Maryland Attorney General election, 2018

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Maryland Attorney General
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: February 27, 2018
	Primary: June 26, 2018; General: November 6, 2018; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Brian Frosh (Democrat)
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in Maryland
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2018; Impact of term limits in 2018; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
Maryland; executive elections
	Governor; Lieutenant governor; Attorney general; Comptroller

Maryland held an election for attorney general on November 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was February 27, 2018.

For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.
For more information about the Republican primary, click here.

For more information on attorney general elections in 2018, click here.

SETTING THE STAGE
Heading into the 2018 election, the sitting attorney general was Brian Frosh (D), who was first elected in 2014. He sought re-election in 2018.
At the time of the 2018 election, Maryland was under divided government. It first gained this status when Gov. Larry Hogan (R) took office in 2015. Maryland was under divided triplex control in 2018.
Maryland was won by the Democratic candidate in each of the five presidential elections leading up to the 2018 election. The widest margin of victory was Hillary Clinton's 26 percent margin in 2016 while the narrowest was John Kerry's 13 percent margin in 2004.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Attorney General of Maryland

Incumbent Brian Frosh defeated Craig Wolf in the general election for Attorney General of Maryland on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brian Frosh (D)	64.8	1,474,833
	Craig Wolf (R)	35.1	799,035
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,920

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,275,788
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Maryland

Incumbent Brian Frosh advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Maryland on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Frosh	100.0	505,897

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 505,897
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Maryland

Craig Wolf advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Maryland on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Wolf	100.0	175,429

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 175,429
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State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Maryland heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

Following the 2016 elections, Democrats held both U.S. Senate seats in Maryland.
Democrats held seven of eight of the U.S. House seats in Maryland.

State executives

As of September 2018, Republicans held three of 12 state executive positions, Democrats held two, and the remaining positions were officially nonpartisan.
The governor of Maryland was Republican Larry Hogan. The state held elections for governor and lieutenant governor on November 6, 2018.

State legislature

Democrats controlled both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly. They had a 91-50 majority in the state House and a 33-14 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

Maryland was under divided government, meaning that the two parties shared control of the state government. Larry Hogan (R) served as governor, while Democrats controlled the state legislature.

2018 elections

See also: Maryland elections, 2018

Maryland held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for Maryland
	Maryland	U.S.
Total population:	5,994,983	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	9,707	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	57.6%	73.6%
Black/African American:	29.5%	12.6%
Asian:	6%	5.1%
Native American:	0.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	3%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	9%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	89.4%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	37.9%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$74,551	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	10.7%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Maryland. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2016, Maryland's three largest cities were Baltimore (pop. est. 611,648), Columbia (pop. est. 103,439), and Germantown (pop. est. 90,494).^[1]^[2]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Maryland from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Maryland every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Maryland 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Hillary Clinton	60.3%	Donald Trump	33.9%	26.4%
2012	Barack Obama	62.0%	Mitt Romney	35.9%	26.1%
2008	Barack Obama	61.9%	John McCain	36.5%	25.4%
2004	John Kerry	55.9%	George W. Bush	42.9%	13.0%
2000	Al Gore	56.6%	George W. Bush	40.2%	16.4%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in Maryland from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Maryland 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Chris Van Hollen	60.9%	Kathy Szeliga	35.7%	25.2%
2012	Ben Cardin	56.0%	Dan Bongino	26.3%	29.7%
2010	Barbara Mikulski	62.2%	Eric Wargotz	35.8%	26.4%
2006	Ben Cardin	54.2%	Michael Steele	44.2%	10.0%
2004	Barbara Mikulski	64.8%	E. J. Pipkin	33.8%	31.0%
2000	Paul Sarbanes	63.2%	Paul Rappaport	36.7%	26.5%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Maryland.

Election results (Governor), Maryland 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Larry Hogan	51.0%	Anthony G. Brown	47.2%	3.8%
2010	Martin O'Malley	49.5%	Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.	41.8%	6.7%
2006	Martin O'Malley	52.7%	Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.	46.2%	6.5%
2002	Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.	51.6%	Kathleen Kennedy Townsend	47.7%	3.9%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Maryland in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Maryland 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	D+7
2014	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	D+7
2012	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	D+7
2010	2	25%	6	75%	D+4
2008	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	D+7
2006	2	25%	6	75%	D+4
2004	2	25%	6	75%	R+1
2002	2	25%	6	75%	R+1
2000	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	Even

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Maryland Party Control: 1992-2024
Twenty-one years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Maryland. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Maryland with 60.3 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 33.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1789 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic 52 percent of the time and Republican 21 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Maryland voted Democratic all five times.^[3]

Recent news

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External links

Suggest a link

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Footnotes

[1] Cubit, "Maryland by Population," accessed September 4, 2018

[2] U.S. Census Bureau, "Quickfacts Maryland," accessed September 4, 2018

[3] 270towin.com, "Maryland," accessed June 22, 2017

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