Maryland's primary election Tuesday kicks off an election cycle that will lead to changes in key leadership positions in each layer of government.
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Maryland’s primary election Tuesday kicks off an election cycle that will lead to changes in key leadership positions in each layer of government.
While the nation will be watching as voters pick their party nominees for congressional seats and governor, residents across the state also have important decisions to make at the local level.
The state’s most populous counties have contested primaries for county executive, council seats and positions on the board of education. There are also races for state’s attorney and sheriff across the state.
Only contested races are included below. An asterisk denotes an incumbent candidate. For statewide race results, click here.
Anne Arundel County
County executive
| Democratic candidates |
- James Kitchin 鈥� 5,195 votes (26.86%)
- Kyle Nembhard 鈥� 495 votes (2.56%)
- Allison Pickard 鈥� 8,802 votes (45.51%)
- Pete Smith 鈥� 4,848 votes (25.07%)
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County council 鈥� District 1
| Democratic candidates |
- Robert Kinney 鈥� 254 votes (10.87%)
- Geonta Simmons 鈥� 785 votes (33.6%)
- Kelly Smith 鈥� 1,297 votes (55.52%)
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County council 鈥� District 2
| Democratic candidates |
- Catelyn Middlebrooks 鈥� 1,086 votes (53.76%)
- Will Shorter 鈥� 934 votes (46.24%)
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County council 鈥� District 4
| Democratic candidates |
- Julie Hummer* 鈥� 2,308 votes (76.07%)
- Joshua Peters 鈥� 726 votes (23.93%)
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County council 鈥� District 6
| Democratic candidates |
- Gavin Buckley 鈥� 1,884 votes (47.84%)
- Katie McDermott 鈥� 1,240 votes (31.49%)
- Dominik Prokop 鈥� 323 votes (8.2%)
- Joe Toolan 鈥� 422 votes (10.72%)
- Sean David White 鈥� 69 votes (1.75%)
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County council 鈥� District 7
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- Dillon Aldrich 鈥� 316 votes (23.03%)
- Dawn Pulliam 鈥� 1,056 votes (76.97%)
|
State’s attorney
| 聽Democratic candidates |
- Carolynn Grammas 鈥� 7,165 votes (38.33%)
- Anne Colt Leitess* 鈥� 11,527 votes (61.67%)
|
Sheriff
| 聽Republican candidates |
- Jim Fredericks 鈥� 4,722 votes (67.98%)
- James McNeill 鈥� 2,224 votes (32.02%)
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Frederick County
County executive
| 聽Republican candidates |
- Diane Fouche 鈥� 1,545 votes (42.74%)
- William Holtzinger 鈥� 2,070 votes (57.26%)
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County council 鈥� at-large (vote for up to two)
| Democratic candidates |
Republican candidates |
- Tiffany Grant 鈥� 2,460 votes (28.92%)
- Renee Knapp* 鈥� 2,279 votes (26.79%)
- Sam Newhouse 鈥� 1,634 votes (19.21%)
- Brad Young* 鈥� 2,134 votes (25.09%)
|
- Pamela Ciliberti 鈥� 2,682 votes (49.17%)
- Jack Felton 鈥� 2,772 votes (50.83%)
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County council 鈥� District 1
| Democratic candidates |
- Jenn Alcorn 鈥� 369 votes (32.6%)
- Louisa Conklin 鈥� 648 votes (57.24%)
- Eric Smothers 鈥� 115 votes (10.16%)
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County council 鈥� District 2
| Democratic candidates |
Republican candidates |
- Shelly Beaird-Francois 鈥� 343 votes (40.59%)
- Jamie Shopland 鈥� 502 votes (59.41%)
