollen
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	1,659,907
Percentage1:	60.89%
Nominee2:	Kathy Szeliga
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	972,557
Percentage2:	35.67%
Map Size:	300px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:	Barbara Mikulski
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Chris Van Hollen
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 2016 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maryland, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski decided to retire after five terms in the Senate.^[1] Primary elections were held April 26, 2016, in which Chris Van Hollen and Kathy Szeliga were chosen as the Democratic and Republican party nominees, respectively. In addition, the Green Party chose Margaret Flowers and the Libertarian Party chose Arvin Vohra as their respective nominees.

Van Hollen was heavily favored to win the election. He ultimately won with over 60% of the vote. As typically occurs with the state's elections, most support for the Democratic nominee, Van Hollen, came from the densely populated Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area in central Maryland, while the Republican nominee, Szeliga, did well in the more sparsely populated areas on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland, and narrowly won Anne Arundel County, home to the state capital Annapolis, as well as exurban Frederick County.

As of 2023, this is the most recent statewide election in Maryland that a Democrat won without carrying Anne Arundel or Frederick counties. This election was the first time since 1980 that a man won the Class 3 Senate seat in Maryland.

Background

Mikulski first ran for the U.S. Senate in 1974, losing to Republican incumbent Charles Mathias. Mikulski then served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, succeeding the retiring Mathias. She was re-elected by large margins in 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010. Shortly after being sworn in for her fifth term in 2011, she succeeded Margaret Chase Smith as the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history,^[2] and on March 17, 2012, she became the longest-serving female member of Congress in U.S. history, surpassing Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, who served from 1925 to 1960.^[3] On March 2, 2015, Mikulski announced that she would not run for re-election to a sixth term in office.^[1]

In August 2013, Abby Livingston of Roll Call had predicted that a potential retirement by Mikulski would create "chaos" and "blow open Maryland's political bottleneck" because "the state's teeming political Democratic Party talent is backed up in lower offices."^[4] Among the ten Democrats who ran in the primary, only two had previously been elected to an office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Freddy Donald Dickson Jr.^[5]
• Donna Edwards, U.S. Representative^[6]
• Ralph Jaffe, perennial candidate^[5]
• Theresa Scaldaferri^[5]
• Charles U. Smith, perennial candidate^[5]
• Violet Staley^[5]
• Blaine Taylor^[5]
• Ed Tinus, perennial candidate
• Chris Van Hollen, U.S. Representative^[7]
• Lih Young, perennial candidate^[5]

Declined

• Rushern Baker, Prince George's County Executive (endorsed Chris Van Hollen)^[8]
• Anthony Brown, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and nominee for Governor of Maryland in 2014 (ran for MD-04)^[9]
• Susan L. Burke, attorney^[10]
• Elijah Cummings, U.S. Representative (ran for re-election)^{[11] [12] [13]}
• John Delaney, U.S. Representative (ran for re-election)^[14]
• Peter Franchot, Comptroller of Maryland^{[15] [16]}
• Doug Gansler, former Attorney General of Maryland and candidate for Governor of Maryland in 2014^{[4] [17]}
• Steny Hoyer, U.S. Representative and House Minority Whip (ran for re-election)^[18]
• Benjamin Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP^[19]
• Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County Executive^[20]
• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former lieutenant governor of Maryland, nominee for governor in 2002 and nominee for Maryland's 2nd congressional district in 1986^{[21] [22]}
• Frank Kratovil, former U.S. Representative^[23]
• Kweisi Mfume, former U.S. Representative, former president and CEO of the NAACP and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006
• Barbara Mikulski, incumbent senator^[1]
• Heather Mizeur, former state delegate and candidate for governor in 2014^{[24] [25] [26]}
• Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland (ran for President)^{[27] [28]}
• Thomas Perez, United States Secretary of Labor and former secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation^{[11] [27] [29]}
• Jamie Raskin, state senator (ran for MD-08)^[30]
• Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of Baltimore^{[31] [32] [33] [34]}
• Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. Representative (ran for re-election)^[35]
• John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative and son of former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes (ran for re-election)^[36]
• Kenneth Ulman, former Howard County Executive and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014^{[17] [37]}

