2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2008 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election Congressional House of Representatives No 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland#District 4 2006 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland#District 4 2008 (Nov.) June 17, 2008 x150px Donna Edwards Democratic Party (United States) 16,481 80.54% x120px Peter James Republican Party (United States) 3,638 17.78% Representative Albert Wynn Democratic Party (United States) Donna Edwards Democratic Party (United States) United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 4 map.png 300px 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.http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002711782 April 25, 2008 Maryland's Edwards Gets Nod for House Special to Succeed Primary Rival Michael Teitelbaum CQ Politics Donna Edwards... will be the Democratic nominee, and the almost certain winner... dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080918054630/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=news-000002711782 September 18, 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."MARYLAND BRIEFING", The Washington Post, April 18, 2008. 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.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702762.html Edwards Wins Congressional Seat Rosalind S. Helderman and James Hohmann 2008-06-17 2008-06-18 The Washington Post 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 Maryland's 4th congressional district special election, 2008http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2008/2008_special_4th_congressional_general_results.html 2008 Special 4th Congressional General Election Official Results Democratic Party (United States) Donna Edwards 16,481 80.54 Republican Party (United States) Peter James 3,638 17.78 Libertarian Party (United States) Thibeaux Lincecum 216 1.06 Write-ins 127 0.62 20,462 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives External links Donna Edwards campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20080509125420/http://donnaedwardsforcongress.com/ May 9, 2008 Peter James campaign website https://web.archive.org/web/20080510071317/http://peterjames08.com/ May 10, 2008 References 30em Maryland 2008 04 Maryland 2008 04 2008 04 Special Maryland 04 Special United States House of Representatives 04 Special United States House of Representatives 2008 04 Maryland 04