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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Maryland on November 5, 2024. In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Maryland voters elected all of its seats in the United States House of Representatives, and one of its U.S. senators. Various municipal elections, including in Cecil County, Baltimore, and the city of Hagerstown, were also held.
Maryland is represented by 10 electors in the electoral college.
Incumbent three-term Democratic Senator Ben Cardin was reelected in 2018 with 64.9% of the vote. On May 1, 2023, he announced that he would not be seeking reelection to a fourth term in office. [2] Democratic candidates for the office include Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks [3] and U.S. Representative David Trone, [4] while Republican candidates include former governor Larry Hogan [5] and perennial candidate Robin Ficker. [6]
Alsobrooks and Hogan won their respective primaries on May 14, 2024, and faced off in the general election. [7]
All eight of Maryland's seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election in 2024, of which three are open seats. [4] [8] [9]
Proposition | Description | Result | Yes | No | ||
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Question 1 | Enshrines the right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution. [10] | Yes | 2,199,319 | 76.06 | 692,219 | 23.94 |
On a referendum strengthening abortion rights
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | For | Against | Other/ Undecided |
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YouGov [11] [b] | October 23–27, 2024 | 500 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 75% | 18% | 7% [c] |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County [12] | September 23–28, 2024 | 862 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 69% | 21% | 10% |
OpinionWorks [13] | October 20–23, 2022 | 982 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 71% | 19% | 11% |
University of Maryland [14] | September 22–27, 2022 | 810 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 78% | 16% | 5% |
Incumbent Brandon Scott was first elected in 2020 with 70.5% of the vote and is running for re-election to a second term. [15] He faces primary challenges from former mayor Sheila Dixon [16] and perennial candidate Thiru Vignarajah. [17] Vignarajah withdrew from the race and endorsed Dixon on May 1, 2024, [18] but will still appear on the primary election ballot and have votes cast by mail for him counted. [19]
Scott won the Democratic primary on May 14, 2024. [20]
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Location | Member | Party | First elected | Status | |
President | Nick Mosby | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent lost renomination. [22] Democratic hold. |
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1 | Zeke Cohen | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent retired to run for City Council President. [23] New member to be elected. Democratic hold. |
Democratic primary
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2 | Danielle McCray | Democratic | 2019 (appointed) | Incumbent re-elected. |
Democratic primary
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3 | Ryan Dorsey | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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4 | Mark Conway | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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5 | Yitzy Schleifer | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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6 | Sharon Green Middleton | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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7 | James Torrence | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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8 | Kristerfer Burnett | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent retired. [24] Democratic hold. |
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9 | John Bullock | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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10 | Phylicia Porter | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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11 | Eric Costello | Democratic | 2014 (appointed) | Incumbent lost renomination. [25] Democratic hold. |
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12 | Robert Stokes | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent lost renomination. [26] Democratic hold. |
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13 | Antonio Glover | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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14 | Odette Ramos | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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On the mayoral election
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [d] | Margin of error | Sheila Dixon | Brandon Scott | Thiru Vignarajah | Bob Wallace | Other | Undecided |
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OpinionWorks [27] [A] | April 7–11, 2024 | 508 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 35% | 38% | 10% | 4% | 5% [e] | 7% |
Goucher College [28] | April 3–7, 2024 | 440 (RV) | ± 4.7% | 32% | 40% | 11% | 3% | 3% [f] | 10% |
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group [29] [B] | February 24–26, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 5% | 40% | 37% | 10% | 6% | – | 8% |
Lake Research Partners [30] | October 16–22, 2023 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 39% | 31% | – | 10% | – | 15% |
Goucher College [31] | September 19–23, 2023 | 537 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 39% | 27% | – | – | 23% [g] | 8% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [d] | Margin of error | Eric Costello | Sheila Dixon | Bill Henry | Jayne Miller | Brandon Scott | Thiru Vignarajah | Undecided |
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Lake Research Partners [32] [C] | Late March 2023 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 3% | 18% | 6% | 7% | 21% | 11% | 34% |
On the city council president election
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [d] | Margin of error | Zeke Cohen | Nick Mosby | Shannon Sneed | Other | Undecided |
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OpinionWorks [33] [D] | April 7–11, 2024 | 508 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 40% | 21% | 17% | 3% | 19% |
Goucher College [34] [E] | April 3–7, 2024 | 508 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 27% | 23% | 17% | 14% | 20% |
Global Strategy Group [35] [F] | February 15–20, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 31% | 22% | 18% | 5% | 24% |
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Goucher College [36] [E] | September 19–23, 2023 | 537 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 30% | 17% | – | 34% | 18% |
Global Strategy Group [37] [F] | May 31 – June 1, 2023 | 702 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 40% | 24% | – | – | 18% |
In Cecil County, voters elected the County Executive as well as two seats in the County Council, in Districts 1 and 5.
