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Maryland's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014

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Maryland's 8th Congressional District
General Election Date
November 4, 2014
Primary Date
June 24, 2014
November 4 Election Winner:
Chris Van HollenDemocratic Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Chris Van HollenDemocratic Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report:Solid D[1]

Sabato's Crystal Ball:Safe D[2]

Fairvote's Monopoly Politics:Safe D[3]
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The8th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives onNovember 4, 2014.

Heading into the election, the incumbent wasChris Van Hollen (D), who was first elected in 2002. He defeated challengersDave Wallace (R) and third party candidateAndrew Wildman (I) in the general election.Van Hollen faced opposition in the Democratic primary where he defeated challengersGeorge English andLih Young on June 24, 2014.

Wallace ran unopposed in the Republican primary whileWildman successfully petitioned his spot for the election. PotentialLibertarian Party candidateSteven Haddox failed to successfully file his petition.

Financially, Van Hollen had acquired nearly $2 million cash on hand for his election campaign.[4]

He wonre-election with 73 percent of the vote in 2010 and63 percent of the vote in 2012.

Candidate Filing DeadlinePrimary ElectionGeneral Election
February 25, 2014
June 24, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: Aprimary 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 law stipulates that political parties can determine for themselves who may participate in their primary elections. As of October 2025, both the Democratic and Republican parties operated aclosed primary where only a voter affiliated with the party may vote in a party's primary.[5]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Voter registration: Tovote in the primary, voters had to register by June 3, 2014. For thegeneral election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[6]

See also:Maryland elections, 2014

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent wasChris Van Hollen (D), who was first elected in 2002.

Maryland's 8th Congressional District encompasses parts of Carroll, Frederick and Montgomery counties.[7]

Candidates

General election candidates


June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic PartyDemocratic Primary

Republican PartyRepublican Primary

Grey.pngThird Party Candidates

Failed to file petition


Election results

General election results

The 8th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. IncumbentChris Van Hollen (D) defeated challengerDave Wallace (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngChris Van HollenIncumbent60.2%127,260
    Republican Dave Wallace39.6%83,711
    Write-in Others0.2%516
Total Votes211,487
Source:Maryland Secretary of State Official Results

Democratic primary

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 Democratic Primary, 2014
CandidateVote %Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngChris Van HollenIncumbent91.3%60,556
George English5.8%3,834
Lih Young2.9%1,950
Total Votes66,340
Source:Maryland State Board of Elections

Key votes

Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the113th Congress.

Government shutdown

See also:United States budget debate, 2013

Nay3.png On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[10] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen.Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[11]Chris Van Hollen voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[12]

Yea3.png The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by theSenate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made bySenate Democrats was to require income verification forObamacare subsidies.[13] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming fromRepublican members.Chris Van Hollen voted for HR 2775.[14]

Campaign contributions

Chris Van Hollen

Chris Van Hollen (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
ReportDate FiledBeginning BalanceTotal Contributions
for Reporting Period		ExpendituresCash on Hand
April Quarterly[15]April 15, 2013$1,996,171.25$67,203.75$(422,691.87)$1,640,683.13
July Quarterly[16]July 15, 2013$1,640,683.13$173,809.62$(83,361.67)$1,731,131.08
October Quarterly[17]October 13, 2013$1,731,131.08$74,512.60$(62,083.28)$1,743,560.40
Year-end[18]January 31, 2014$1,743,560$100,060$(75,778)$1,767,841
April Quarterly[19]April 15, 2014$1,767,841$129,873$(66,209)$1,831,505
July Quarterly[20]July 15, 2014$1,841,994$91,161$(39,001)$1,894,153
Running totals
$636,619.97$(749,124.82)

District history

Candidate ballot access
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2012

The 8th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbentChris Van Hollen (D) won re-election. He defeated Ken Timmerman (R), Mark Grannis (L) and George Gluck (G) in the general election.[21]

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2012
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngChris Van HollenIncumbent63.4%217,531
    Republican Ken Timmerman32.9%113,033
    Libertarian Mark Grannis2.1%7,235
    Green George Gluck1.5%5,064
    N/A Other Write-ins0.1%393
Total Votes343,256
Source:Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Chris Van Hollen won re-election to theUnited States House. He defeated Michael Lee Philips (R), Mark Grannis (L) and Fred Nordhorn (Constitution) in the general election.[22]

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    DemocraticGreen check mark transparent.pngChris Van Hollenincumbent73.3%153,613
    Republican Michael Lee Philips25%52,421
    Libertarian Mark Grannis1.3%2,713
    Constitution Fred Nordhorn0.3%696
    N/A Write-in0.1%224
Total Votes209,667

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
  2. ↑Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
  3. ↑Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
  4. ↑Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements," accessed October 6, 2014
  5. ↑LexisNexis, "Md. Election Code Ann. § 8–202," accessed October 20, 2025
  6. ↑Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Voter Registration Introduction," accessed January 3, 2014
  7. ↑United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  8. ↑8.08.18.28.3Maryland Elections, "Candidate List 2014," accessed August 11, 2014
  9. ↑Dave Wallace for Congress Facebook page, "Info," accessed November 18, 2013
  10. ↑Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  11. ↑Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
  12. ↑Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  13. ↑The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
  14. ↑U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
  15. ↑Federal Election Commission, "Chris Van Hollen April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
  16. ↑Federal Election Commission, "Chris Van Hollen July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
  17. ↑Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
  18. ↑Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
  19. ↑Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
  20. ↑Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 15, 2014
  21. ↑Politico, "2012 Election Map, Maryland"
  22. ↑U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
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