Maryland’s candidate filing deadline is 9 p.m. Tuesday, so barring any last minute entrants the shape of state and local races is set.
The top of the ticket in Montgomery County is the contest for county executive. Three high-profile County Council members are jockeying for the Democratic nomination, which in this deep-blue county all but assures victory in the November general election.
Only one of the County Council’s four at-large members is running for reelection, and the openings have attracted a crowd. Seventeen candidates are vying for the four seats.
The race for three District 39 state delegate seats will be another one to watch. A team of incumbents has recruited a new candidate to join their campaign slate in an attempt to edge out their firebrand colleague.
And the county sheriff’s race emerged as especially contentious, with a challenger claiming the current sheriff has created a “toxic environment.”
The Banner has compiled a list that includes candidates who’ve filed with the State Board of Elections.
The primary will be held on June 23. Early voting runs from June 11 to June 18.
County executive
- Mithun Banerjee, Democrat, mithunbanerjee.com
- Evan Glass, Democrat, evanglass.com
- Will Jawando, Democrat, willjawando.com
- Andrew Friedson, Democrat, andrewfriedson.com
- Peter James, Democrat
- Shelly Skolnick, Republican
- Esther Wells, Republican
- Celeste Iroha, Democrat (withdrawn)
County Council
At-large
- Prabu Selvam, Democrat, prabuselvam.com
- Karla Silvestre, Democrat, karlasilvestre.com
- Steve Solomon, Democrat, votestevesolomon.com
- Muhammad Arif Wali, Democrat, votearifwali.com
- Marc Elrich, Democrat, marcelrich.org
- Scott Goldberg, Democrat, votescott.org
- Jeremiah Pope, Democrat, popeforcouncil.org
- Fatmata Barrie, Democrat, fatmatabarrie.com
- Josie Caballero, Democrat, josieformaryland.com
- Laurie-Anne Sayles (incumbent), Democrat, sayles4moco.com
- Lelia True, Democrat, true4moco.com
- Jim McNulty, Democrat, jimmcnulty.org
- Radwan Chowdhury, Democrat, radwancampaign.com
- Dana Gassaway, Democrat
- Vicki Vergagni, Democrat
- Matt Losak, Democrat
- Hamza Khan, Democrat
- Christa Tichy, Democrat, christatichy.com (withdrawn)
District 1
- Drew Morrison, Democrat, morrisonforcouncil.com
- Julie Yang, Democrat, julieyang.org
- Debbie Spielberg, Democrat, debbiespielberg.org
- Reardon “Sully” Sullivan, Republican, reardonsullivanformoco.com
District 2
- Marilyn Balcombe (incumbent), Democrat, marilynbalcombe.com
District 3
- Ricky Fai Mui, Republican, rickyfmui.com
- Izola “Zola” Shaw, Democrat, izola4progress.org
- Allison Eriksen, Democrat, allisonformoco.com
- Jud Ashman, Democrat, votejud.com
District 4
- Kate Stewart (incumbent), Democrat, votekatestewart.com
- Peter “Rocky” Whitesell, Democrat, rockywhitesell.com
- Paula Bienenfeld, Democrat
District 5
- Kristin Mink (incumbent), Democrat, kristinmink.com
- Charles Kirchman, Democrat
- Josephine Salazar, Republican, josephinesalazar.com
District 6
- Natali Fani-González (incumbent), Democrat, nataliforcouncil.com
- Sonia Garcia, Democrat
- Louella Tham, Republican
District 7
- Sharif Hidayat, Democrat, votesharif.com
- Dawn Luedtke (incumbent), Democrat, dawnluedtke.com
- Harold Maldonado, Republican, haroldmaldonado.com
- Van Free, Democrat
State legislature
District 9
Senator
