Maryland Sample Ballot 2026: Every Candidate on Your November Ballot

Schwartz is a consumer protection specialist with more than 14 years of experience working with state and federal regulators, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, per the campaign site. He lives in Bellevue, Maryland, with his wife, a family nurse practitioner in Dorchester County, per the campaign site.

Harris is a physician who practiced anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital for nearly three decades before entering politics, per the campaign site. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and served more than 16 years in the Naval Reserve Medical Corps, reaching the rank of Commander, per the campaign site. He was elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1998 and now serves in the U.S. House, where he chairs the House Freedom Caucus and the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, per the campaign site.

Olszewski represents Maryland's 2nd Congressional District and previously served as Baltimore County Executive, per the campaign site. He is a former public school teacher and nine year member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and holds degrees from Goucher College, George Washington University, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, per the campaign site.

Wallace is a Maryland native with a degree in biology who entered his family business in 1981 and has spent more than four decades in business management, per the campaign site. He has worked with groups including Restore America's Mission and the FAIR Energy Foundation on energy security and economic policy, per the campaign site. He describes himself as a businessman and problem solver rather than a career politician, per the campaign site.

Sarah Elfreth is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives who previously served six years in the Maryland State Senate, per the campaign site. In her first House term she has passed five bills into law and resolved more than 2,000 constituent cases, per the campaign site.

Berney Flowers is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with nearly 21 years of service, including deployments overseas and a career in national defense and cybersecurity with the Department of Defense, per Campaign site, flowersformaryland.com.

Ivey is an attorney who served two terms as State's Attorney for Prince George's County and later chaired Maryland's Public Service Commission, per the campaign site. Earlier in his career he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and held counsel roles on Capitol Hill, including chief counsel to the Senate Majority Leader, per the campaign site. He now represents Maryland's 4th District in Congress, serving on the Appropriations, Homeland Security and Ethics committees, per the campaign site.

McDermott is a longtime Prince George's County resident and self-described advocate for court and government accountability, who has produced educational videos on the subject, per the campaign site.

Husseini is a journalist who spent more than 25 years at the Institute for Public Accuracy writing news releases on issues including health care, the environment and civil liberties, per the campaign site. He holds a double major in applied mathematics and philosophy from Carnegie Mellon University, per the campaign site. He has also worked as a computer programmer, homeless shelter manager and substitute teacher, per the campaign site.

Adrian Boafo has served as a Maryland Delegate for District 23 in Prince George's County since January 2023 and works as Senior Director of Government Affairs at Oracle Corporation, per Maryland General Assembly official member page. Boafo previously served as Mayor Pro Tem and a District 3 council member for the City of Bowie from 2019 to 2022, and holds a B.A. from the University of Baltimore and an MBA from American University, per Maryland General Assembly official member page.

Chris Chaffee is a small business owner and home builder in Calvert County since 1991, a farmer, and an electrician who belongs to Electrical Workers Local 26, per Campaign site, chaffeeamericafirst.com.

April McClain Delaney brings more than 30 years of professional experience to her congressional campaign, per the campaign site. She most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications in the U.S. Department of Commerce and previously served as Washington, D.C. director and board member of Common Sense Media, per the campaign site.

Robin Ficker holds a B.S. in engineering from Case Institute of Technology, a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law, and an M.P.A. from American University, per The Baltimore Banner 2026 Voter Guide, U.S. House District 6. Ficker served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1979 to 1983 and led a successful effort to pass a Montgomery County charter amendment limiting property tax increases; he is the Republican nominee for U.S. House Maryland District 6, per The Baltimore Banner 2026 Voter Guide.

Kweisi Mfume is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives who began his career as an activist, radio commentator and Baltimore City Council member before being elected to Congress at age 38, per the campaign site. He later served nine years as president and CEO of the NAACP and currently serves on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and Education and Labor Committee, per the campaign site.

Raskin represents Maryland's 8th Congressional District and is serving his fifth term in Congress, per the campaign site. He is a constitutional law scholar who served as an impeachment manager during the second impeachment trial of President Trump, per the campaign site. He founded Democracy Summer, a program that trains young people in organizing and civic engagement, per the campaign site.

Riley grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland, and is running for Maryland's 8th Congressional District as a conservative candidate, per the campaign site.

Wallace holds a political science degree from Yale University and spent 14 years lobbying Congress on international environmental issues, including founding the International Entanglement Network and directing the Sierra Club's international population program, per the campaign site. She later spent nearly two decades in government technology consulting, supporting federal agencies including the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of Defense, per the campaign site. She has been active in the Green Party since 2003 and co-chairs the Montgomery County Green Party, per the campaign site.