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| Turnout | 49.26%  9.80%[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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    Moore: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Cox: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Maryland. Incumbent Governor Larry Hogan was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. This was the first gubernatorial election where both parties' nominees for lieutenant governor were women.[2]
The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on July 19,[3] with state delegate Dan Cox securing the Republican nomination, while author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore won the Democratic nomination. Political observers gave Moore a strong chance of defeating Cox in the general election, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans 2-to-1 in the state. Shortly after polls closed, several national news organizations called the election for Moore. Moore became the first African-American governor of Maryland after being sworn in on January 18, 2023.[4]
This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential election, and one of three that voted for Biden by double-digits. Moore flipped six counties Hogan won in 2018, and his electoral strength largely came from densely populated Prince George's County, Montgomery County, and Baltimore City, where he improved on the margins of 2018 Democratic nominee Ben Jealous by roughly 20 percent. Moore won more than twice as many votes as Cox, with his landslide margin of victory the highest of any gubernatorial candidate in the state since William Donald Schaefer in 1986.[5]
- ^ "Official Turnout (By Party and County)" (PDF). elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ Portnoy, Jenna (October 29, 2022). "Candidates for Md. lieutenant governor emphasize their immigrant pasts". Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Leckrone, Bennett (March 15, 2022). "Md. Primary Pushed Back to July 19". Maryland Matters. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ DePuyt, Bruce (November 8, 2022). "Barriers fall as Wes Moore is declared victor, Maryland's first Black governor". Maryland Matters. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ Janesch, Sam (November 18, 2022). "Wes Moore's 30-point landslide improved over previous Democratic candidates' margins in every corner of Maryland". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 18, 2022.