Certified returns for every federal race in Maryland in 2002, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 8 of 8 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Wayne T. Gilchrest
Republican
192,004
76.8%
Amy D. Tamlyn
Democrat
57,986
23.2%
Total
249,990
The Clerk's printed total (249,900) is a misprint: the report's own party columns sum to 249,990, matching the votes listed.
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Democrat
105,718
54.3%
Helen Delich Bentley
Republican
88,954
45.7%
Total
194,672
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Benjamin L. Cardin
Democrat
145,589
65.8%
Scott Conwell
Republican
75,721
34.2%
Total
221,310
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Albert Russell Wynn
Democrat
131,644
79.0%
John B. Kimble
Republican
34,890
20.9%
Mignon Davis
Write-in, Democrat
162
0.1%
Floyd W. Anderson, Jr.
Write-in
33
0.0%
Total
166,729
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steny H. Hoyer
Democrat
137,903
69.4%
Joseph T. Crawford
Republican
60,758
30.6%
B. Auerbach
Write-in, Green
158
0.1%
Total
198,819
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Roscoe G. Bartlett
Republican
147,825
66.2%
Donald M. DeArmon
Democrat
75,575
33.8%
Total
223,400
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elijah E. Cummings
Democrat
137,047
73.6%
Joseph E. Ward
Republican
49,172
26.4%
Total
186,219
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat
112,788
51.7%
Constance A. Morella
Republican
103,587
47.5%
Stephen Bassett
Unaffiliated
1,599
0.7%
Total
217,974
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2002 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 e041d83ff1dc4230e2d57b0f83234e63e51ed9f1624a1013af534628549e1060
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.