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Donna Edwards	Chris Van Hollen	Other	Undecided
Monmouth University^[39]	April 18–20, 2016	300	± 5.7%	36%	align=center	52%	1%	11%
Public Policy Polling^[40]	April 15–17, 2016	492	± 4.4%	33%	align=center	42%	—	25%
Marist College^[41]	April 5–9, 2016	775	± 3.5%	38%	align=center	44%	—	18%
Washington Post/University of Maryland^[42]	March 30 – April 3, 2016	539	± 4.5%	align=center	44%	40%	—	16%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research^[43]	March 28–30, 2016	604	± 4.9%	40%	align=center	45%	—	15%
University of Baltimore^[44]	March 4–9, 2016	400	± 4.9%	align=center	34%	28%	—	31%
Gonzales Research^[45]	February 29 – March 4, 2016	411	± 5.0%	41%	align=center	42%	—	17%
Goucher College^[46]	February 13–18, 2016	307	± 5.6%	align=center	39%	37%	—	24%
Gonzales Research^[47]	January 11–16, 2016	402	± 5%	36%	align=center	38%	—	24%
University of Baltimore^[48]	November 13–17, 2015	419	± 4.8%	19%	28%	align=center	40%	13%
	31%	align=center	45%	—	24%
Washington Post/University of Maryland^[49]	October 8–11, 2015	1,006	± 3.5%	20%	20%	align=center	33%	27%
Global Strategy Group (D-Edwards)^[50]	August 3–9, 2015	600	± 4%	align=center	42%	37%	—	21%
Mellman Group (D-Cummings)^[51]	March 19–22, 2015	700	± 3.7%	23%	22%	align=center	29%	27%

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Chris Chaffee, candidate for MD-05 in 2010 and nominee for MD-05 in 2014^[5]
• Sean P. Connor^[5]
• Richard Douglas, attorney, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012^[52]
• John Graziani, candidate for MD-04 in 2014
• Greg Holmes, candidate for MD-04 in 2012 and 2014 and Democratic state senate candidate in 2006^[53]
• Joseph Hooe, small business owner^[54]
• Chrys Kefalas, vice president of executive communications for the National Association of Manufacturers and deputy legal counsel under Governor Bob Ehrlich^{[55] [56] [57]}
• Mark McNicholas^[5]
• Lynn Richardson^[53]
• Anthony Seda^[58]
• Richard Shawver, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006^[53]
• Kathy Szeliga, state delegate and House Minority Whip^[59]
• Dave Wallace, businessman and nominee for MD-08 in 2014^[53]
• Garry Thomas Yarrington^[5]

Declined

• Dan Bongino, former United States Secret Service agent, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012 and nominee for Maryland's 6th congressional district in 2014 (moved to Florida)^{[11] [60] [61]}
• Ben Carson, author and retired director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital (running for President)^[62]
• Kendel Ehrlich, former First Lady of Maryland^[11]
• Robert Ehrlich, former governor of Maryland^{[27] [63]}
• Barry Glassman, Harford County Executive^[64]
• Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, former state delegate and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014
• Andy Harris, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^{[65] [66]}
• Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland^[16]
• Mary Kane, former Secretary of State of Maryland and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2010^{[67] [68]}
• Allan Kittleman, Howard County Executive^[11]
• Connie Morella, former U.S. Representative and former United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development^[69]
• Laura Neuman, former Anne Arundel County Executive^{[70] [71]}
• Boyd Rutherford, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland^[11]
• Steve Schuh, Anne Arundel County Executive^{[11] [72]}
• Michael Steele, former lieutenant governor of Maryland, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2006^{[16] [73]}

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Kathy Szeliga	Richard Douglas	Barry Glassman	Chrys Kefalas	Anthony Seda	Undecided
Marist College^[74]	April 5–9, 2016	368	± 5.1%	align=center	20%	13%	–	9%	–	align=center	57%
Washington Post/University of Maryland	March 30 – April 3, 2016	283	± 7.5%	align=center	15%	9%	–	11%	–	align=center	46%
University of Baltimore^[75]	March 4–8, 2016	400	± 4.9%	align=center	6%	1%	–	2%	<1%	align=center	79%
University of Baltimore^[76]	November 13–17, 2015	307	± 5.6%	align=center	15%	9%	8%	5%	4%	align=center	59%

Results

Szeliga won the April 26, 2016, primary in Baltimore City and each of Maryland's counties except Calvert, St. Mary's, Charles, and Prince George's, in which Chris Chaffee received more votes.^[77]

Third party and independent candidates

Green Party

• Margaret Flowers, former pediatrician, healthcare activist and radio host^{[78] [79] [80] [81]}

Results

Independents

• Greg Dorsey^[5]
• Steve Gladstone^[5]
• Edward Shlikas^[5]
• Kay Young^[5]

