2024 Maryland elections

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.

2024 Maryland elections

← 2022 2026 →

Polls were open from 7 AM to 8 PM EST.^[1]

Federal offices

President of the United States

Main articles: 2024 United States presidential election in Maryland, 2024 Maryland Democratic presidential primary, and 2024 Maryland Republican presidential primary

Maryland is represented by 10 electors in the electoral college.

United States Senate

Main article: 2024 United States Senate election in Maryland

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]

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland

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]

Ballot propositions

Maryland 2024 ballot propositions

Proposition	Description	Result	Yes		No
			Votes	%	Votes	%
Question 1	Enshrines the right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution.[10]	Yes	2,199,319	76.06	692,219	23.94

Polling

On a referendum strengthening abortion rights

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	For	Against	Other/ Undecided
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%

Municipal elections

Baltimore

Mayor

Main article: 2024 Baltimore mayoral election

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]

City Council

Baltimore's city council districts

Results of the city council presidential Democratic primary election by precinct

  Cohen

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Sneed

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Mosby

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Tie 30–40%

  No data

District	Incumbent				Candidates[21]
Location	Member	Party	First elected	Status
President	Nick Mosby	Democratic	2020	Incumbent lost renomination.[22] Democratic hold.	▌Y Zeke Cohen (Democratic) 89.0% ▌Emmanuel Digman (Republican) 10.7% Democratic primary ▌Y Zeke Cohen (Democratic) ▌Shannon Sneed (Democratic) ▌Nick Mosby (Democratic)
1	Zeke Cohen	Democratic	2016	Incumbent retired to run for City Council President.[23] New member to be elected. Democratic hold.	▌Y Mark Parker (Democratic) 98.0% Democratic primary ▌Y Mark Parker (Democratic) ▌Liam Davis (Democratic) ▌Joseph Koehler (Democratic)
2	Danielle McCray	Democratic	2019 (appointed)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Danielle McCray (Democratic) 87.5% ▌Andy Zipay (Republican) 12.2% Democratic primary ▌Y Danielle McCray (Democratic) ▌India Carter (Democratic)
3	Ryan Dorsey	Democratic	2016	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ryan Dorsey (Democratic) 96.1% Democratic primary ▌Y Ryan Dorsey (Democratic) ▌Margo Bruner-Settles (Democratic) ▌Marques Dent (Democratic)
4	Mark Conway	Democratic	2020	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Conway (Democratic) 99.0%
5	Yitzy Schleifer	Democratic	2016	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Yitzy Schleifer (Democratic) 98.4% Democratic primary ▌Y Yitzy Schleifer (Democratic) ▌Marvin Briscoe (Democratic)
6	Sharon Green Middleton	Democratic	2016	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Sharon Green Middleton (Democratic) 98.5% Democratic primary ▌Y Sharon Green Middleton (Democratic) ▌Steven Johnson (Democratic) ▌Robyn Christian (Democratic)
7	James Torrence	Democratic	2020	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James Torrence (Democratic) 91.1% ▌Christopher Anderson (Republican) 8.4% Democratic primary ▌Y James Torrence (Democratic) ▌Tori Rose (Democratic)
8	Kristerfer Burnett	Democratic	2016	Incumbent retired.[24] Democratic hold.	▌Y Paris Gray (Democratic) 99.2% Democratic primary ▌Y Paris Gray (Democratic) ▌Bilal Ali (Democratic) ▌Christian Allen (Democratic) ▌Joyous Jones (Democratic) ▌Jeffery Allen (Democratic)
9	John Bullock	Democratic	2016	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Bullock (Democratic) 97.6% Democratic primary ▌Y John Bullock (Democratic) ▌Sonia Eaddy (Democratic) ▌Venroy July (Democratic) ▌Matthew Johnson (Democratic)
10	Phylicia Porter	Democratic	2020	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Phylicia Porter (Democratic) 97.5% Democratic primary ▌Y Phylicia Porter (Democratic) ▌Richard Parker (Democratic)
11	Eric Costello	Democratic	2014 (appointed)	Incumbent lost renomination.[25] Democratic hold.	▌Y Zac Blanchard (Democratic) 97.9% Democratic primary ▌Y Zac Blanchard (Democratic) ▌Eric Costello (Democratic)
12	Robert Stokes	Democratic	2016	Incumbent lost renomination.[26] Democratic hold.	▌Y Jermaine Jones (Democratic) 99.0% Democratic primary ▌Y Jermaine Jones (Democratic) ▌Robert Stokes (Democratic)
13	Antonio Glover	Democratic	2020	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Antonio Glover (Democratic) 90.2% ▌Alexander Artis (Republican) 9.3% Democratic primary ▌Y Antonio Glover (Democratic) ▌Walker Gladden III (Democratic)
14	Odette Ramos	Democratic	2020	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Odette Ramos (Democratic) 90.8% ▌Renaud Deaundre Brown (Green) 8.8%

