Presidential election in Maryland, 2020

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Maryland
2020 presidential election

Democratic primary: June 2, 2020
Democratic winner: Joe Biden

Republican primary: June 2, 2020
Republican winner: Donald Trump

Electoral College: 10 votes
2020 winner: Joe Biden
2016 winner: Hillary Clinton (D)
2012 winner: Barack Obama (D)

Presidential election by state, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election in Maryland on November 3, 2020. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump's (R) 232 electoral votes.

The Democratic and Republican parties held primary elections in Maryland on June 2, 2020. Biden won the Democratic primary, and Trump won the Republican primary.[1][2]

On March 17, 2020, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced that Maryland would postpone its primary from April 28 to June 2 due to public health concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

In the last 10 presidential elections, the Democratic candidate has won Maryland eight times and the Republican candidate has won the state twice. The Democratic candidate has won Maryland in each of the last seven presidential elections, and received more than 60 percent of the vote in each of the last three elections.[4]

This page includes the following sections:

Candidates and election results

General election


Presidential election in Maryland, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
65.4
 
1,985,023 10
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
32.2
 
976,414 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
1.1
 
33,488 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.5
 
15,799 0
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Jerry Segal/John de Graaf (Bread and Roses)
 
0.2
 
5,884 0
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Ye (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1,117 0
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Brian T. Carroll (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
795 0
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Jade Simmons/Claudeliah Roze (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
131 0
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Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
125 0
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Albert Raley (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
32 0
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Mark Charles/Adrian Wallace (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
30 0
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Roque De La Fuente (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
26 0
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Barbara Ruth Bellar (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
23 0
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Shawn W. Howard (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
20 0
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Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
16 0
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Todd Cella (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
11 0
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Tom Hoefling/Andy Prior (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
11 0
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Phil Collins (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
10 0
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Dennis Ball (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
8 0
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Deborah Rouse/Sheila Cannon (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
6 0
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Kasey Wells (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
5 0
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President Boddie (no running mate) (Unaffiliated)
 
0.0
 
4 0
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Benjamin Schwalb (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
3 0
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Peter Sherrill (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
3 0
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Johnson Lee (no running mate) (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.6
 
18,045 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 3,037,030



Primary election

Maryland Democratic presidential primary on June 2, 2020
 
Candidate
%
Votes
Pledged delegates
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Joe Biden
 
83.8
 
879,753 96
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Bernie Sanders
 
7.8
 
81,939 0
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Elizabeth Warren
 
2.6
 
27,134 0
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Pete Buttigieg
 
0.7
 
7,180 0
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Michael Bloomberg
 
0.6
 
6,773 0
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Andrew Yang
 
0.6
 
6,670 0
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Amy Klobuchar
 
0.5
 
5,685 0
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Tulsi Gabbard
 
0.4
 
4,226 0
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Cory Booker
 
0.3
 
2,662 0
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Michael Bennet
 
0.2
 
2,291 0
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Marianne Williamson
 
0.1
 
897 0
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Julián Castro
 
0.1
 
760 0
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Thomas Steyer
 
0.1
 
671 0
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Deval Patrick
 
0.0
 
406 0
  Other
 
2.2
 
23,231 0

 Source

Total votes: 1,050,278 • Total pledged delegates: 96


Maryland Republican presidential primary on June 2, 2020
 
Candidate
%
Votes
Pledged delegates
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Donald Trump
 
86.8
 
297,198 38
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Bill Weld
 
13.2
 
45,092 0

 Source

Total votes: 342,290 • Total pledged delegates: 38


Government response to coronavirus pandemic in Maryland

Summary of changes to election dates and procedures

Maryland modified its absentee/mail-in and candidate filing procedures, early voting, and polling places for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee/mail-in ballot request forms sent to all qualified voters in the general election. The return deadline for absentee/mail-in ballot requests was October 20, 2020.
  • Candidate filing procedures: The petition signature requirement for obtaining party status for the Green and Libertarian parties was reduced from 10,000 to 5,000 signatures. The nomination petition signature requirement for unaffiliated candidates was reduced by 50 percent.
  • Early voting: An early voting period ran from October 26, 2020 through November 2, 2020.
  • Polling places: All early voting centers and Election Day polling locations were open on November 3, 2020. The Maryland State Board of Elections operated a limited number of centralized voting centers in lieu of precinct polling places for in-person voting in the general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Frequently asked questions

