Certified returns for every federal race in Maryland in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 9 of 9 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Barbara A. Mikulski
Democrat
1,062,810
70.5%
Ross Z. Pierpont
Republican
444,637
29.5%
Total
1,507,447
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Wayne T. Gilchrest
Republican
135,771
69.2%
Irving Pinder
Democrat
60,450
30.8%
Total
196,221
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Republican
125,162
62.8%
Kenneth T. Bosley
Democrat
74,275
37.2%
Write-in
9
0.0%
Total
199,446
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Benjamin L. Cardin
Democrat
137,501
77.6%
Colin Felix Harby
Republican
39,667
22.4%
Total
177,168
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Albert Russell Wynn
Democrat
129,139
85.7%
John B. Kimble
Republican
21,518
14.3%
Total
150,657
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steny H. Hoyer
Democrat
126,792
65.4%
Robert B. Ostrom
Republican
67,176
34.6%
Total
193,968
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Roscoe G. Bartlett
Republican
127,802
63.4%
Timothy D. McCown
Democrat
73,728
36.6%
Total
201,530
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elijah E. Cummings
Democrat
112,699
85.7%
Kenneth Kondner
Republican
18,742
14.3%
Write-in
1
0.0%
Total
131,442
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Constance A. Morella
Republican
133,145
60.3%
Ralph G. Neas
Democrat
87,497
39.7%
Total
220,642
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.