Libertarian Party

• Arvin Vohra, nominee for MD-05 in 2012 and for MD-04 in 2014^{[5] [82]}

General election

Candidates

• Margaret Flowers (G), former pediatrician, healthcare activist and radio host^[81]
• Kathy Szeliga (R), state delegate and House Minority Whip
• Chris Van Hollen (D), U.S. Representative
• Arvin Vohra (L), nominee for MD-05 in 2012 and for MD-04 in 2014

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[84]		November 2, 2016
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[85]		November 7, 2016
align=left	Rothenberg Political Report^[86]		November 3, 2016
align=left	Daily Kos^[87]		November 8, 2016
align=left	Real Clear Politics^[88]		November 7, 2016

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Chris Van Hollen (D)	Kathy Szeliga (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyMonkey^[89]	November 1–7, 2016	1,216	± 4.6%	align=center	64%	33%	—	3%
SurveyMonkey^[90]	October 31 – November 6, 2016	1,056	± 4.6%	align=center	64%	33%	—	3%
SurveyMonkey^[91]	October 28 – November 3, 2016	851	± 4.6%	align=center	66%	32%	—	2%
SurveyMonkey^[92]	October 27 – November 2, 2016	772	± 4.6%	align=center	67%	31%	—	2%
SurveyMonkey^[93]	October 26 – November 1, 2016	695	± 4.6%	align=center	66%	31%	—	3%
SurveyMonkey^[94]	October 25–31, 2016	740	± 4.6%	align=center	66%	31%	—	3%
University of Maryland/Washington Post^[95]	September 27–30, 2016	706	± 4.0%	align=center	58%	29%	5%	6%
Goucher College^[96]	September 17–20, 2016	514	± 4.3%	align=center	54%	24%	2%	19%
OpinionWorks^[97]	August 18–30, 2016	754	± 3.6%	align=center	55%	26%	1%	19%
Public Policy Polling	April 15–17, 2016	879	± 3.3%	align=center	53%	25%	—	22%

Results

Results by county

^[98]

County! colspan="2"

Chris Van HollenDemocratic	Kathy SzeligaRepublican		Margaret FlowersGreen		Write-inWrite-in		Margin		Totalvotes cast
			%				%					%				%		%
	Allegany	8,549	32.1%	16,993	63.8%	1,113	4.2%	32	0.1%	-8444	-31.7%	26687
	Anne Arundel	116,422	47.8%	119,760	49.2%	7,374	3.0%	305	0.1%	-3338	-1.4%	243556
	Baltimore (County)	189,041	56.4%	135,846	40.5%	10,212	3.0%	511	0.2%	53195	15.9%	335099
	Baltimore (City)	171,318	82.7%	26,353	12.7%	9,550	4.6%	463	0.2%	144965	70.0%	207684
	Calvert	17,094	40.1%	23,867	56.0%	1,691	4.0%	76	0.2%	-6773	-15.9%	42654
	Caroline	4,306	32.6%	8,560	64.9%	327	2.5%	11	0.1%	-4254	-32.3%	13193
	Carroll	25,415	29.9%	57,540	67.6%	2,149	2.5%	80	0.1%	-32125	-37.7%	85184
	Cecil	13,864	33.4%	26,143	63.0%	1,517	3.7%	58	0.1%	-12279	-29.6%	41478
	Charles	45,834	63.6%	24,038	33.4%	2,159	3.0%	105	0.1%	21796	30.2%	72041
	Dorchester	6,127	44.4%	7,351	53.3%	321	2.3%	15	0.1%	-1224	-8.9%	13814
	Frederick	52,651	46.0%	57,432	50.2%	4,382	3.8%	163	0.1%	-4781	-4.2%	114628
	Garrett	2,402	19.3%	9,655	77.7%	371	3.0%	18	0.1%	-7253	-58.4%	12446
	Harford	44,758	35.9%	76,563	61.4%	3,431	2.8%	148	0.1%	-31805	-25.5%	124900
	Howard	89,622	60.9%	52,577	35.8%	4,854	3.3%	224	0.2%	37045	25.1%	147277
	Kent	4,320	47.1%	4,641	50.6%	205	2.2%	4	0.04%	-321	-3.5%	9170
	Montgomery	307,892	74.9%	91,966	22.4%	11,121	2.7%	570	0.1%	215926	52.5%	410979
	Prince George's	305,992	88.1%	30,451	8.8%	10,961	3.2%	652	0.2%	275541	79.3%	347056
	Queen Anne's	7,834	31.9%	16,178	65.8%	576	2.3%	19	0.1%	-8344	-33.9%	24607
	Somerset	3,610	41.6%	4,894	56.4%	166	1.9%	10	0.1%	-1284	-14.8%	8670
	St. Mary's	16,338	36.7%	26,395	59.4%	1,730	3.9%	65	0.1%	-10057	-22.7%	44428
	Talbot	8,208	43.6%	10,212	54.3%	391	2.1%	18	0.1%	-2004	-10.7%	18829
	Washington	21,422	36.3%	35,312	59.8%	2,298	3.9%	89	0.2%	-13890	-23.5%	59121
	Wicomico	16,692	43.3%	20,713	53.7%	1,163	3.0%	56	0.1%	-4021	-10.4%	38568
	Worcester	9,134	36.1%	15,462	61.1%	690	2.7%	26	0.1%	-6328	-25.0%	25312

