2010 Maryland gubernatorial election

The Maryland gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010.[1] The date included the election of the governor, lieutenant governor, and all members of the Maryland General Assembly. Incumbent Democratic governor Martin O'Malley and lieutenant governor Anthony Brown won reelection to a second term in office, defeating Republican former governor Bob Ehrlich and his running mate Mary Kane. Ehrlich had previously lost reelection to O'Malley in 2006. O'Malley and Brown became the first gubernatorial ticket in Maryland history to receive more than one million votes.[2][3] As of 2021, this is the most recent election in which a Democrat was elected Governor of Maryland.

2010 Maryland gubernatorial election
November 2, 2010
 
Nominee Martin O'Malley Bob Ehrlich
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Anthony G. Brown Mary Kane
Popular vote 1,044,961 776,319
Percentage 56.2% 41.8%
County results
O'Malley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Ehrlich:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Martin O'Malley
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Martin O'Malley
Democratic

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin O'Malley (incumbent) 414,595 86.28
Democratic J. P. Cusick 46,411 9.66
Democratic Ralph Jaffe 19,517 4.06
Total votes 480,523 100

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Running mate: Mary Kane, former Maryland Secretary of State
  • Brian Murphy, businessman[7]
  • Running mate: Mike Ryman, former federal and congressional inspector and candidate for the State Senate in 2006[8]
  • Former running mate: Carmen Amedori, former State Delegate[8]

Results
Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Ehrlich 211,428 75.84
Republican Brian Murphy 67,364 24.16
Total votes 278,792 100

Minor party candidates

Constitution Party
  • Eric Delano Knowles
  • Running mate: Michael Hargadon

Green Party
  • Maria Allwine
  • Running mate: Ken Eidel

Libertarian Party
  • Susan Gaztanaga
  • Running mate: Doug McNeil

General election

Polling
Poll source Dates administered Bob
Ehrlich (R)		 Martin
O'Malley (D)
Rasmussen Reports October 24, 2010 42% 52%
Rasmussen Reports October 5, 2010 41% 49%
Washington Post September 22–26, 2010 41% 52%
Rasmussen Reports September 15, 2010 47% 50%
Center Maryland/Opinion Works August 13–18, 2010 41% 47%
Rasmussen Reports August 17, 2010 44% 45%
Gonzales poll July 13–21, 2010 42% 45%
Public Policy Polling July 10–12, 2010 42% 45%
Rasmussen Reports July 12, 2010 47% 46%
Magellan Strategies June 29, 2010 46% 43%
The Polling Company June 8–10, 2010 43% 44%
Rasmussen Reports June 8, 2010 45% 45%
Washington Post May 3–6, 2010 41% 49%
Rasmussen Reports April 20, 2010 44% 47%
Rasmussen Reports February 23, 2010 43% 49%
Gonzales poll September 17, 2009 38% 49%

Results
Maryland gubernatorial election, 2010[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Martin O'Malley (incumbent) 1,044,961 56.24% +3.54%
Republican Bob Ehrlich 776,319 41.79% -4.41%
Libertarian Susan Gaztanaga 14,137 0.76%
Green Maria Allwine 11,825 0.64% -0.26%
Constitution Eric Knowles 8,612 0.46%
Write-ins 2,026 0.11%
Majority 268,642 14.45% +7.92%
Turnout 1,857,880
Democratic hold Swing

Republican voter suppression

In the summer before the election, Ehrlich's campaign hired a consultant who advised that "the first and most desired outcome is voter suppression", in the form of having "African-American voters stay home."[10] To that end, the Republicans placed thousands of Election Day robocalls to Democratic voters, telling them that O'Malley had won, although in fact the polls were still open for some two more hours.[11] The Republicans' call, worded to seem as if it came from Democrats, told the voters, "Relax. Everything's fine. The only thing left is to watch it on TV tonight."[10] The calls reached 112,000 voters in majority-African American areas.[11] In 2011, Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Schurick, was convicted of fraud and other charges because of the calls.[10] Ehrlich denied knowing about the calls.[10]

See also

Maryland General Assembly elections, 2010

References
  1. "Maryland Elections, forthcoming". Msa.md.gov. 1956-11-06. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2010/results/General/StateResults_office_003.html)
  4. http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2010/2010primarycandlist.pdf
  5. "Maryland Gubernatorial Primary Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  6. "Ehrlich Announces Run For Maryland Governor". wjz.com. 2010-03-31. Archived from the original on 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  7. "Brian Murphy for Governor of Maryland. Leading a Return to Principled Governance". Brianmurphy2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  8. Wagner, John (2010-07-06). "Maryland Politics – GOP hopeful Murphy offers second running mate". Voices.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  9. http://elections.state.md.us/elections/2010/results/General/StateResults_office_003.html
  10. Broadwater, Luke (December 6, 2011), "Schurick guilty of election fraud in robocall case", The Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on January 11, 2014, retrieved 2011-12-07
  11. Wagner, John (December 6, 2011), "Ex-Ehrlich campaign manager Schurick convicted in robocall case", The Washington Post, retrieved 2011-12-08
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