Frederick County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Corderman is a small business owner in Hagerstown who previously served on the Hagerstown City Council and in the House of Delegates, per the campaign site. He is a lifelong Hagerstown resident and graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, per the campaign site.

Young has lived in Frederick for 30 years and previously served as a Frederick alderwoman, with community involvement at the Weinberg Center for the Arts and the Frederick Rotary Club, per the campaign site. She chairs the pensions subcommittee of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, per the campaign site.

Shelley Aloi is a lifelong Frederick, Maryland resident and a former Frederick City alderman, per her campaign site. She has a professional background as a public school educator, university instructor and banking analyst, and holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and mathematics from Hood College, per the same source. She is a Republican candidate for Maryland Senate District 3.

Westdorp is a small business owner with more than 25 years of public service experience who has served on local and state boards and commissions, per the campaign site. She grew up surrounded by family farms and now raises her own family in Frederick County, per the campaign site.

William Folden is the sitting state senator for Maryland's 4th District, representing Frederick County, per the campaign site. He is a husband, father, U.S. Army veteran, and law enforcement officer who was elected to the Maryland Senate in 2022 and previously represented Frederick County in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019, per the campaign site. He serves on the Senate's Judicial Proceedings Committee, per the campaign site.

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.

John D. Leonard works as an electrical estimator and is a resident of Rohrersville, Maryland, originally from Damascus, Maryland, per his campaign site.

Fair spent fourteen years as general manager of a Frederick salon and spa and now works as legislative director for a fellow delegate, per the campaign site. He holds a history and political science degree from Hood College and has volunteered for two decades with organizations including Special Olympics Frederick County, per the campaign site.

Simpson works as an education and training director for the Maryland State Retirement Agency and previously served as a child protective services worker, per the campaign site. She holds a psychology degree from Radford University and a counseling degree from Towson State University, per the campaign site.

Donald worked as a social studies teacher in Frederick County for more than 30 years before being elected to the Frederick County Council in 2014, per the campaign site. Born and raised in Frederick County, he has been married to his wife Beverly for 33 years and they raised three daughters in Braddock Heights, per the campaign site.

Duck is a retired Army military intelligence officer with more than 20 years of active duty service who later spent 14 years advising the Army on intelligence issues at the Pentagon, per the campaign site.

Pippy is an attorney who practices throughout Maryland and holds a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law, per the campaign site. He has served in the Maryland House of Delegates since 2018 and currently serves as House Minority Whip and chairman of the Frederick County legislative delegation, per the campaign site. He is married to Lindsey, an assistant state's attorney in Frederick, and they have two sons, 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.