See also: Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Help Desk: Presidential election

The 2020 election took place against a backdrop of uncertainty. Our readers had questions about what to expect in elections at all levels of government, from the casting of ballots to the certification of final results. Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Help Desk was designed to answer those questions. Ballotpedia is in the process of compiling and answering frequently asked questions related to the 2020 elections. Questions related to this election will be available soon.


Additional resources

Democratic primary

See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Maryland held its Democratic primary election on June 2, 2020.
  • Maryland had an estimated 119 delegates comprised of 96 pledged delegates and 24 superdelegates. Delegate allocation was proportional.
  • The Democratic primary was closed, meaning only registered Democrats were able to vote in the election.


    • Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[5] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[6] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.

    With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[7] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020.[8]

    Biden announced U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D) as his running mate on August 11, 2020. Harris is the first Black woman to appear on a major party's ticket in the United States.[9]

    Republican primary

    See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020
    HIGHLIGHTS
  • Maryland held its Republican primary election on June 2, 2020.
  • Maryland had an estimated 38 delegates. Delegate allocation was a hybrid system.
  • The Republican primary was closed, meaning only registered Republicans were able to vote in the election.


    • The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[10]

    Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.

    George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[11]

    Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.

    For an overview of the 2016 presidential election in Maryland, click here.



    Candidate filing requirements

    See also: Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Maryland

    The tables below detail filing requirements for presidential candidates in Maryland in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.

    Presidential primary candidates

    Filing requirements for presidential primary candidates in Maryland, 2020[12]
    State Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
    Maryland Qualified political parties 3,200 400 hundred signatures from each congressional district N/A N/A 1/24/2020 Source

    Independent presidential candidates

    Filing requirements for independent candidates in Maryland, 2020
    State Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
    Maryland 5,000 Fixed by statute (reduced by 50% by judge's order) N/A N/A 8/3/2020 Source

    Historical election results

    2016

    General election

    U.S. presidential election, Maryland, 2016
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 60.3% 1,677,928 10
         Republican Donald Trump/Mike Pence 33.9% 943,169 0
         Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 2.9% 79,605 0
         Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 1.3% 35,945 0
         - Write-in votes 1.6% 44,799 0
    Total Votes 2,781,446 10
    Election results via: Maryland State Board of Elections

    Primary election

    Maryland Democratic Primary, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
    Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton 62.5% 573,242 60
    Bernie Sanders 33.8% 309,990 35
    Roque De La Fuente 0.4% 3,582 0
    Other 3.3% 29,949 0
    Totals 916,763 95
    Source: The New York Times and Maryland Secretary of State


    Maryland Republican Primary, 2016
    Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
    Jeb Bush 0.6% 2,770 0
    Ben Carson 1.3% 5,946 0
    Chris Christie 0.3% 1,239 0
    Ted Cruz 19% 87,093 0
    Carly Fiorina 0.2% 1,012 0
    Mike Huckabee 0.2% 837 0
    John Kasich 23.2% 106,614 0
    Rand Paul 0.3% 1,533 0
    Marco Rubio 0.7% 3,201 0
    Rick Santorum 0.1% 478 0
    Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 54.1% 248,343 38
    Totals 459,066 38
    Source: The New York Times and Maryland Secretary of State

