Maryland 2022 Election Results

Maryland held its general election on November 8, 2022, deciding 188 legislative seats across 118 districts and 4 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Democrats won back the governor's office after eight years of Republican Larry Hogan, giving the party full control of state government, and widened their three-fifths supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly.
• Wes Moore (D) beat Del. Dan Cox (R) by more than 30 points to become Maryland's first Black governor. Cox, a far-right lawmaker, had Donald Trump's endorsement. Running mate Aruna Miller (D) became the first immigrant to hold statewide office in Maryland.
• Democrats picked up two Senate seats in Republican-held territory.
  • In the 33rd District, Dawn Gile (D) beat Del. Sid Saab (R) by about 11 points, becoming the first Democrat in 50 years to win the Anne Arundel County seat. The Senate Democratic caucus spent more than $500,000 there, more than on any other race, mostly on mail casting Saab as an opponent of abortion rights.
  • In the 34th District, Mary-Dulany James (D) trailed former Del. Christian Miele (R) on Election Day but overtook him once mail ballots were counted and won by about 600 votes, taking the Harford County seat Republican Bob Cassilly had vacated.
• Every statewide office was open, and Democrats swept them. U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown (D) beat Michael Anthony Peroutka (R) to become the state's first Black attorney general, and Del. Brooke Lierman (D) beat Harford County Executive Barry Glassman (R) to become the first woman elected comptroller.
• Democrats also gained ground in the House of Delegates on redrawn district maps, and two Republican delegates lost. Del. Brenda Thiam (R) fell to Brooke Grossman (D) in District 2B, and in Howard County's two-seat District 9A, Del. Trent Kittleman (R) finished 113 votes behind Chao Wu (D) as Democrats won both seats with Natalie Ziegler (D). Beyond the flips, only one other race finished inside two points: Stuart Schmidt (R) won the District 33B seat by about 300 votes.
• Voters approved all 5 statewide questions.
  • Question 4 legalized recreational marijuana, making Maryland the 20th state to legalize, with roughly two-thirds voting yes.
  • Question 1 renamed the Court of Appeals and the Court of Special Appeals, and Question 2 requires legislators to live in their districts for six months before the election.
  • Question 3 raised the threshold for civil jury trials to $25,000, and Question 5 put Howard County Circuit Court judges on that county's Orphans' Court, which handles wills and estates.

Legislature

• House of Delegates (141 seats): 99 D, 42 R before the election, 102 D, 39 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
• Senate (47 seats): 32 D, 15 R before the election, 34 D, 13 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures