Useful Web Links for the 2008 Elections:

Overviews:

Related Link: Special Report: Elections '08

Verify Your Voter Registration and Find Your Polling Location

Maryland State Board of Elections: Rumor Control

Maryland State Board of Elections: Electronic Voting Demonstration

How to Vote by Absentee Ballot
        Absentee Ballot Application

Maryland State Board of Elections

State Campaign Finance Database (search for info on campaign donations and expenditures in state races)

2008 Candidates for Elected Office in Maryland (in .pdf format; 106 pages)

Federal Election Commision

Searchable FEC database (search for info on campaign donations and expenditures in races for president, vice president and Congress)

Presidential Candidates’ Web Sites by Party

Democrat

Republican

Withdrew from race

PW Maryland primary winner or presidential nominee*

*based on unofficial primary election results from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

Democrats:

Biden, Joe
Clinton, Hillary
Dodd, Christopher J.
Edwards, John
Gravel, Mike
Kucinich, Dennis J.
Obama, Barack PW
Richardson, Bill

Republicans:

Giuliani, Rudy
Huckabee, Mike
Hunter, Duncan
Keyes, Alan
McCain, John PW
Paul, Ron
Romney, Mitt
Tancredo, Tom
Thompson, Fred

Maryland Congressional Candidates’ Web Sites by District and party:

Democrat

Republican

PW Primary winner*

*based on unofficial primary election results from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

District 1:

Harper, Steve
Kratovil, Frank M. Jr. PW
Robinson, Christopher Robert
Werner, Joseph
Arminio, Joe
Banks, Robert Joseph
Gilchrest, Wayne T.
Harris, Andy PW
Pipkin, E. J.
Walter, John Leo

District 2 (no primary race):

Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch
Matthews, Richard Pryce

District 3:

Rea, John M.
Sarbanes, John P. PW
Harris, Thomas E. "Pinkston" PW
Panasuk, Christopher
Spause, Paul
Stafford, John

District 4:

Babula, Michael
Edwards, Donna PW
Jennings, Jason
McDermott, George E.
Mitchell, George E.
Wynn, Albert R.
Broadus, Robert
James, Peter PW
Martorano, Vincent
Starkman, Michael Moshe

District 5:

Cusick, James Patrick Sr.
Hoyer, Steny H. PW
Bailey, Collins PW
Dann, Jesse James
Hethmon, Mike

District 6:

Deibert, Robin L.
Dougherty, Jennifer P. PW
Duck, Andrew
Lank, Rick
Smith, Larry John
Bartlett, Roscoe PW
Croft, Tom
Kimble, John B.
Krysztoforski, Joseph T.
Nethken, Frank K.
Hoover, Gary William Sr. (General Election Only)

District 7:

Cummings, Elijah PW
Smith, Charles Ulysses
Bly, Ray
Hargadon, Michael T. PW

District 8:

Van Hollen, Chris PW
Vollmer, Deborah A.
Young, Lih
Hudson, Steven J. PW
Marks, Meyer F.
Mezger, Brian
Roberts, Jay
Stern, Bruce
Crider, Brian

--compiled by Maryland Newsline's David Byers and Michelle Williams, with updates by James K. Sanborn

Copyright © 2008 University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism

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