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

• Dorchester (largest municipality: Cambridge)
• Somerset (largest municipality: Princess Anne)
• Wicomico (largest municipality: Salisbury)
• Anne Arundel (largest municipality: Glen Burnie)
• Kent (largest municipality: Chestertown)
• Talbot (largest municipality: Easton)

By congressional district

Van Hollen 7 of 8 congressional districts.^[99]

District	Van Hollen	Szeliga	Representative
		35%	62%		Andy Harris
		61%	36%		Dutch Ruppersberger
		62%	35%		John Sarbanes
	76%	21%		Donna Edwards
			Anthony Brown
		64%	33%		Steny Hoyer
		57%	39%		John Delaney
		72%	24%		Elijah Cummings
	64%	33%		Chris Van Hollen
			Jamie Raskin

See also

• 2016 United States Senate elections
• 2016 United States elections

External links

Official campaign websites (archived)

• Chris Van Hollen (D) for Senate
• Kathy Szeliga (R) for Senate
• Margaret Flowers (G) for Senate
• Arvin Vohra (L) for Senate

Notes and References

1. News: Barbara Mikulski won't seek reelection in 2016 . Politico . Kyle Cheney and Burgress Everett . March 2, 2015 . March 2, 2015.
2. Marbella, Jean "Mikulski's milestone: the Senate's longest-serving woman" The Baltimore Sun January 5, 2011
3. http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/16/politics/mikulski-history/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 CNN.com: Mikulski makes history while creating 'zone of civility' for Senate women
4. Web site: Chaos Comes in Maryland's Next Open Senate Race Farm Team . August 12, 2013 . November 21, 2014 . Abby Livingston . Roll Call.
5. Web site: 2016 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List . Maryland State Board of Elections . February 9, 2015.
6. News: U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards said to be announcing Senate bid on Tuesday. . Hernandez . Arelis . March 8, 2015 . March 8, 2015 .
7. Web site: Van Hollen tells supporters he will run for Senate . . Fritze . John . March 4, 2015 . March 4, 2015.
8. Web site: Rushern Baker to endorse Van Hollen . . Fritze . John . April 7, 2015 . April 7, 2015 . April 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150413163727/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-rushern-baker-to-endorse-chris-van-hollen-20150407-story.html . dead .
9. Web site: Anthony Brown to run for House seat . . Fritze . John . March 11, 2015 . March 11, 2015 . August 17, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170817035058/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-anthony-brown-20150311-story.html . dead .
10. Web site: Attorney Susan Burke rules out Senate run . . Duncan . Ian . March 14, 2015 . March 15, 2015 . March 14, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150314215043/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-susan-burke-senate-20150314-story.html . dead .
11. Web site: Long List of Possible Barbara Mikulski Successors . . Levinson . Alexis . March 2, 2015 . March 2, 2015 . March 5, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150305064400/http://atr.rollcall.com/long-list-barbara-mikulski-maryland/ . dead .
12. Web site: Elijah Cummings' role in Maryland Senate race: Candidate or kingmaker? . . French . Lauren . Cheney . Kyle . March 12, 2015 . March 12, 2015.
13. Web site: Rep. Cummings won't run for open Maryland Senate seat . POLITICO . February 1, 2016 . February 1, 2016 . Lauren . French.
14. Web site: Delaney to run for re-election for Congress . Greene . Julie . September 13, 2015 . The Herald-Mail.
15. Web site: Sen. Barbara Mikulski retiring: Will Martin O'Malley run? . . Grier . Peter . March 2, 2015 . March 2, 2015.
16. Web site: Sen. Barbara Mikulski won't seek 6th term . . Fritze . John . March 2, 2015 . March 2, 2015 . March 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150302165700/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-barbara-mikulski-announcement-20150302-story.html . dead .
17. Web site: Candidates for Maryland's Senate seat . . Fritze . John . March 14, 2015 . June 8, 2015 . May 26, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526181534/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bal-mikulski-senate-seat-candidates-tracker-2-htmlstory.html . dead .
18. Web site: The Maryland Democrat Who Wants to Stay Where He Is . . Hawkings . David . March 5, 2015 . March 5, 2015 . March 8, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150308121035/http://blogs.rollcall.com/hawkings/steny-hoyer-nancy-pelosi-rivalry/ . dead .
