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This profile of Maryland's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Benjamin Cardin, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Maryland congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Benjamin Cardin
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	Incumbent has primary challenger.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Raymond Blagmon	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Daniel Bongino	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	June 1, 2011	Former Secret Service agent.
William Capps	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Rick Hoover	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	February 3, 2011	Claims Tea Party affiliation.
Eric Wargotz	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011	Was GOP nominee against Barbara Mikulski in 2010.

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Paul Sarbanes

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Michael Steele	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

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Results

Primary winners:	Benjamin Cardin, Michael Steele
General election winner:	Benjamin Cardin

Maryland congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Benjamin Cardin's district offices
Tower I, Suite 1710, 100 South Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 410-962-4436 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Maryland congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=MD-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/MD-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/MD-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/MD-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=MD-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/MD-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/MD-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/MD-Sen

External articles

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