Elections 2018

2018 Elections

As the 2018 election cycle approaches, please check back often to find frequently updated election information.

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What You Want to Know:

2018 Election Cycle

Whatever your political persuasion, there can be no question about the crucial importance of the Federal, State and Local elections taking place on November 6, 2018.   

All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be decided on Election Day 2018. Of the 33 senators, 24 are Democrats, one is an Independent (Angus S. King, Jr., from Maine) who caucuses with the Democrats, eight are Republicans. Thirty nine gubernatorial positions, including Governor Hogan's, will also be on the ballot. Of particular interest to the Eastern Shore is Maryland's First Congressional District where the incumbent, Andy Harris, faces credible Democratic opposition.  
 
In addition, a number of County Commission or Council positions as well as some judicial and states attorneys are in contention. In the Maryland General Assembly, Sen. Steve Hersey, R-36 (challenged by Democrat Heather Sinclair) and Democrat Michael Welker are making a run for one of the three 36th District seats. Running for re-election are Del. Jay Jacobs, R-36 Kent, Del. Steve Arentz, R-36 Queen Anne's, Del. Jeff Ghrist, R-36 Caroline. 

The CSES Van will be visiting all counties to talk to you starting later this month and continuing until October 15, 2018. We will post the schedules.

All comments by email or snail mail will be enthusiastically welcomed and included where appropriate in subsequent editions. 

Our articles will address the Maryland gubernatorial and MD Congressional District 1 races. More information regarding county campaigns will be found on our Elections page. 

CSES and its county network will apply the same professional standards to the elections as we have to the general news over the past year: no partisan rants, only facts and analyses based on them and on the stated positions of the candidates themselves. We will continue to try to interpret the impacts of each on the people living in the nine counties comprising Maryland’s Eastern Shore.  


Useful Information:

Web address of the Maryland Board of Elections:  www.elections.state.md.us/
They post information on all state-wide offices and local offices in all Maryland counties.

Important General Election Dates:
October 16, 2018 – Close of voter registration for the General Election
October 25 – November 1, 2018, 10 AM – 8 PM – Early Voting
November 6, 2018, 7 AM – 8 PM – General Election
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