The Green Papers: Maryland 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:6,185,278 (2.00% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:10(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
Capital:Annapolis
 

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Maryland State and Local Government

Maryland Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


The Democratic and Republican Parties nominate by Primary. The Green and Libertarian parties nominate by TBD. The Bread and Roses Party may nominate by Convention.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 1 May 2023: Senator Cardin will not seek re-election in 2024: "I have run my last election and will not be on the ballot in 2024, ..."
 Candidate list (17)
  Candidate Democratic     Prince George's County Executive  Angela D. Alsobrooks
FEC S4MD00327; 30 Sep 23; Tot $3,256,404; Dsb $1,150,273
  Candidate Democratic     Marcellus Crews
FEC S4MD00392
  Candidate Democratic     Juan Dominguez
FEC S4MD00350; 30 Sep 23; Tot $248,135; Dsb $210,412
  Candidate Democratic     Brian Edward Frydenborg
FEC S4MD00368
  Candidate Democratic     former Charlottesville Virginia School Superintendant Scottie J. Griffin
  Candidate Democratic     Jerome Segal
  Candidate Democratic     Steven Henry "Steve" Seuferer
FEC S4MD00277
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  David J. Trone
4 May 2023: Candidate for U.S. Senate in 2024.
Member of Congress CD 6

FEC S4MD00319; 30 Sep 23; Tot $9,978,838; Dsb $9,745,376
  Candidate Democratic     Andrew Jaye "A. J." Wildman
  Candidate Republican     Ray Bly
  Candidate Republican     Robin Ficker
FEC S4MD00293; 30 Sep 23; Tot $209,602; Dsb $207,933
  Candidate Republican     Lorie R. Friend
FEC S2MD00602; 30 Sep 23; Tot $627; Dsb $3,220
  Candidate Republican     Christopher Robert "Chris" Puleo
FEC S4MD00285
  Candidate Republican     John Teichert
FEC S4MD00400
  Candidate Independent     Shaunesi Yvette DeBerry
FEC S4MD00335 or S4MD00343

FEC S4MD00335
  Candidate Independent     Emmanuel Onyekachi "Emmanuel" Osuchukwu
FEC S4MD00376
  Candidate Independent     Michael Ray "Mike" Sigmon
Resident of West Virginia.
15 December 2023: Filed with the FEC H4MD07090 for US House CD 8.
23 December 2023: Filed with the FEC S4MD00418 for US Senate Class 1.

FEC H4MD07090

Class 3 Democratic Senator  Christopher "Chris" Van Hollen, Jr.
Previously served in the U.S. Congress elected: 2002-2014. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2016; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor  Wes Moore
First elected: 2022.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Elected on same ticket with the Governor. No separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Aruna Miller
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Undetermined);
7 Democratic (5 Undetermined, 2 Open)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress  Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (7) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Blane H. Miller, III
  Candidate Democratic     Blessing T. Oluwadare
FEC H4MD01168 or H4MD01176

FEC H4MD01168
  Candidate Democratic     Isaac Toyos
FEC H4MD01150
  Candidate Republican     Christopher Marc "Chris" Bruneau, Sr.
FEC H4MD01143; 30 Sep 23; Tot $68,617; Dsb $37,177
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Andrew P. "Andy" Harris
FEC H8MD01094; 30 Sep 23; Tot $518,634; Dsb $394,195
  Candidate Republican     Michael Scott Lemon
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Christen Erika Johnson
FEC H4MD01135

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress  Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III
First elected: 2002
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Bryan Scott Moore
FEC H4MD02216
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Charles Albert Dutch "C.A. Dutch" Ruppersberger, III
FEC H2MD02160; 30 Sep 23; Tot $275,285; Dsb $360,935
  Candidate Democratic     Clint Spellman, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     Dave Wallace

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  John Peter Spyros Sarbanes
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 26 October 2023: "Announcing today that I won't be running for reelection in 2024."
 Candidate list (17) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Mark S. Chang
FEC H4MD03222
  Candidate Democratic     Malcolm Thomas Colombo
  Candidate Democratic     Abigail "Abby" Diehl
FEC H4MD03206
  Candidate Democratic     Lindsay Donahue
27 October 2023: Filed with the Maryland Secretary of State for CD 3 after withdrawing from CD 5.

