John Rea (Maryland)

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John Rea

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 14, 2024

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John Rea (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 14, 2024.

Biography

Rea was born in Spokane, Washington and lives in Annapolis, Maryland. He received a B.A. from Loyola University Maryland in 1983.

Elections

2024

See also: Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 3

Sarah Elfreth defeated Rob Steinberger and Miguel Barajas in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Elfreth (D)	59.3	236,681
		Rob Steinberger (R)	37.9	151,186
		Miguel Barajas (L)	2.6	10,471
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	862

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 399,200
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sarah Elfreth	36.2	29,459
		Harry Dunn	25.0	20,380
		Clarence Lam	11.7	9,548
		Terri L. Hill	6.5	5,318
		Mark S. Chang	5.0	4,106
		Aisha Khan	2.7	2,199
		Mike Rogers	2.6	2,147
		John Morse	1.8	1,447
		Abigail Diehl	1.7	1,379
		Lindsay Donahue	1.5	1,213
		Juan Dominguez	1.3	1,025
		Michael Coburn	0.7	583
		Malcolm Colombo	0.6	527
		Don Quinn	0.5	408
		Kristin Lyman Nabors	0.5	397
		Jeffrey Woodard	0.4	352
		Gary Schuman	0.4	286
		Mark Gosnell	0.3	221
		Jake Pretot	0.2	162
		Matt Libber	0.2	159
	Submit photo	Stewart Silver	0.1	78
		Dan Rupli	0.0	34

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,428
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Sarbanes (D)
• Vanessa Atterbeary (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rob Steinberger	25.1	8,766
		Arthur Baker Jr.	19.9	6,931
		Bernard Flowers	17.3	6,028
		Joshua Morales	9.1	3,159
		Jordan Mayo	8.4	2,918
	Submit photo	Thomas Harris	8.2	2,857
		Ray Bly	5.8	2,015
	Submit photo	John Rea	3.2	1,120
		Naveed Mian	3.1	1,085

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,879
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2020

See also: Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 3

Incumbent John Sarbanes defeated Charles Anthony in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Sarbanes (D)	69.8	260,358
		Charles Anthony (R)	30.0	112,117
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	731

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 373,206
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3

Incumbent John Sarbanes defeated Joseph Ardito and John Rea in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Sarbanes	82.5	110,457
		Joseph Ardito	13.4	17,877
	Submit photo	John Rea	4.2	5,571

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 133,905
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Carole Brown (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3

Charles Anthony defeated Reba Hawkins, Thomas Harris, Rob Seyfferth, and Joshua Morales in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Anthony	41.7	12,040
		Reba Hawkins	22.6	6,535
	Submit photo	Thomas Harris	16.0	4,623
	Submit photo	Rob Seyfferth	11.1	3,210
		Joshua Morales	8.6	2,487

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,895
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Jette (R)

2018

See also: Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 3

Incumbent John Sarbanes defeated Charles Anthony and David Lashar in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Sarbanes (D)	69.1	202,407
		Charles Anthony (R)	28.3	82,774
		David Lashar (L)	2.6	7,476
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	223

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 292,880 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3

Incumbent John Sarbanes defeated Adam DeMarco, Eduardo Rosas, and John Rea in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Sarbanes	82.3	64,567
		Adam DeMarco	8.6	6,778
		Eduardo Rosas	6.2	4,847
	Submit photo	John Rea	2.9	2,300

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 78,492
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3

Charles Anthony defeated Thomas Harris and Rob Seyfferth in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 3 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Anthony	43.6	6,935
	Submit photo	Thomas Harris	36.0	5,722
	Submit photo	Rob Seyfferth	20.5	3,254

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 15,911
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2016

See also: Maryland's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 3rd Congressional District, incumbent John Sarbanes (D) defeated Mark Plaster (R), Nnabu Eze (G), and Ann Dalrymple (D write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Sarbanes defeated challenger John Rea in the Democratic primary, while Plaster defeated Thomas Harris to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.

U.S. House, Maryland District 3 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Sarbanes Incumbent	63.2%	214,640
	Republican	Mark Plaster	33.9%	115,048
	Green	Nnabu Eze	2.8%	9,461
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	526
Total Votes				339,675
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Sarbanes Incumbent	87.2%	101,355
John Rea	12.8%	14,917
Total Votes		116,272
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 3 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mark Plaster	63.6%	25,455
Thomas Harris	36.4%	14,564
Total Votes		40,019
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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John Rea did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

John Rea did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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John Rea campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Maryland District 3	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Maryland District 3	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Maryland District 3	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Angela Alsobrooks (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

John Olszewski (D)

District 3

Sarah Elfreth (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

April McClain-Delaney (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)