Chris Van Hollen Democratic Chris Van Hollen Democratic The 2022 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Maryland.

[1] Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen was first elected in 2016 with 60.9% of the vote, winning the seat of retiring incumbent Barbara Mikulski.

He ran for a second term against Chris Chaffee, the Republican nominee.

[2] Shortly after polls closed on November 8, 2022, the Associated Press called the race for Van Hollen.

[3] He overperformed his 2016 numbers and flipped four counties that he lost in his first election: Anne Arundel (home to the state capital Annapolis), Frederick, Kent, and Talbot.