FEC H4MD05227
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Sarah Kelly Elfreth
FEC H4MD03156
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Terri L. Hill
FEC H4MD03172
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Clarence M. Lam
FEC H4MD03198
  Candidate Democratic     Matt Libber
  Candidate Democratic     Kristin Anne Lyman Nabors
FEC H4MD03131
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Michael J. "Mike" Rogers
FEC H4MD03180
  Candidate Democratic     Stewart Fred Silver
  Candidate Republican     Bernard "Berney" Flowers
FEC H4MD03149
  Candidate Republican     Jordan Ashlee Mayo
FEC H4MD03214
  Candidate Republican     Naveed Mian
  Candidate Republican     Bertony Paul
  Candidate Republican     John Rea
  Candidate Republican     Robert J. "Rob" Steinberger

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Member of Congress  Glenn F. Ivey
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (6) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Elijah Coker
FEC H4MD04188
  Candidate Democratic     Joseph B. Gomes
  Candidate Democratic     Celeste Chizoba Iroha
FEC H4MD04170
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Glenn F. Ivey
FEC H2MD04315; 30 Sep 23; Tot $356,507; Dsb $183,781
  Candidate Democratic     Gabriel Njinimbot
FEC H4MD04162; 30 Sep 23; Tot $55,798; Dsb $31,216
  Candidate Republican     George McDermott

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Member of Congress  Steny Hamilton Hoyer
First elected in a special election: May 1981 re: Congress declaring Congresswoman Gladys Spellman's seat vacant due to her coma.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (8) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Quincy Bareebe
  Candidate Democratic     Andrea Lynn Crooms
FEC H4MD05201; 30 Sep 23; Tot $28,340; Dsb $5,306
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Steny Hamilton Hoyer
FEC H2MD05155; 30 Sep 23; Tot $625,705; Dsb $568,849
  Candidate Democratic     Sean Gregory McKelvey
FEC H4MD05185
  Candidate Democratic     Leonard "Lenny" Proctor
  Candidate Democratic     Joey Thompson
FEC H4MD05193
  Candidate Democratic     McKayla Wilkes
  Candidate Republican     Michelle Talkington
FEC H4MD05219; 30 Sep 23; Tot $209; Dsb $9

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress  David J. Trone
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 4 May 2023: Candidate for U.S. Senate in 2024.
 Candidate list (22) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     April McClain Delaney
FEC H4MD06340
  Candidate Democratic     George Gluck
  Candidate Democratic     Geoffrey Grammer
FEC H4MD06324; 30 Sep 23; Tot $238,982; Dsb $83,988
  Candidate Democratic     Ashwani Jain
FEC H4MD06332; 30 Sep 23; Tot $20,267; Dsb $8,077
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Lesley J. Lopez
FEC H4MD06233; 30 Sep 23; Tot $104,349; Dsb $54,622
  Candidate Democratic     Hagerstown Mayor  Tekesha Martinez
FEC H4MD06282; 30 Sep 23; Tot $151,070; Dsb $38,032
  Candidate Democratic     Mia Mason
?
  Candidate Democratic     Stephen R. McDow, II
  Candidate Democratic     former Chevy Chase Vice Mayor Joel Martin Rubin
FEC H6MD08523; 30 Sep 23; Tot $86,740; Dsb $36,415
  Candidate Democratic     Montgomery County Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles
FEC H4MD06316; 30 Sep 23; Tot $27,059; Dsb $13,652
  Candidate Democratic     state Delegate  Joseph "Joe" Vogel
FEC H4MD06225; 30 Sep 23; Tot $252,813; Dsb $93,374
  Candidate Democratic     Destiny Drake West
FEC H4MD06266; 30 Sep 23; Tot $8,500; Dsb $5,851
  Candidate Republican     Woodsboro Burgess (Mayor)  Heath Barnes
FEC H4MD06308; 30 Sep 23; Tot $13,037; Dsb $6,340
  Candidate Republican     former state Delegate Daniel L. "Dan" Cox
4 July 2023: Mr. Cox states that he has not filed to run for Congress after a Statement of Candidacy H4MD06274 was filed to run in CD 6 with the FEC on 3 July. "I have not filed. We've reported this matter to the FEC for fraud."
30 October 2023: Filed with the FEC H4MD06357 and announced he was running for CD 6.