- Katie Fry Hester (incumbent), Democrat, katiefryhester.com
- Ben Hightower, Republican, benhightower.org
Delegate 9A
- Chao Wu (incumbent), Democrat, chaowu.org
- Natalie Ziegler (incumbent), Democrat, nataliefordelegate.com
- Fitzgerald Mofor, Republican, mofor4md.com
- Spencer Rhoda, Republican, voterhoda.org
District 14
Senator
- Craig Zucker (incumbent), Democrat, craigzucker.com
Delegate
- Matt Post, Democrat, mattpostformd.com
- Anne Kaiser (incumbent), Democrat, annekaiser.com
- Bernice Mireku-North (incumbent), Democrat, mirekunorth.com
- Alicia Contreras-Donello, Democrat, aliciacontrerasdonello.com
District 15
Senator
- Brian Feldman (incumbent), brianjfeldman.com
Delegate
- Linda Foley (incumbent), Democrat, foleyfor15.com
- David Fraser-Hidalgo (incumbent), Democrat, fraserfor15.org
- Lily Qi (incumbent), Democrat, lilyqi.com
- Asher Beckwitt, Democrat
- Peter Chan, Republican
District 16
Senator
- Sara Love (incumbent), Democrat, saralove4md.com
- Lou Bartolo, Democrat, loubartolo.com
Delegate
- Tazeen Ahmad, Democrat, tazeenformaryland.com
- Marc Korman (incumbent), Democrat, marckorman.com
- Sarah Wolek (incumbent), Democrat, votesarahwolek.com
- Teresa Woorman (incumbent), Democrat, teresawoorman.com
- Ann Guthrie Hingston, Republican
District 17
Senator
- Cheryl Kagan (incumbent), Democrat, cherylkagan.org
- Philip Cook, Democrat
Delegate
- Julie Palakovich Carr (incumbent), Democrat, juliepalakovichcarr.com
- Ryan Spiegel (incumbent), Democrat, ryanspiegel.com
- Joe Vogel (incumbent), Democrat, joevogel.org
- Christopher Reed, Democrat, reed4delegate.com
District 18
Senator
- Jeff Waldstreicher (incumbent), Democrat, jeffwaldstreicher.com
Delegate
- Aaron Kaufman (incumbent), Democrat, aaronkaufmand18.com
- Emily Shetty (incumbent), Democrat, emilyshetty.com
- Jared Solomon (incumbent), Democrat, solomonformd.com
- Kate Stein, Democrat
District 19
Senator
- Ben Kramer (incumbent), Democrat
Delegate
- Vaughn Stewart (incumbent), Democrat, votevaughn.com
- Charlotte Crutchfield (incumbent), Democrat, voteforcharlotte.com
- Christa Tichy, Democrat, christatichy.com
- Sunil Dasgupta, Democrat, votesunil.com
- Gabriel Sorrel, Democrat, mdresist.com
- Alec Stone, Democrat
- Sebastian Johnson, Democrat
District 20
Senator
- Will Smith (incumbent), Democrat, willsmithformaryland.com
Delegate
- Lorig Charkoudian (incumbent), Democrat, lorigd20.com
- David Moon (incumbent), Democrat, davidmoon.us
- Jheanelle Wilkins (incumbent), Democrat, jheanellewilkins.com
District 39
Senator
- Nancy King (incumbent), Democrat, friendsofnancyking.com
- Amar Mukunda, Democrat, mukundaformaryland.com
- Destiny Drake West, Democrat, destinyforthepeople.com
Delegate
- Gabriel Acevero (incumbent), Democrat
- Lesley Lopez (incumbent), Democrat, lopezformaryland.com
- Greg Wims (incumbent), Democrat, gregwims.com
- Robert Wu, Democrat, voterobwu.com
- George Lluberes, Democrat, georgeformaryland.com
- Amar Mukunda, Democrat, mukundaformaryland.com (withdrawn)
Sheriff
- Will Milam, Democrat, willmilam.com
- Maxwell Cornelius Uy (incumbent), Democrat, maxuy4sheriff.com
State’s Attorney
- John McCarthy, Democrat
Register of Wills
- Alan S. Bowser, Democrat, alanbowser.com
- Paul J. Dollahite (incumbent), Democrat
- Barbara Ebel, Democrat
- T. Dolores Reyes, Republican





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