Certified returns for every federal race in Maryland in 2012, 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.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
1,677,844
62.0%
Republican
971,869
35.9%
Libertarian
30,195
1.1%
Green
17,110
0.6%
Write-in
10,309
0.4%
Total
2,707,327
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2012 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Benjamin L. Cardin
Democrat
1,474,028
56.0%
Daniel John Bongino
Republican
693,291
26.3%
S. Rob Sobhani
Unaffiliated
430,934
16.4%
Dean Ahmad
Libertarian
32,252
1.2%
Lih Young
Write-in (Democrat)
163
0.0%
Brandy Baker
Write-in (Unaffiliated)
151
0.0%
Ed Tinus
Write-in (Unaffiliated)
48
0.0%
Mary Podlesak
Write-in (Republican)
21
0.0%
Other Write-ins
2,346
0.1%
Total
2,633,234
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Andy Harris
Republican
214,204
63.4%
Wendy Rosen
Democrat
92,812
27.5%
John LaFerla
Write-in (Democrat)
14,858
4.4%
Muir Wayne Boda
Libertarian
12,857
3.8%
Michael Calpino
Write-in (Unaffiliated)
71
0.0%
Douglas Dryden Rae
Write-in (Unaffiliated)
26
0.0%
Other Write-ins
2,932
0.9%
Total
337,760
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Democrat
194,088
65.6%
Nancy C. Jacobs
Republican
92,071
31.1%
Leo Wayne Dymowski
Libertarian
9,344
3.2%
Ray Bly
Write-in (Republican)
22
0.0%
Other Write-ins
415
0.1%
Total
295,940
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John P. Sarbanes
Democrat
213,747
66.8%
Eric Delano Knowles
Republican
94,549
29.6%
Paul W. Drgos, Jr.
Libertarian
11,028
3.4%
Write-in
535
0.2%
Total
319,859
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Donna F. Edwards
Democrat
240,385
77.2%
Faith M. Loudon
Republican
64,560
20.7%
Scott Soffen
Libertarian
6,204
2.0%
Write-in
363
0.1%
Total
311,512
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steny H. Hoyer
Democrat
238,618
69.4%
Tony O’Donnell
Republican
95,271
27.7%
Bob Auerbach
Green
5,040
1.5%
Arvin Vohra
Libertarian
4,503
1.3%
Write-in
388
0.1%
Total
343,820
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Delaney
Democrat
181,921
58.8%
Roscoe G. Bartlett
Republican
117,313
37.9%
Nickolaus Mueller
Libertarian
9,916
3.2%
Write-in
399
0.1%
Total
309,549
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elijah E. Cummings
Democrat
247,770
76.5%
Frank C. Mirabile
Republican
67,405
20.8%
Ronald M. Owens-Bey
Libertarian
8,211
2.5%
Charles U. Smith
Write-in (Democrat)
28
0.0%
Ty Glen Busch
Write-in (Democrat)
10
0.0%
Other Write-ins
394
0.1%
Total
323,818
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chris Van Hollen
Democrat
217,531
63.4%
Ken Timmerman
Republican
113,033
32.9%
Mark Grannis
Libertarian
7,235
2.1%
George Gluck
Green
5,064
1.5%
Write-in
393
0.1%
Total
343,256
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2012 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 008405203a2f7fd9258852de449309b430fb0c7dc441ba08b2480845d8413616
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.