Cecil County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Gallion owns Hopewell Farm, a beef cattle and hay operation in Harford County, and has served as the county's Agricultural Specialist since 2016, managing agricultural grants and local farming initiatives, per the campaign site. He joined the Level Volunteer Fire Company at 16 and later served as its chief and president, per the campaign site. He is married to Sonya Eagleston and they have four daughters, per the campaign site.

Nivek M. Johnson is an educator from Chestertown, Maryland running for Maryland Senate District 36, per the campaign site. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Salisbury University and a Master of Education from Bowie State University, and works as an Information Technology and Computer Science educator with Montgomery County Public Schools, per the campaign site. He previously served as the youngest elected member, and later Vice Chair, of the Kent County Board of Education, per the campaign site. He serves on the Maryland State Public Information Act Compliance Board and has been appointed to the Judicial Nominating Commission for Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's counties, per the campaign site.

Hershey is an engineer and business professional who has served more than 15 years in the Maryland Senate representing Caroline, Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's counties, per the campaign site. He is the Senate Minority Leader and previously served as Senate Republican Whip and ranking member of the Finance Committee, per the campaign site.

Anderson is a software entrepreneur and technical consultant who previously developed lab software at Hewlett-Packard and later founded a web-based ordering systems company that IBM acquired, per the campaign site. He earned an electrical engineering degree from West Virginia University and studied music at the Peabody Conservatory, per the campaign site. Born and raised in Harford County, he serves as a county election judge, per the campaign site.

Mike Griffith is a disabled veteran who served in the United States Marine Corps, per the campaign site. He represents Delegate District 35A in the Maryland legislature, serving on the Ways and Means Committee and as vice chair of the Veterans Caucus, per the campaign site.

Howell is an attorney who litigates cases across Maryland and a retired police officer with more than 20 years in law enforcement, including service with the Maryland State Police and Montgomery County Police, per the campaign site. He holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and a law degree from the University of Baltimore, per the campaign site.

Michelle Ravert is a parole and probation agent who previously worked as a legal secretary in the Office of the Public Defender and spent 25 years in financial services, including as vice president of an investment management firm, per the campaign site. She holds a bachelor's degree in legal studies and pre-law from the University of Maryland Global Campus, per the campaign site.

Crystal Woodward is Vice President of Legal Advocacy at the American Diabetes Association, where she has worked for 30 years, per her campaign site. She is a Kent Island resident and Eastern Shore native, per her campaign site.