District: Maryland - 2nd District Political Highlights: Democratic nominee for Md. Senate, 1978; Baltimore County Council, 1985-94; Baltimore County executive, 1994-2002 Born: January 31, 1946; Baltimore, Md. Residence: Cockeysville Religion: Methodist Family: Wife, Kay Ruppersberger; two children Education: U. of Maryland, attended 1963-67; U. of Baltimore, J.D. 1970 Elected: 2002 Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Commerce-Justice-Science; Defense; Homeland Security) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 74th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 18,818 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2002 Election Results
Candidate
C.A. Ruppersberger (D) Helen Bentley (R)
Votes
105,718 88,954
%
54.2% 45.6%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
C.A. Ruppersberger (D) Jane Brooks (R) Keith Salkowski (GREEN)
Votes
164,751 75,812 6,508
%
66.6% 30.7% 2.6%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
C.A. Ruppersberger (D) Jimmy Mathis (R)
Votes
135,818 60,195
%
69.2% 30.7%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
C.A. Ruppersberger (D) Richard Matthews (R) Lorenzo Gaztanaga (LIBERT)
Votes
198,578 68,561 8,786
%
71.9% 24.8% 3.2%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
C.A. Ruppersberger (D) Marcelo Cardarelli (R) Lorenzo Gaztanaga (LIBERT)
Votes
134,133 69,523 5,090
%
64.2% 33.3% 2.4%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
C.A. Ruppersberger (D) Nancy Jacobs (R) Leo Dymowski (LIBERT) Ray Bly (R)
Votes
194,088 92,071 9,344 22
%
65.6% 31.1% 3.2% 0.0%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
C.A. Ruppersberger (D) David Banach (R) Ian Schlakman (GREEN)