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- Kai Burhans 鈥� 317 votes (37.56%)
- Dan Iampieri 鈥� 527 votes (62.44%)
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County council 鈥� District 3
| Democratic candidates |
- Christian Benford 鈥� 448 votes (53.27%)
- Natasha Valencia 鈥� 393 votes (46.73%)
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Sheriff
| Democratic candidates |
Republican candidates |
- Karl Bickel 鈥� 1,996 votes (46.32%)
- Jason Cabel Ciemielewski 鈥� 477 votes (11.07%)
- Tony Lawson 鈥� 1,836 votes (42.61%)
|
- Chuck Jenkins* 鈥� 3,150 votes (82.98%)
- Gary Morton 鈥� 646 votes (17.02%)
|
Howard County
County executive
| Democratic candidates |
- Vanessa Atterbeary 鈥� 6,727 votes (57.9%)
- Bob Cockey 鈥� 197 votes (1.7%)
- Deb Jung 鈥� 2,504 votes (21.55%)
- Liz Walsh 鈥� 2,190 votes (18.85%)
|
County council 鈥� District 1
| Democratic candidates |
- Kevin Chin 鈥� 950 votes (42.37%)
- James David Handley 鈥� 822 votes (36.66%)
- Jean Xu 鈥� 470 votes (20.96%)
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County council 鈥� District 2
| Democratic candidates |
- Arinze Malcolm Ifekauche 鈥� 781 votes (35.78%)
- Jessica Nichols 鈥� 1,402 votes (64.22%)
|
County council 鈥� District 3
| Democratic candidates |
- Amir Naviwala 鈥� 400 votes (18.67%)
- Christiana Rigby* 鈥� 1,742 votes (81.33%)
|
County council 鈥� District 4
| Democratic candidates |
- Linfeng Chen 鈥� 693 votes (23.68%)
- Regina Clay 鈥� 457 votes (15.61%)
- Janssen Evelyn 鈥� 1,434 votes (48.99%)
- Shamieka Preston 鈥� 343 votes (11.72%)
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County council 鈥� District 5
| Democratic candidates |
- Cat Carter 鈥� 1,299 votes (75.04%)
- Felita Phillips 鈥� 432 votes (24.96%)
|
Montgomery County
County executive
| Democratic candidates |
Republican candidates |
- Mithun Banerjee 鈥� 976 votes (2.34%)
- Andrew Friedson 鈥� 15,147 votes (36.25%)
- Evan Glass 鈥� 9,343 votes (22.36%)
- Peter James 鈥� 735 votes (1.76%)
- Will Jawando 鈥� 15,580 votes (37.29%)
|
- Shelly Skolnick 鈥� 1,504 votes (39.08%)
- Esther Wells 鈥� 2,345 votes (60.92%)
|
County council 鈥� at-large (vote for up to four)
| Democratic candidates |
- Fatmata Barrie 鈥� 14,169 votes (9.7%)
- Josie Caballero 鈥� 12,081 votes (8.27%)
- Radwan Chowdhury 鈥� 2,916 votes (2%)
- Marc Elrich 鈥� 21,396 votes (14.65%)
- Dana Eugene Gassaway 鈥� 2,750 votes (1.88%)
- Scott Evan Goldberg 鈥� 18,157 votes (12.43%)
- Hamza Khan 鈥� 3,232 votes (2.21%)
- Matt Losak 鈥� 1,893 votes (1.3%)
- Jim McNulty 鈥� 8,644 votes (5.92%)
- Jeremiah Pope 鈥� 7,208 votes (4.94%)
- Laurie-Anne Sayles* 鈥� 18,785 votes (12.86%)
- Prabu Selvam 鈥� 5,314 votes (3.64%)
- Karla Silvestre 鈥� 15,415 votes (10.56%)
- Steve Solomon 鈥� 5,713 votes (3.91%)
- Lelia True 鈥� 3,981 votes (2.73%)
- Vicki Vergagni 鈥� 2,330 votes (1.6%)
- Muhammad Arif Wali 鈥� 2,054 votes (1.41%)
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County council 鈥� District 1
| Democratic candidates |
- Drew Morrison 鈥� 1,409 votes (18.49%)
- Debbie Spielberg 鈥� 2,467 votes (32.38%)
- Julie Yang 鈥� 3,743 votes (49.13%)
|
County council 鈥� District 3
| Democratic candidates |
- Jud Ashman 鈥� 2,749 votes (50.63%)
- Allison Eriksen 鈥� 625 votes (11.51%)
- Izola “Zola” Shaw 鈥� 2,056 votes (37.86%)
|
County council 鈥� District 4
| Democratic candidates |
- Paula Bienenfeld 鈥� 813 votes (11.84%)
- Kate Stewart* 鈥� 5,562 votes (80.98%)
- Peter “Rocky” Whitesell 鈥� 493 votes (7.18%)
|
