The major-party filing deadline to run for elected office in Maryland is on January 24, 2020. In Maryland, prospective candidates may file for the following congressional offices:
- All eight U.S. House seats
- Neither U.S. Senate seat is up for election in 2020
The primary is scheduled for April 28, and the general election is scheduled for November 3, 2020.
An additional special election is scheduled for one of the seats, Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, due to the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) on October 17, 2019. The filing deadline for the special election passed on November 20, 2019, the primary is on February 4, and the general election is on April 28. The winner of the special election will complete the remainder of Cummings’ term, which concludes in January 2021.
Maryland’s statewide filing deadline is the 10th to take place in the 2020 election cycle. The next statewide filing deadline is on January 25 in West Virginia.
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Additional reading:
United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2020
Maryland’s 7th Congressional District special election, 2020
Ballot access for major and minor party candidates
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