Maryland House, Senate Races Could Determine Control of Congress

Maryland hasn’t had a Republican in the Senate for nearly 40 years.

A voter casts their ballot at a polling place at the Baltimore War Memorial Building during the midterm primary election in Baltimore, Md., on July 19, 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

SILVER SPRING, Md.—Two key contests in Maryland could help determine control of Congress come January: the races for the Senate and the Sixth Congressional District.

In a movie theater in downtown Silver Spring, Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) led a chant one week ahead of the May 14 primary: he said “Beat” and his supporters responded “Hogan!”