Carroll County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Gary Foote has worked for 34 years as a teacher in Carroll County Schools and is running for Maryland Senate District 5, per the campaign site.

Ready works as a regional sales strategist for a marketing firm and previously served in the House of Delegates and as executive director of the Maryland Republican Party, per the campaign site. He is a graduate of Salisbury University who moved to Carroll County from Mississippi as a child, per the campaign site.

Stephanie Popescu is a public school teacher and small business owner who has said she worked three jobs early in her career to make ends meet while teaching, per Campaign site, stephaniepopescu.com. Popescu is the Democratic nominee for Maryland Senate District 42, representing communities from Towson and Lutherville to Cockeysville and Hampstead, per Campaign site, stephaniepopescu.com.

Ford is a professional firefighter, farmer and small business owner running for Maryland Senate District 42, per the campaign site.

Bergman has owned and operated a medical diagnostic center and worked as a healthcare and educational interpreter and registered behavioral technician, per the campaign site. She is a first generation Chinese Cuban American and mother of three who has testified before the Maryland General Assembly on public education, per the campaign site.

Rudolph has worked as an educator in Carroll County Public Schools and as an adjunct English faculty member at McDaniel College, and she co-owns a small book business with her sister, per the campaign site. She has lived in the district since arriving as a student teacher more than two decades ago and is active in local nonprofit and business circles, per the campaign site.

Rose works as a senior technical recruiter for a service disabled veteran owned consulting firm and spent more than two decades in real estate and lending before that, per the campaign site. She serves as the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee and chairs the Carroll County delegation, per the campaign site.

Tomlinson is a Towson University graduate who has represented the district since 2023 and previously worked as a biweekly opinion columnist for local publications, per the campaign site. He serves as the ranking Republican on the House Government, Labor and Elections Committee and chairs the Carroll County delegation, per the campaign site.

Courpas retired in 2020 after a career in the foodservice industry and has lived, worked and volunteered in Carroll County for most of her life, per the campaign site. She grew up in a small-business household, per the campaign site.

Patten has owned and operated a beverage industry business in Carroll County for more than 30 years and has been a citizen activist since 2017, testifying at legislative hearings and organizing grassroots conservatives, per the campaign site.