    2012

    U.S. presidential election, Maryland, 2012
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBarack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent 62% 1,677,844 10
         Republican Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan 35.9% 971,869 0
         Libertarian Gary Johnson/James Gray 1.1% 30,195 0
         Green Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala 0.6% 17,110 0
         N/A Write-ins 0.4% 9,555 0
         N/A Other 0% 954 0
    Total Votes 2,707,527 10
    Election results via: Election Atlas

    2008

    U.S. presidential election, Maryland, 2008
    Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
         Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBarack Obama/Joe Biden 62.1% 1,629,467 10
         Republican John McCain/Sarah Palin 36.6% 959,862 0
         Independent Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez 0.6% 14,713 0
         Libertarian Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root 0.4% 9,842 0
         N/A Other 0.3% 8,621 0
    Total Votes 2,622,505 10
    Election results via: Election Atlas

    Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016

    See also: Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016

    The following map shows the number of times, in presidential elections held between 1948 and 2016, that the margin of victory was 5 percentage points or fewer in each state.

    • Wisconsin was the state with the most frequently narrow margins during this time period, appearing on the list in 10 presidential elections.
    • Five states appeared eight times: Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
    • The state with the narrowest margin of victory was Florida in 2000 at 537 votes or one-hundredth of a percentage point.

    Historical election trends

    See also: Presidential voting history by state

    Maryland presidential election results (1900-2024)

    • 22 Democratic wins
    • 10 Republican wins
    Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
    Winning Party R D D D D R R R D D D D R R R D D D R D D R R D D D D D D D D D


    See also: Presidential election accuracy

    Below is an analysis of Maryland's voting record in presidential elections. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a state has voted for a winning presidential candidate. The majority of statistical data is from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted.

    Presidential election voting record in Maryland, 1900-2016

    Between 1900 and 2016:

    • Maryland participated in 30 presidential elections.
    • Maryland voted for the winning presidential candidate 73.33 percent of the time. The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent.[13]
    • Maryland voted Democratic 66.67 percent of the time and Republican 33.33 percent of the time.

    Presidential election voting record in Maryland, 2000-2016

    *An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.

    State profile

    See also: Maryland and Maryland elections, 2019
    USA Maryland location map.svg

    Partisan data

    The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019

    Presidential voting pattern

    Congressional delegation

    State executives

    State legislature

    Maryland Party Control: 1992-2025
    Twenty-two 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 25
    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 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 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 D

    Maryland quick stats
    • Became a state in 1788
    • 7th state admitted to the United States
    • Annapolis,Maryland, served as the nation's capital from November 26, 1783, to August 19, 1784.
    • Members of the Maryland State Senate: 47
    • Members of the Maryland House of Delegates: 141
    • U.S. senators: 2
    • U.S. representatives: 8
    More Maryland coverage on Ballotpedia:


    Demographic data for Maryland
     MarylandU.S.
    Total population:5,994,983316,515,021
    Land area (sq mi):9,7073,531,905
    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.


    Presidential election by state

    See also: Presidential election by state, 2020

    Click on a state below to navigate to information about the presidential election in that jurisdiction.

    https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election_in_STATE,_2020

    See also

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ The New York Times, "Maryland Presidential Democratic Primary Election Results," accessed June 2, 2020
    2. ↑ The New York Times, "Maryland Presidential Republican Primary Election Results," accessed June 2, 2020
    3. ↑ CBS Baltimore, "Coronavirus Latest: Gov. Larry Hogan Postpones Maryland April 28 Primary, Special Election Will Still Be Held By Mailing Vote," March 17, 2020
    4. ↑ 270 to Win, "Maryland," accessed June 17, 2019
    5. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
    6. ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
    7. ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
    8. ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
    9. ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
    10. ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
    11. ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
    12. ↑ Petitions are only required from candidates not recognized by the secretary of state for automatic ballot placement.
    13. ↑ This average includes states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, which did not participate in all 30 presidential elections between 1900 and 2016. It does not include Washington, D.C., which cast votes for president for the first time in 1964, or Alaska and Hawaii, which cast votes for president for the first time in 1960.
    14. ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.
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