Republican Party primaries in Maryland, 2024
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This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Maryland on May 14, 2024.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Maryland utilizes a closed primary system. Although parties may hold open primaries, parties generally permit only registered party members to vote in their primaries.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Federal elections
U.S. Senate
A Republican Party primary took place on May 14, 2024, in Maryland to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.
Heading into the election, the incumbent was Ben Cardin (Democrat), who was first elected in 2006.
Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Teichert (R)
- Christopher Puleo (R)
- Ray Bly (R)
- John Thormann (R)
U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Maryland were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's eight U.S. House districts. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Maryland
Context of the 2024 elections
Maryland Party Control: 1992-2025
Twenty-two years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
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State party overview
Republican Party of Maryland
- See also: Republican Party of Maryland
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.
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]