County council 鈥� District 5
| Democratic candidates |
- Charles Kirchman 鈥� 1,104 votes (18.71%)
- Kristin Mink* 鈥� 4,797 votes (81.29%)
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County council 鈥� District 6
| Democratic candidates |
- Natali Fani-Gonz谩lez* 鈥� 3,125 votes (64.73%)
- Sonia Garcia 鈥� 1,703 votes (35.27%)
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County council 鈥� District 7
| Democratic candidates |
- Van Free 鈥� 618 votes (12.79%)
- Sharif Hidayat 鈥� 842 votes (17.43%)
- Dawn Luedtke* 鈥� 3,371 votes (69.78%)
|
Sheriff
| Democratic candidates |
- Will Milam 鈥� 23,274 votes (64.98%)
- Maxwell Cornelius Uy* 鈥� 12,543 votes (35.02%)
|
Prince George’s County
County executive
| Democratic candidates |
- Aisha Braveboy* 鈥�21,157 votes (71.5%)
- Billy Bridges 鈥� 1,123 votes (3.8%)
- Marcellus Crews 鈥� 802 votes (2.71%)
- Charnell Ferguson 鈥� 2,348 votes (7.94%)
- Gregory Holmes 鈥� 4,160 votes (14.06%)
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County council 鈥� at-large (vote for up to two)
| Democratic candidates |
- Sean Floyd 鈥� 2,230 votes (4.02%)
- Laura Gilchrest 鈥� 2,883 votes (5.2%)
- Sydney Harrison 鈥� 11,304 votes (20.39%)
- Jolene Ivey* 鈥� 20,452 votes (36.89%)
- Jeana Jacobs 鈥� 8,717 votes (15.72%)
- Jennifer Rios 鈥� 2,107 votes (3.8%)
- Keith Washington 鈥� 6,255 votes (11.28%)
- Noah Emmanuel Waters 鈥� 1,500 votes (2.71%)
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County council 鈥� District 1
| Democratic candidates |
- Michelle Garc铆a 鈥� 1,454 votes (63.77%)
- Martin Mitchell 鈥� 770 votes (33.77%)
- Darwin Romero 鈥� 56 votes (2.46%)
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County council 鈥� District 2
| Democratic candidates |
- Daniel Armando Jones 鈥� 392 votes (35.54%)
- Victor Ramirez 鈥� 711 votes (64.46%)
|
County council 鈥� District 4
| Democratic candidates |
- Tim Adams* 鈥� 2,701 votes (63.55%)
- Juliet Agocha 鈥� 602 votes (14.16%)
- Euniesha Davis 鈥� 947 votes (22.28%)
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County council 鈥� District 5
| Democratic candidates |
- Shayla Adams-Stafford* 鈥� 2,303 votes (85.55%)
- Wynton Johnson Sr. 鈥� 389 votes (14.45%)
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County council 鈥� District 6
| Democratic candidates |
Republican candidates |
- Danielle Hunter* 鈥� 2,810 votes (47.72%)
- Dominique Lamb 鈥� 447 votes (7.59%)
- Joel Peebles Jr. 鈥� 2,413 votes (40.98%)
- Crystal Samonica 鈥� 140 votes (2.38%)
- Bertrand Tessa 鈥� 78 votes (1.32%)
|
- Michael Jones II 鈥� 16 votes (40%)
- Jonathan White 鈥� 24 votes (60%)
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County council 鈥� District 9
| Democratic candidates |
- Tamara Davis Brown 鈥� 3,475 votes (54.65%)
- Kim Carter 鈥� 200 votes (3.15%)
- Imara Crooms 鈥� 1,066 votes (16.76%)
- Leslye Dwight 鈥� 197 votes (3.1%)
- Sherman Hardy 鈥� 202 votes (3.18%)
- Jerome Lattisaw 鈥� 74 votes (1.16%)
- Sequan Swint 鈥� 21 votes (.33%)
- Lolita Walker 鈥� 913 votes (14.36%)
- Eleanor Washington 鈥� 211 votes (3.32%)
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State’s attorney
| Democratic candidates |
- Wanika Fisher 鈥� 11,146 votes (37.77%)
- Tara Jackson* 鈥� 16,571 votes (56.15%)
- Karen Piper Mitchell 鈥� 1,793 votes (6.08%)
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Sheriff
| Democratic candidates |
- John D. B. Carr* 鈥� 22,927 votes (80.08%)
- Ron Oliver 鈥� 5,704 votes (19.92%)
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