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MARYLAND |
Nov. 6,
2018 U.S. Senate |
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Plurality: 794,597 votes (34.55 percentage points). MD
State
Board of Elections
Notes: As expected Sen. Ben Cardin (D) won a third term without difficulty. The Baltimore Sun notes that Cardin, 75, is "one of the longest serving political figures in state history;" prior to being elected to the Senate in 2006 he served twenty years in the U.S. House (1987-2007) and twenty years in the Maryland House of Delegates (1966-86). He faced Tony Campbell (R), Neal Simon (I) and Arvin Vohra (L). Campbell is a political science lecturer at Towson University and veteran. Simon, a businessman from Potomac, is CEO of Bronfman Rothschild, financial advisors. Vohra, a former vice chairman of the Libertarian National Committee, has also announced he is running for president in 2020 and was not a factor in this race. There was one televised debate between the three top candidates, on Oct. 7 on WBFF-TV in Baltimore (>). Cardin had a more than 10 to 1 financial advantage over Campbell, while Simon loaned close to $1 million to his independent campaign. Campaign Managers: Ben Cardin: Susan Strauss Studied at Wellesley. Originally from Bridgeton, NJ. Tony Campbell: Tyler Williams (Sept. 2018....started on the campaign in April as media relations director) Working towards a Bachelor's degree in mass communication and political science from Towson University (2020). Neal Simon: Steve Crim Director of public affairs for Gov. Larry Hogan, Jan. 2015-May 2016. Campaign manager on Hogan's upset 2014 run for governor and earlier co-founder of Change Maryland, the limited liability company Hogan formed in advance of the campaign. Consultant. |
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