MARYLAND

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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): July 2010
Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): August 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): October 2010
Primary: September 2010

This page was last updated on June 30, 2009

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Martin O'Malley (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Jack Johnson (D) - Prince George's County Executive
George Owings (D) - Ex-State Veterans Affairs Secretary & Ex-State House Majority Whip
Bob Ehrlich (R) - Ex-Governor & Ex-Congressman
Charles Lollar (R) - Businessman & Charles County GOP Chairman
Mike Pappas (R) - Attorney

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Anthony Brown (D)*

STATE COMPTROLLER:
Peter Franchot (D)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Doug Gansler (D)*

GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

State House of Delegates

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

Barbara Mikulski (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2010.

Ben Cardin (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2012.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Frank Kratovil (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (R) - State Del. & Graphic Designer
Andy Harris (R) - State Sen., Physician, Naval Reserve Officer & '08 Nominee
John Leopold (R) - Anne Arundel County Executive
E.J. Pipkin (R) - State Sen., Businessman, '08 Candidate & '04 US Sen. Nominee
Al Redmer (R) - Ex-State House Minority Leader & Insurance Agency Owner
Mike Smigiel (R) - State Del.

District 2:
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
John Sarbanes (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Kevin Carney (R) - Homebuilder, Attorney & USCG Veteran

District 4:
Donna Edwards (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Herman Taylor (D) - State Del.
Brian Crider (Green) - Computer Programmer

District 5:
Steny Hoyer (D)* - (House Leadership Site) - (Campaign Site)
Jesse James Dann (R) - Restaurant Chain Regional Manager, Navy Veteran & '08 Candidate

District 6:
Roscoe Bartlett (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Casey Clark (D) - Businessman & Ex-TV News Reporter
Andrew Duck (D) - Stockbroker, Army Veteran & '06/'08 Candidate

District 7:
Elijah Cummings (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Steve Hudson (R) - Surgeon, Attorney & '08 Nominee

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Maryland
Maryland Democratic Party
Maryland Green Party
Maryland Independent Party
Libertarian Party of Maryland
Maryland Republican Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Maryland State Board of Elections

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

The Capital (Annapolis)
Arbutus Times
Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore Chronicle (Alternative)
Baltimore City Paper (Alternative)
Baltimore County Jeffersonian
Baltimore County North East Times
Baltimore Gay Paper
Baltimore Jewish Times
Baltimore Messenger
Baltimore Sun
Bowie Blade-News
Carroll County Times
Catonsville Times
Cecil County Post
University of Maryland Diamondback (College Park)
Columbia Flier
Cumberland Times-News
Deale Bay Weekly
Easton Star Democrat
Frederick News-Post
Gaithersburg Gazette
Hagerstown Herald-Mail
Howard County Times
Laurel Leader
Maryland Daily Record (Business & Legal News)
Maryland Public Television (MPT)
Montgomery County Journal
Mt. Airy Messenger
Oakland Republican
Owings Mills Times
PolitickerMD.com
Prince George's County Journal
Salisbury Daily Times
Takoma Voice
Towson Times
Washington Post
Washington Times

WBAL TV-11 (NBC - Baltimore)
WJZ TV-13 (CBS - Baltimore)
WMAR TV-2 (ABC - Baltimore)
WNUV TV-45 (FOX - Baltimore)
WHAG TV-25 (NBC - Hagerstown)
WBOC TV-16 (CBS - Salisbury)
WMDT TV-47 (ABC - Salisbury)

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