2016 United States Senate election in Maryland information
Election for U.S. senator from Maryland
Main article: 2016 United States Senate elections
2016 United States Senate election in Maryland
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November 8, 2016
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Nominee
Chris Van Hollen
Kathy Szeliga
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Republican
Popular vote
1,659,907
972,557
Percentage
60.89%
35.67%
County results
Precinct results
Van Hollen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Szeliga: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 40–50% 50% No votes
U.S. senator before election
Barbara Mikulski
Democratic
Elected U.S. Senator
Chris Van Hollen
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The 2016 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maryland, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski decided to retire after five terms in the Senate.[1] Primary elections were held April 26, 2016, in which Chris Van Hollen and Kathy Szeliga were chosen as the Democratic and Republican party nominees, respectively. In addition, the Green Party chose Margaret Flowers and the Libertarian Party chose Arvin Vohra as their respective nominees.
Van Hollen was heavily favored to win the election. He ultimately won with over 60% of the vote. As typically occurs with the state's elections, most support for the Democratic nominee, Van Hollen, came from the densely populated Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area in central Maryland, while the Republican nominee, Szeliga, did well in the more sparsely populated areas on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland, and narrowly won Anne Arundel County, home to the state capital Annapolis, as well as exurban Frederick County.
As of 2023, this is the most recent statewide election in Maryland that a Democrat won without carrying Anne Arundel or Frederick counties. This election was the first time since 1980 that a man won the Class 3 Senate seat in Maryland.
^Kyle Cheney and Burgress Everett (March 2, 2015). "Barbara Mikulski won't seek reelection in 2016". Politico. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
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