What’s the job: The state’s tax collector and accountant and, along with the governor and treasurer, one of three votes on a board that approves certain state spending and contracts.

Democrat

Name: Brooke Elizabeth Lierman

Age: 47

Personal: Married, two children.

Education: Bachelor’s degree, history, Dartmouth College; Juris Doctor, University of Texas Law School.

Experience: Comptroller of Maryland since 2023; served two terms in the House of Delegates from District 46; practiced as a civil rights and disability rights attorney at Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP; clerked at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Republican

Name: Sonya Dunn

Personal: Husband, Troy, and four adult children.

Education: Candidate for Doctor of Business Administration in Finance, Liberty University; Master of Arts in Procurement and Acquisitions Management, Webster University; Master of Business Administration, American University; Master of Arts in Producing for Film and Video, University of Central Oklahoma; Bachelor of Arts in Film, Radio, and Television Production with a minor in Business, University of Central Oklahoma.

Experience: Sonya Dunn is the founder and chief executive officer of JEMH Enterprises LLC. She has served as a strategic partner to the U.S. Department of Defense, participated in U.S. Department of State international economic partnership programs, and supported military families in Europe as a senior advisor with the American Red Cross. For more than five years, Dunn produced and hosted MilitaryHomeLife, a radio program, television program, podcast, and magazine focused on the military life experience.