The 2022 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Maryland. The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on July 19, 2022. Note Archived site contains Primary Election information, but not 'current' version.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen was first elected in 2016 with 60.9% of the vote, winning the seat of retiring incumbent Barbara Mikulski. He ran for a second term against Chris Chaffee, the Republican nominee.
Shortly after polls closed on November 8, 2022, the Associated Press called the race for Van Hollen. He overperformed his 2016 numbers and flipped four counties that he lost in his first election: Anne Arundel (home to the state capital Annapolis), Frederick, Kent, and Talbot.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee Chris Van Hollen, incumbent U.S. senator
Eliminated in primary Michelle Laurence Smith, federal employee and business owner
Endorsements
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee Chris Chaffee, homebuilding contractor and perennial candidate
Eliminated in primary George Davis, engineer Nnabu Eze, IT contractor and perennial candidate Lorie Friend, nurse Reba Hawkins, business owner and candidate for in 2020 Jon McGreevey, a.k.a. Ryan Dark White, adult bookstore employee and believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory Joseph Perez, IT project manager Todd Puglisi, grocery store clerk James Tarantin, entrepreneur John Thormann, contractual consultant
Declined Andy Harris, U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district (2011–present) (ran for re-election) Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland (2015–2023)
Endorsements
Results
Other candidates
Write-in
Declared Scottie Griffin (Democratic) Andrew Wildman (unaffiliated)
General election
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report March 4, 2022 Inside Elections July 1, 2022 Sabato's Crystal Ball June 15, 2022PoliticoApril 1, 2022RCPJanuary 10, 2022Fox News May 12, 2022DDHQJuly 20, 2022538June 30, 2022The EconomistSeptember 7, 2022
Post-primary endorsements
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error ChrisVan Hollen (D) ChrisChaffee (R) Other UndecidedGoucher CollegeGoucher CollegeSeptember 8–12, 2022748 (LV)± 3.6%56%33%2%8%
Chris Van Hollen vs. Larry Hogan
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error Chris LarryHogan (R) Other UndecidedWPA Intelligence (R)WPA Intelligence (R)November 29 – December 1, 2021500 (LV)± 4.4%37%49%–14%Change Research (D)Change Research (D)September 29 – October 1, 2020650 (V)± 4.6%50%34%–16%University of Maryland/Washington PostUniversity of Maryland/Washington PostOctober 9–14, 2019819 (RV)± 4.5%42%50%3%5%
Results
By county
CountyChris Van HollenDemocraticChris ChaffeeRepublicanWrite-inMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%#%Allegany7,24433.5614,32666.36170.08-7,082-32.8121,587Anne Arundel123,69657.3991,47142.443770.1732,22514.95215,544Baltimore175,41764.2397,30735.634020.1578,11028.60273,126Baltimore City129,25790.1513,8499.662800.19115,40880.49143,386Calvert17,00745.4420,38254.46370.10-3,375-9.0237,426Caroline3,58633.657,05466.20160.15-3,468-32.5510,656Carroll27,77538.7843,76161.10900.13-15,986-22.3271,626Cecil12,13236.8620,72562.97560.17-8,593-26.1132,913Charles38,27070.1216,20729.70970.1822,06340.4354,574Dorchester4,94743.126,51156.75150.13-1,564-13.6311,473Frederick58,70855.2647,40644.621190.1111,30210.64106,233Garrett2,60823.168,64776.7870.06-6,039-53.6211,262Harford45,27343.9057,71355.961500.14-12,440-12.06103,136Howard92,20570.9037,61728.922300.1854,58841.97130,052Kent4,46152.953,95046.88140.175116.078,425Montgomery276,48280.5965,95619.236340.18210,52661.36343,072Prince George's218,72691.0421,1278.793980.17197,59982.25240,251Queen Anne's8,71038.1914,06461.67310.14-5,354-23.4822,805Somerset2,65639.024,14660.9150.07-1,490-21.896,807St. Mary's15,65641.6721,86958.21430.11-6,213-16.5437,568Talbot9,02851.338,54848.60130.074802.7317,589Washington19,42040.0029,07259.87640.13-9,652-19.8848,556Wicomico14,29646.9816,10452.92320.10-1,808-5.9430,432Worcester9,33739.1714,48160.75190.08-5,144-21.5823,837 Totals1,316,89765.77682,29334.073,1460.16634,60431.692,002,336 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Anne Arundel (largest municipality: Glen Burnie) Frederick (largest municipality: Frederick) Kent (largest municipality: Chestertown) Talbot (largest municipality: Easton)
By congressional district Van Hollen won seven of eight congressional districts. District Van Hollen Chaffee Representative 42.7% 57.2%Andy Harris 60.8% 39.1%Dutch Ruppersberger62.3%37.5%John Sarbanes91.0%8.9%Anthony Brown (117th Congress)Glenn Ivey (118th Congress) 67.1% 32.8%Steny Hoyer 54.4% 45.5%David Trone 83.4% 16.4%Kweisi Mfume 81.9% 17.9%Jamie Raskin
Notes
Partisan clients
See also Elections in Maryland 2022 United States elections 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election 2022 Maryland Attorney General election 2022 Maryland Senate elections 2022 Maryland Comptroller election 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland 2022 United States gubernatorial elections 2022 Maryland House of Delegates election
References
External links Official campaign websites Chris Chaffee (R) for Senate Chris Van Hollen (D) for Senate