Ben Cardin
Election history

Ben Cardin

Section Title: Election history
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Year	Office	Election	Subject	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%

1986	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	100,161	79.11%	Ross Pierpont	Republican	26,452	20.89%

1988	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	133,779	72.9%	Ross Pierpont	Republican	49,733	27.1%

1990	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	82,545	69.73%	Harwood Nichols	Republican	35,841	30.27%

1992	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	163,354	99.98%	Unopposed

1994	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	117,269	70.97%	Robert Tousey	Republican	47,966	29.03%

1996	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	130,204	67.31%	Patrick McDonough	Republican	63,229	32.69%

1998	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	137,501	77.61%	Colin Harby	Republican	39,667	22.39%

2000	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	169,347	75.66%	Colin Harby	Republican	53,827	24.05%	Joseph Pomykala	Libertarian	238

2002	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	145,589	65.72%	Scott Conwell	Republican	75,721	34.18%

2004	Congress, MD-3	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	182,066	63.39%	Bob Duckworth	Republican	97,008	33.77%	Patsy Allen	Green	4,224	2.75%

2006	MD Senator, Class 1	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	965,567	54.20%	Michael S. Steele	Republican	787,352	44.20%	Kevin Zeese	Green	27,570	1.55%

2012	MD Senator, Class 1	General	Benjamin Cardin	Democratic	1,474,028	56.0%	Dan Bongino	Republican	693,291	26.3%	S. Rob Sobhani	Independent	430,934	16.4%

Sentence(s)

Cardin won the election, taking 56% of the vote to Bongino's 26.3%, Sobhani's 16.4%.

final_sentence: Cardin won the election, taking 56% of the vote to Bongino's 26.3%, Sobhani's 16.4%.