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Polls In The State Of Maryland Leading Upto The November 6, 2012 General Election

Maryland -  Presidential

Barack Obama  55%
Mitt Romney    36%
Baltomore Sun
October 29, 2012

Maryland - U.S. Senate

Cardin [D]        50%
Bongino [R]      24%
Sobhani [I]        14%
Baltomore Sun
October 29, 2012

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United States Senators of The State of Maryland

Barbara Mikulski (D)
Ben Cardin (D)

United States Representatives of the State of Maryland:

Total number of U S Representatives: 8
Democratic Party: 6
Republican Party: 2

Governor of The State of Maryland

Martin O'Mally (D)

State Senate of The State of Maryland

Total number of Senators: 47
Democratic Party: 35
Republican Party: 12

State House of the State of Maryland

Total number of Representatives: 141
Democratic Party: 98
Republican Party: 43

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND STATE POLITICS

Presidential Election 2012

The State of Maryland is allotted 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.  Maryland being a winner-takes-all state, the candidate that wins in the state will receive 10 electoral votes. There are 538 members of the Electoral College as it it currently constituted and the winning number is 270. [U.S. Electoral College, 2011]

The State of Maryland is a safe Democratic State, and is accordingly described as a Blue State.

Presidential Election 2008
Senator Obama won in Maryland  easily. He received 61.92% of the vote to Senator McCain's 36.47%. [Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2011]

U.S. Senate Election 2012 in Maryland

Primary elections were held on April 3, 2012 and the following  candidates will run in the November 6, 2012 general election.

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin [Incumbent]
Daniel Bongino [R]
S. Rob Sobhani [I]
Brandy Baker [Socialist, Certified Write-in]
Dean Ahmad [Libertarian]
Dennis David [I]

Ben Cardin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. Prior to that he has served as a U.S. House of Representative from 1987 to 2007.

Republican Party candidate Daniel Bongino is a former U.S. Secret Service Agent and previous to that he has been with the New York City Police Department.
[References: State of Maryland Board of Elections, 2012]

U.S. House of Representatives Election 2012 in Maryland

The new Congressional map based on 2010 census was passed by the general assembly and signed in to law by Governor Martin O'Mally on October 20, 2011.
The primary elections were held on April 3, 2012 and following are the candidates in the November 2012 general election:

DISTRICT 1

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris [R] (Incumbent)
Wendy Rosen [D]

Mr. Harris was elected in 2011
Wendy Rosen is a businesswoman.

DISTRICT 2

U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger [D] (Incumbent)
Nancy Jacobs [R]

Nancy Jacobs  is a state senator.

DISTRICT 3

U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes [D] (Incumbent)
Eric Knowles [R]

Eric Knowles was a candidate for Governor in 2010.

DISTRICT 4

U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards [D] (Incumbent)
Faith Loudon [R]

DISTRICT 5

U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer [D] (Incumbent)
Anthony O'Donnell [R]
Jeremy Stinson [I]

Steny Hoyer is the House Minority whip.
Anthony O'Donnell is the Minority Leader of Maryland House of Delegates.

DISTRICT 6

U.S.Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R] (Incumbent)
John Decaney [D]

John Decaney is a Commercial Banker.

DISTRICT 7

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings [D] (Incumbent)
Frank Mirabile [R] 
Robert Brookman [I]

DISTRICT 8

U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen [D] (Incumbent]
Ken Timmerman [R]
George Gluck [Green Party]