MARYLAND
      Nov. 2, 2010 U.S. Senate

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+Barbara Mikulski (D) i
 		1,140,531
 		62.19%
Eric Wargotz (R)
 		655,666
 		35.75%
Kenniss Henry (G)
 		20,717
 		1.13%
Richard Shawver (C)
 		14,746
 		0.80%
write-ins
 		2,198
 		0.12%

1,833,858
Voter Registration: 3,468,287.  Total Voters: 1,873,541.
Plurality: 484,865 votes (26.44 percentage points)
 MD State Board of Elections



Notes:  Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) won a fifth term, defeating Dr. Eric Wargotz (R), a pathologist and president of the Queen Anne's County Board of County Commissioners, as well as Kenniss Henry (G) and Richard Shawver (C).

The major party primaries were held on Sept. 14.  Mikulski tallied 396,252 votes (82.3%) to top the field of seven candidates.  Eleven candidates competed for the Republican nomination.  Wargotz won with 93,490 votes (38.4%) followed by attorney Jim Rutledge at 74,404 votes (30.6%); all other candidates finished in single digits.

There was just one 25-minute joint appearance, on Maryland Public Television's "Direction Connection," aired on Oct. 25 (1,2).

Open Secrets reported that the Mikulski campaign spent $4.9 million for the cycle compared to $932,330 for the Wargotz campaign (>).


Campaign Managers:
Barbara Mikulski:  Simone Ward
(2009)  Served in the political department at EMILY's List from 2007 including as senior political tracker.  A deputy director of the DNC's American Majority Partnership under then-Chairman Howard Dean.  Executive director of Democratic GAIN in 2004.  Executive director of Young Democrats of America starting in June 2002.  Worked with Mercer & Associates in Washington, DC.  Finance assistant at the DNC; special assistant at the White House.  B.A. in political science from Oklahoma City University.  Interned on Al Gore's 2000 campaign.  Grew up in Kansas City, MO.

Eric Wargotz:  Demetrios Karoutsos
(Sept. 2010)  Campaign manager on Rob Fisher's 2010 primary run for Congress in Maryland's 1st CD, Jan.-Sept. 2010.  Senior political advisor for Africa, Asia at the International Republican Institute, Aug. 2007-Feb. 2009.  Country director for Afghanistan at the International Republican Institute,May 2006-Aug. 2007.  Director of communications for the Senatge Special Committee on Aging and Sen. Gordon Smith (OR), Feb. 2005-May 2006.  Communications director for U.S. Rep. John Sweeney (NY), Aug. 2003-Feb. 2005.  Press secretary for candidate and Gov. Craig Benson, Sept. 2002-July 2003.  Field manager on Craig Benson for Governor (NH) primary campaign , Aug. 2001-Sept. 2002.  Graduate of University of Vermont.



See also:
Iowa State University Archives of Women's Political Communication - Barbara Mikulski, Political Ads



 
 
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