2022 Maryland Comptroller election
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Nominee Brooke Lierman Barry Glassman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,223,044 761,422
Percentage 61.6% 38.3%
County results
Lierman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Glassman:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Comptroller before election

Peter Franchot
Democratic

Elected Comptroller

Brooke Lierman
Democratic

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The 2022 Maryland Comptroller election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next Comptroller of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot declined to run for a fifth term and instead ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Maryland.[1]

Democratic primary

Bowie mayor Tim Adams finished second in the primary.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Tim Adams
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Brooke Lierman
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Declined to endorse
State legislators

Debates and forums

2022 Maryland Democratic Comptroller primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Tim Adams Brooke Lierman
1[41] Jan 19, 2022 Western Charles
Democratic Club
Veterans Democratic Club
of Charles and Vicinity 		Derrick Terry Facebook P P
2[42] Mar 22, 2022 Prince George's Young
Men's Democratic Club 		Monica Goldson N/A P P
3 Mar 30, 2022 Our Revolution Maryland Andrew Saundry YouTube P P
4[43] Mar 30, 2022 Bowie State University
Maryland Black
Chamber of Commerce 		Micheal McGee Facebook P A
5[44] Apr 12, 2022 Bowie, Maryland Gary Allen
Sue Livera 		YouTube A P
6[45][46] Apr 14, 2022 Salisbury Area
Chamber of Commerce
Greater Salisbury Committee
Salisbury University PACE 		Hannah Cechini N/A P P
7[47] May 31, 2022 League of Women Voters
Maryland Matters 		Josh Kurtz Panopto P P

Fundraising

Primary campaign finance activity through July 3, 2022
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Tim Adams $2,725,992 $2,411,814 $585,308
Brooke Lierman $2,321,020 $2,524,487 $384,826
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections[48]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Tim
Adams 		Brooke
Lierman 		Other Undecided
Goucher College June 15–19, 2022 403 (LV) ± 4.9% 14% 28% 4% 54%
OpinionWorks May 27 – June 2, 2022 562 (LV) ± 4.1% 19% 28% 1% 52%
HIT Strategies (D)[A] March 17–23, 2022 504 (LV) ± 4.5% 15% 10% – 75%
Gonzales Research (D)[B] May 17–22, 2021 301 (LV) ± 5.8% 16% 13% – 71%
Change Research (D)[C] September 29 – October 1, 2020 – (LV)[b] ± 5.0% 3% 6% 26%[c] 68%

Results

Results by county
  Lierman
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
  Adams
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results[49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brooke Lierman 422,815 66.23%
Democratic Tim Adams 215,564 33.77%
Total votes 638,379 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Barry Glassman
Organizations
Declined to endorse
Organizations

Debates and forums

2022 Maryland Republican Comptroller primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Barry Glassman
1[43] Mar 30, 2022 Bowie State University
Maryland Black
Chamber of Commerce 		Micheal McGee Facebook A
2[45][46] Apr 14, 2022 Salisbury Area
Chamber of Commerce
Greater Salisbury Committee
Salisbury University PACE 		Hannah Cechini N/A P

Fundraising

Primary campaign finance activity through July 3, 2022
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Barry Glassman $305,730 $287,945 $459,261
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections[48]

Results

Republican primary results[49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Glassman 232,414 100.0%
Total votes 232,414 100.0%

General election

Debates and forums

2022 Maryland Comptroller debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Brooke Lierman Barry Glassman
1[52][53][54] August 20, 2022 Maryland Association
of Counties 		Mileah Kromer
Pamela Wood 		N/A P P
2[55][56][57] October 6, 2022 Maryland League
of Women Voters 		Josh Kurtz YouTube P P
3[58] October 18, 2022 Maryland State
Bar Association 		Tom Hall YouTube P A

Endorsements

Brooke Lierman (D)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Barry Glassman (R)
State officials
Labor unions
Organizations
  • Maryland Farm Bureau[73]
Newspapers
Declined to endorse
State legislator

Fundraising

Primary campaign finance activity through November 15, 2022
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Brooke Lierman $3,640,557 $4,040,817 $188,033
Barry Glassman $399,332 $802,505 $38,304
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections[48]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Brooke
Lierman (D) 		Barry
Glassman (R) 		Other Undecided
OpinionWorks October 20–23, 2022 982 (LV) ± 3.1% 57% 29% – –
Goucher College September 8–12, 2022 748 (LV) ± 3.6% 48% 35% 1%[d] 17%

Results

2022 Maryland Comptroller election[76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Brooke Lierman 1,223,044 61.56% -10.51%
Republican Barry Glassman 761,422 38.33% +10.54%
Write-in 2,244 0.11% -0.03%
Total votes 1,986,710 100.0%
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Democratic primary voter subsample of full sample of 650 voters
  3. ^ "Other candidates" with 8%; would not vote with 6%; Feldman with 5%; Rosapepe and Tucker with 2%
  4. ^ "Some other candidate" (volunteered response) with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Adams's campaign
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Douglas J. J. Peters
  3. ^ This poll was sponsored by Our Voice Maryland.

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