Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | results | candidates |
| maryland 1 | wayne gilchrest | republican | 1990 | re - elected | wayne gilchrest (r) 69% irving pinder (d) 31% |
| maryland 2 | robert ehrlich | republican | 1994 | re - elected | robert ehrlich (r) 69% kenneth bosley (d) 31% |
| maryland 3 | ben cardin | democratic | 1986 | re - elected | ben cardin (d) 78% colin harby (r) 22% |
| maryland 4 | albert wynn | democratic | 1992 | re - elected | albert wynn (d) 86% john kimble (r) 14% |
| maryland 5 | steny hoyer | democratic | 1981 | re - elected | steny hoyer (d) 66% robert ostrom (r) 34% |
| maryland 6 | roscoe bartlett | republican | 1992 | re - elected | roscoe bartlett (r) 63% timothy mccown (d) 37% |
| maryland 7 | elijah cummings | democratic | 1996 | re - elected | elijah cummings (d) 86% kenneth kondner (r) 14% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1998
Statement:
ben cardin was re - elected before elijah cummings
Answer:
supported