Maryland House of Delegates District 31

Joan Barone Cole

Democratic

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Cole describes herself as a wife, mother and first-generation Italian-American whose career has spanned small businesses and large corporations, and she became active in local advocacy through Anne Arundel County Moms Demand Action after the Sandy Hook and Parkland school shootings, per the campaign site.

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Schmidt is a small business owner who spent more than 15 years in marketing and communications before launching her own digital marketing consultancy in 2020, per the campaign site. A Northeastern University political science graduate who interned at the Massachusetts State House and in Congress, she has served on the Pasadena Business Association board and the Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee, per the campaign site.

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Shaban served 13 years in the military, working in Army logistics with a deployment to Afghanistan before transitioning to counterintelligence, and now works as a cyber supply chain risk management analyst protecting federal agency systems, per the campaign site.

LaToya Marie Caldwell-Nkongolo

Republican Incumbent

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Caldwell-Nkongolo has worked in mental health and addiction services, serving as past president of the Maryland Addiction and Behavioral-Health Professionals Certification Board and creating a family wellness workshop program for alcohol and drug treatment, per the campaign site. She has also served on the Anne Arundel County Board of Education's Citizen Advisory Committee, per the campaign site.

Brian A. Chisholm

Republican Incumbent

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Chisholm is a small business owner who has represented District 31 in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2019, per the campaign site. He describes himself as a family man focused on fiscal responsibility and government accountability, per the campaign site.

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Jacobs is a lifelong Anne Arundel County resident who serves as vice president at JB Machine Parts and Supply, per his campaign site. He has served eight years on the county Board of Appeals, is president of the Lake Shore Athletic Association, and has coached youth sports for more than 25 years, per his campaign site.