FEC H4MD06357
  Candidate Republican     Christopher "Chris" Hyser
FEC H4MD06258; 30 Sep 23; Tot $49,732; Dsb $10,161
  Candidate Republican     former state Delegate Neil Conrad Parrott
FEC H0MD06231; 30 Sep 23; Tot $38,280; Dsb $62,078
  Candidate Republican     Todd A. Puglisi
  Candidate Republican     Mariela Roca
FEC H2MD08183; 30 Sep 23; Tot $100,775; Dsb $85,889
  Candidate Republican     Tom Royals
FEC H4MD06290; 30 Sep 23; Tot $160,383; Dsb $57,846
  Candidate Republican     former state Delegate Brenda J. Thiam
FEC H4MD06241; 30 Sep 23; Tot $24,221; Dsb $13,491
  Candidate Green     Moshe Y. Landman
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Frederick County Board of Education Member  Jason "Mr. J" Johnson

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress  Kweisi Mfume
First elected: 1986, re-elected: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994. Resigned 15 February 1996 to take the position of Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; re-elected in a Special Election: 28 April 2020 [re: passing of Member of Congress Elijah E. Cummings].
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Kweisi Mfume
FEC H6MD07020; 30 Sep 23; Tot $138,723; Dsb $104,499
  Candidate Republican     Wayne McNeal
For Freedom
  Candidate Republican     Lorrie A. Sigley
  Candidate People's     Michael Ervin Scott
FEC H4MD12025

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress  Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Eric Felber
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin
FEC H6MD08457; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,226,826; Dsb $736,062
 28 December 2022: Member of Congress Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin announced that he has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Attorney General  Anthony Gregory Brown
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Comptroller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Comptroller  Brooke Elizabeth Lierman
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 13 incumbents, 53 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 27 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party
  People's: 1 candidate
  Progressive
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 3 candidates
  Unaffiliated: 2 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Maryland State Board of Elections
Democratic
  Maryland Democratic Party
Republican
  Maryland Republican Party
Third Party
  Constitution Party of Maryland Effective 27 June 2006 the Maryland affiliate of the Constitution Party voted to disaffiliate from the national Constitution Party.
  Justice Party of Maryland
  Libertarian Party of Maryland
  Maryland Green Party
  Progressive Maryland
  The Unity Party of Maryland
Media & others
  Arbutus Times (The Baltimore Sun)
  Baltimore Jewish Times
  Baltimore Messenger - Towson
  Baltimore Sun
  Bay Weekly - Chesapeake
  Columbia Flier
  Cumberland Times-News
  DiamondbackOnline.com - University of Maryland
  Howard County Times
  MarylandReporter.com - Columbia
  MarylandReporter.com - Columbia
  Owings Mills Times
  Politics1.com - Maryland
  The Baltimore Sun - Laurel Leader
  The Frederick News-Post
  The Jeffersonian - Baltimore County
  The Star Democrat - Easton
  The Washington Post (Metro)
  Towson Times - Columbia
  WBFF TV - FOX / WNUV TV - WB - Baltimore
  WDVM and DCW50
  WJZ TV - CBS - Baltimore
  WMAR TV-2 (ABC - Baltimore)

 


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