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Streight: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Kilby: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The incumbent county executive is Republican Danielle Hornberger, who was elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2020. [38] She ran for a second term in 2024, but was defeated in the Republican primary election by Adam Streight. [39]
Streight 0–5% 5–10% 10–15% 15–20% | Hornberger 0–5% 5–10% 10–15% 15–20% 20–25% 25–30% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Streight | 7,445 | 53.24 | |
Republican | Danielle Hornberger (incumbent) | 6,538 | 46.76 | |
Total votes | 13,983 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bill Kilby | 3,676 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 3,676 | 100.0 |
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Republican | Adam Streight | 33,588 | 66.38% | |
Democratic | Bill Kilby | 16,654 | 32.91% | |
Write-in | 358 | 0.71% | ||
Total votes | 50,600 | 100.0 |
District | Incumbent | Candidates [41] | |||
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Location | Member | Party | First elected | Status | |
1 | Bob Meffley | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected |
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5 | Jackie Gregory | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent lost renomination. [39] Republican hold. |
Republican primary
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The 2024 Hagerstown mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024. Incumbent mayor Tekesha Martinez became the city's mayor and the city's first Black mayor on February 7, 2023, after Emily Keller resigned following Governor Wes Moore naming her to serve as Special Secretary of Opioid Response in his administration. [44] On July 12, 2023, she announced that she would run for Congress in Maryland's 6th congressional district, opting against re-election as mayor. [45]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Bill McIntire | 8,595 | 69.20 | |
Stephen S. Schutte (withdrawn) | 3,174 | 25.56 | |
Write-in | 651 | 5.24 | |
Total votes | 12,420 | 100.0 |
Members of the Hagerstown City Council are elected in an at-large nonpartisan election, where the top ten candidates from the primary will move on to the general election, where the top five candidates will be elected.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Kristin Aleshire (incumbent) | 2,617 | 16.12 | |
Tiara Burnett (incumbent) | 2,062 | 12.70 | |
Matthew Schindler (incumbent) | 1,660 | 10.22 | |
Peter Perini (incumbent) | 1,579 | 9.73 | |
Sean Flaherty | 1,453 | 8.95 | |
Erika Bell | 1,369 | 8.43 | |
Stacy Michael | 1,347 | 8.30 | |
Caroline Anderson | 1,252 | 7.71 | |
Mark Bell | 1,101 | 6.78 | |
Rich Owens | 1,074 | 6.61 | |
Journie Martinez | 722 | 4.45 | |
Total votes | 16,236 | 100.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Tiara Burnett (incumbent) | 6,371 | 13.37 | |
Kristin Aleshire (incumbent) | 6,363 | 13.35 | |
Erika Bell | 5,412 | 11.36 | |
Caroline Anderson | 4,557 | 9.56 | |
Sean Flaherty | 4,394 | 9.22 | |
Mark Bell | 4,373 | 9.18 | |
Matthew Schindler (incumbent) | 4,199 | 8.81 | |
Peter Perini (incumbent) | 4,046 | 8.49 | |
Stacy Michael | 3,999 | 8.39 | |
Rich Owens | 3,719 | 7.80 | |
Write-in | 233 | 0.47 | |
Total votes | 47,656 | 100.0 |
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Ivey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Riker: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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On June 17, 2024, Prince George's County council member Mel Franklin resigned from his at-large seat on the county council. [51] On June 25, the Prince George's County Council unanimously voted to hold a special primary election on August 6, 2024, and a special general election to be held on November 5, 2024. [52] County council president Jolene Ivey and retired policy officer Michael Riker won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, and faced off in the general election. [53]
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jolene Ivey | 29,698 | 47.54 | |
Democratic | Tim Adams | 19,061 | 30.51 | |
Democratic | Tamara Davis Brown | 5,723 | 9.16 | |
Democratic | Angela Angel | 3,371 | 5.40 | |
Democratic | Marvin E. Holmes Jr. | 1,473 | 2.36 | |
Democratic | Gabriel Njinimbot | 1,176 | 1.88 | |
Democratic | Kiesha D. Lewis (withdrawn) | 859 | 1.38 | |
Democratic | Judy Mickens-Murray | 688 | 1.10 | |
Democratic | Leo Bachi Eyomobo | 416 | 0.67 | |
Total votes | 62,465 | 100.00 |
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Michael Riker | 1,235 | 45.07 | |
Republican | Jonathan White | 850 | 31.02 | |
Republican | Kamita Gray | 330 | 12.04 | |
Republican | Isaac Toyos | 325 | 11.86 | |
Total votes | 2,740 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jolene Ivey | 332,406 | 87.69% | |
Republican | Michael Riker | 45,547 | 12.01% | |
Write-in | 1,136 | 0.30% | ||
Total votes | 379,089 | 100.00% |
Several local ballot initiatives were voted on during the 2024 general election. Some notable ones included:
In 2024 Maryland held elections for its 24 school districts. [69] [70] [71]
Partisan clients
Jolene Ivey is an American politician who has served as a member of the Prince George's County Council since 2018, first representing the 5th district from 2018 to 2024 and then the county's at-large district since 2024. She has also served as the council's president since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Ivey was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 47th district from 2007 to 2015.
Rushern Leslie Baker III is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 7th county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland from 2010 to 2018. He previously served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1994 to 2003, representing District 22B in northern Prince George's County. A member of the Democratic Party, Baker unsuccessfully ran for governor of Maryland in 2018 and 2022.
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Thiruvendran "Thiru" Vignarajah is an American lawyer and politician. He previously was Deputy Attorney General of Maryland. He is a litigation partner at the law firm DLA Piper in Baltimore. He has also been the lead attorney for the State of Maryland in the post-conviction appeals of Adnan Syed, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in the high-profile 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee. He is a four-time candidate for Baltimore State's Attorney and mayor of Baltimore, having run for both positions twice and being defeated in the primary each time.
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