19. Web site: Ben Jealous Considers Run for Maryland Senate Seat . . Haberman . Maggie . March 6, 2015 . March 6, 2015.
20. Web site: Baltimore County Exec @kevinkamenetz says he's NOT running for US Senate. he is "100% focused" on being county exec. . March 6, 2015 . March 6, 2015 . Pamela . Wood . Twitter.
21. News: Kennedy Townsend considering run for U.S. Senate seat in 2016 . . Hernández . Arelis R. . March 4, 2015 . March 4, 2015.
22. Web site: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Backing Van Hollen . . Levinson . Alexis . May 11, 2015 . May 11, 2015 . May 14, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150514170615/http://atr.rollcall.com/chris-van-hollen-kathleen-kennedy-townsend-endorsement/ . dead .
23. Web site: Add another name to possible Md. Senate field: Frank Kratovil is testing the waters, according to sources close to the former congressman . Twitter . Kurtz . Josh . March 4, 2015 . March 4, 2015.
24. Web site: The race is on for Mikulski's seat . . March 10, 2015 . March 12, 2015 . March 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150322223656/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-mikulski-seat-20150310-story.html . dead .
25. Web site: Mizeur weighing run for retiring Mikulski's Senate seat . . Dresser . Michael . March 4, 2015 . March 12, 2015 . March 19, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150319225004/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-mizeur-weighing-run-for-retiring-mikulskis-senate-seat-20150304-story.html . dead .
26. Web site: Mizeur won't run for Senate or House in 2016 . . Dresser . Michael . April 8, 2015 . April 8, 2015.
27. News: Mikulski to retire from Senate after 30 years . https://web.archive.org/web/20150303162453/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/02/sen-mikulski-to-make-announcement-about-her-future/ . dead . March 3, 2015 . The Washington Post . John Wagner and Jenna Johnson . March 2, 2015 . March 2, 2015.
28. Web site: O'Malley Won't Seek Mikulski Seat, Keeps White House Option . . Thomas . Ken . March 3, 2015 . March 3, 2015.
29. Web site: Democrat Rules Out Maryland Senate Run . March 12, 2015 . March 12, 2015 . Roll Call . Alexis . Levinson . March 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150313122549/http://atr.rollcall.com/tom-thomas-perez-maryland-senate-barbara-mikulski/ . dead .
30. Web site: Raskin says he'll run for Congress in 8th District . . Dresser . Michael . March 23, 2015 . March 24, 2015 . September 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170912102254/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-raskin-says-hell-run-for-congress-in-8th-district-20150323-story.html . dead .
31. Web site: Baltimore influence at stake in Maryland Senate race . . Miller . Jayne . March 11, 2015 . March 12, 2015.
32. Web site: Rawlings-Blake says she's thinking 'long and hard' about whether to run for U.S. Senate . . Wenger . Yvonne . March 4, 2015 . March 12, 2015 . April 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135139/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-rawlingsblake-says-shes-thinking-long-and-hard-about-whether-to-run-for-us-senate-20150304-story.html . dead .
33. Web site: Baltimore mayor taking look at Senate . . McCabe . David . March 9, 2015 . March 12, 2015.
34. Web site: Mayor could face tough race for re-election, analysts predict . . Broadwater . Luke . Wenger . Yvonne . May 29, 2015 . June 22, 2015 . June 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623094508/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-ci-mayor-election-new-20150522-story.html . dead .
35. News: Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger not running for US Senate . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001193852/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-rep-ruppersberger-not-running-for-senate/2015/09/29/5bbc784a-66e6-11e5-bdb6-6861f4521205_story.html . dead . October 1, 2015 . . . Witte . Brian . September 29, 2015 . September 30, 2015.
36. Web site: Rep. John Sarbanes will not run for Senate . . Fritze . John . June 13, 2015 . June 15, 2015 . April 3, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170403161627/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-sarbanes-will-not-for-senate-20150613-story.html . dead .
37. Web site: Questions Swirl About Who Could Replace Senator Mikulski . . Valcourt . Derek . March 2, 2015 . March 2, 2015.
38. https://www.c-span.org/video/?407230-1/maryland-democratic-senate-debate Full debate
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