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2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election
type	Congressional
seats_for_election	House of Representatives
ongoing	No
previous_election	2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland#District 4
previous_year	2006
next_election	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland#District 4
next_year	2008 (Nov.)
election_date	June 17, 2008
image1	[[File:Donna Edwards 113th Congress.jpg	x150px]]
candidate1	Donna Edwards
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	16,481
percentage1	80.54%
image2	[[File:No image.svg	x120px]]
candidate2	Peter James
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	3,638
percentage2	17.78%
title	Representative
before_election	Albert Wynn
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Donna Edwards
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
map_image	United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 4 map.png
map_size	300px
country	Maryland

Maryland's 4th congressional district special election of 2008 took place on June 17, 2008, to fill the seat in the United States House of Representatives left vacant by the resignation of Maryland congressman Albert Wynn. Democrat Donna Edwards won the election by a large margin.

Background

Maryland's 4th congressional district seat was vacant after Congressman Albert Wynn resigned on May 31, 2008. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced that a special election would be held on June 17, 2008, to fill the seat for the remainder of the 110th Congress. In order to save time and money, O'Malley signed legislation to allow the Democratic and Republican parties to choose candidates by committee instead of holding primaries. As expected, both parties chose the November general election nominees (who had already been nominated in primaries for that election) as their respective June special election candidates so that either winner would be positioned to run as the party incumbent in November.

Election officials estimated the cost for holding the special election ranged from $1.05 to $1.25 million, which was borne by the taxpayers of the 4th District.

Candidates

Donna Edwards (D), attorney, Democratic general election nominee, 2006 Democratic candidate for Congress
Peter James (R), public Advocate, Republican general election nominee
Thibeaux Lincecum (L)

Results

References

Teitelbaum, Michael. (April 25, 2008). "Maryland's Edwards Gets Nod for House Special to Succeed Primary Rival". CQ Politics.
"[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/17/AR2008041703799.html MARYLAND BRIEFING]", ''The Washington Post'', April 18, 2008.
Rosalind S. Helderman and James Hohmann. (2008-06-17). "Edwards Wins Congressional Seat". [[The Washington Post]].
"2008 Special 4th Congressional General Election Official Results".

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