Wes Moore is in. So are Dan Cox and Ed Hale Sr. Larry Hogan is out.
The race for governor tops the list of campaigns for Maryland’s 2026 election season.
But there will be far more than just the governor’s race on the ballot, and scores of candidates are lining up for a shot at public office, from county council seats to the U.S. Congress.
Here is who filed to run for office in key races by the deadline at 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
Governor
Democrats: Eric S. Felber; Ralph Jaffe (died Feb. 6.); Wes Moore (incumbent).
Republicans: Carl A. Brunner Jr.; L.D. Burkindine; Dan Cox; Ed Hale; Douglas Larcomb; John A. Myrick; Michael Oakes; Nancy Jane Taylor; Kurt Wedekind.
Other: Andy Ellis, seeking Green Party nomination.
Attorney General
Democrat: Anthony Brown (incumbent).
Republicans: None.
Comptroller
Democrat: Brooke Lierman (incumbent).
Republican: Sonya Dunn.
U.S. House of Representatives
1st Congressional District (Eastern Shore, Harford, Cecil and parts of Baltimore counties)
Democrats: Victor Allen Guidice; Dan Schwartz; George Walish; Randi White.
Republicans: Chris Bruneau; Andy Harris (incumbent).
Unaffiliated: Edward Shlikas.
2nd Congressional District (Parts of Baltimore City and Baltimore and Carroll counties)
Democrats: Johnny Olszewski Jr. (incumbent); Clint Spellman Jr.
Republicans: Nnabu Eze; Dave Wallace.
3rd Congressional District (Howard and parts of Anne Arundel and Carroll counties)
Democrats: Jennifer Cross; Austin Dyches; Sarah Elfreth (incumbent); Sean Hammond; Robert Gerald Morrison.
Republicans: Ray Bly; Berney Flowers; John White.
4th Congressional District (Parts of Prince George’s and Montgomery counties)
Democrats: Joseph Gomes; Shavonne N. Hedgepeth; Glenn Ivey (incumbent); Jakeya Johnson; Jonathan D. White.
Republicans: George E. McDermott.
5th Congressional District (Parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George’s and Charles, Calvert and St. Mary’s counties)
Democrats: Mark Arness; Rushern L. Baker III; Quincy Bareebe; Wala Blegay; Adrian Boafo; Reuben B. Collins II; Ellis D. Colvin; Harry Dunn; Arthur Ellis; Elldwnia English; Terry Antonio Jackson II; Harry Jarin; Walter Kirkland; Jerry Lightfoot; Heather Luper; James Anderson Makle Jr.; Leigha Messick; Keith Salkowski; Kenneth Simons; Alexis Solis; Tracy Starr; Dave Sundberg; Harold Tolbert; Nicole A. Williams.
Republicans: Chris Chaffee; Bryan DuVal Cubero; Michelle Talkington.
Unaffiliated: Brian S. Jordan.
Write-in: Mildred Marie Hall.
6th Congressional District (Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick and part of Montgomery County)
Democrats: George Gluck; Alexis Goldstein; Daniel M. Krakower; April McClain Delaney (incumbent); David J. Trone; Ethan P. Wechtaluk; Kiambo “Bo” White; A. Mark Wilks.
Republicans: Chris Burnett; Robin Ficker; Mariela Roca.
Other: Moshe Y. Landman, seeking the Green Party nomination.
7th Congressional District (Parts of Baltimore and Baltimore County)
Democrats: Mark S. Conway Jr.; Tashi K. Davis; Theo R. Gillespie; Kweisi Mfume (incumbent).
Republican: Scott M. Collier.
8th Congressional District (Parts of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties)
Democrats: J. D. Kumar; Stephen Alan Leon; Jamie Raskin (incumbent); Boris Kabel Velasquez.
Republicans: Anita Mpambara Cox; Donald L. Lech; Cheryl Riley; Michael Yadeta.
Other: Nancy Wallace, seeking the Green Party nomination.
Anne Arundel County Executive
Democrats: James Kitchin; Kyle A. Nembhard; Allison M. Pickard; Pete Smith.
Republican: Dave Crawford.
Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney
Democrat: Carolynn Grammas; Anne Colt Leitess (incumbent).
Republicans: None filed.
Anne Arundel County Sheriff
Democrat: Everett Sesker (incumbent).
Republicans: Jim Fredericks; James H. McNeill.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney
Democrat: Ivan Bates (incumbent).
Republicans: None filed.
Baltimore City Sheriff
Democrats: Sam Cogen (incumbent); Sabrina Tapp-Harper.
Republicans: None filed.
Baltimore County Executive
Democrats: Julian Jones; Izzy Patoka; Mansoor Shams; Nick Stewart; Pat Young.
Republicans: Patrick V. Dyer; Kimberley Stansbury.
Unaffiliated: Rob Daniels.
Baltimore County State’s Attorney
Democrat: Sarah R. David; Lauren Lipscomb; Scott Shellenberger (incumbent).
Republicans: None filed.
Baltimore County Sheriff
Democrat: Clyde Boatwright; William Merrill III; Adam Schuster.
Republican: Michael F. Burke.
Unaffiliated: Dana R. Robinson.
Howard County Executive
Democrats: Vanessa Atterbeary; Bob Cockey; Deb Jung; Liz Walsh.
Republicans: None.
Howard County State’s Attorney
Democrat: Rich Gibson (incumbent).
Republicans: None filed.
Howard County Sheriff
Democrats: Marcus Harris (incumbent).
Republicans: None filed.
Montgomery County Executive
Democrats: Mithun Banerjee; Andrew Friedson; Evan Glass; Peter James; Will Jawando.
Republicans: Shelly Skolnick; Esther Wells.
Montgomery County State’s Attorney
Democrat: John McCarthy (incumbent).
Republicans: None filed.
Montgomery County Sheriff
Democrats: Will Milam; Maxwell Cornelius Uy (incumbent).
Republicans: None filed.
Prince George’s County Executive
Democrats: Aisha Braveboy (incumbent); Billy W. Bridges; Marcellus Crews; Charnell D. Ferguson; Gregory Holmes.
Republicans: None filed.
Prince George’s County State’s Attorney
Democrats: Wanika Fisher; Tara Jackson (incumbent); Karen Piper Mitchell.
Republicans: None filed.
Prince George’s County Sheriff
Democrats: John D.B. Carr (incumbent); Ron Oliver.
Republicans: None filed.
Correction: This article has been updated to correct that Brian S. Jordan is running in the 5th Congressional District.





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