Polling

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
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%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[d]	Margin of error	Eric Costello	Sheila Dixon	Bill Henry	Jayne Miller	Brandon Scott	Thiru Vignarajah	Undecided
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
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%
	October 20, 2023	Shannon Sneed enters the race
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%

Cecil County

In Cecil County, voters elected the County Executive as well as two seats in the County Council, in Districts 1 and 5.

County Executive

2024 Cecil County Executive election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Nominee Adam Streight Bill Kilby Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 33,588 16,654 Percentage 66.38% 32.91%

Streight:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Kilby:      50–60%

County Executive before election Danielle Hornberger Republican Elected County Executive Adam Streight Republican

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]

Republican primary

Nominee

• Adam Streight, police sergeant and candidate for HD-35B in 2022^[40]

Eliminated in primary

• Danielle Hornberger, incumbent county executive^[41]

Results

Republican primary precinct results by margin of victory

Streight   0–5%   5–10%   10–15%   15–20%

Hornberger   0–5%   5–10%   10–15%   15–20%   20–25%   25–30%

Republican primary election^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Streight	7,445	53.24
	Republican	Danielle Hornberger (incumbent)	6,538	46.76
Total votes			13,983	100.0

Democratic primary

Nominee

• Bill Kilby, dairy farmer^[41]

Results

Democratic primary election^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Kilby	3,676	100.0
Total votes			3,676	100.0

General election

2024 Cecil County County Executive election^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

County Council

District	Incumbent				Candidates[41]
Location	Member	Party	First elected	Status
1	Bob Meffley	Republican	2016	Incumbent re-elected	▌Y Bob Meffley (Republican) 70.2% ▌Michelle Ravert (Democratic) 29.6% Republican primary ▌Y Bob Meffley (Republican) ▌Sandra Ward (Republican)
5	Jackie Gregory	Republican	2016	Incumbent lost renomination.[39] Republican hold.	▌Y Dawn Branch (Republican) 69.3% ▌Russ Melrath (Democratic) 30.4% Republican primary ▌Y Dawn Branch (Republican) ▌Jackie Gregory (Republican)

Hagerstown

Mayor

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]

Candidates

• Bill McIntire, business owner^[46]
• Stephen S. Schutte, broadband executive (withdrawn, still on ballot)^[47]

Results

Hagerstown mayoral election, 2024^[48]

Candidate		Votes	%
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

City Council

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.

Candidates

Advanced to general election

• Kristin Aleshire, incumbent city councilmember^[49]
• Caroline Anderson, business owner^[49]
• Erika Bell, business owner^[49]
• Mark Bell, business owner^[49]
• Tiara Burnett, incumbent city councilmember^[49]
• Sean Flaherty, data analyst^[49]
• Stacy Michael^[49]
• Rich Owens, therapist^[49]
• Peter Perini, incumbent city councilmember^[49]
• Matthew Schindler, incumbent city councilmember^[49]

Eliminated in primary

• Journie Martinez, poet^[49]

Primary election results

Hagerstown city council primary election, 2024^[50]

Candidate		Votes	%
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

General election results

Hagerstown city council election, 2024^[48]

Candidate		Votes	%
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

Prince George's County

At-large district special election

2024 Prince George's County Council at-large special election

← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →

Nominee Jolene Ivey Michael Riker Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 332,406 45,547 Percentage 87.69% 12.01%

Ivey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Riker:      50–60%

Councilmember before election Mel Franklin Democratic Elected Councilmember Jolene Ivey Democratic

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 police officer Michael Riker won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, and faced off in the general election.^[53]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jolene Ivey, president of the Prince George's County Council (2023–present) from the fifth district (2018–present)^[54]

Eliminated in primary

• Tim Adams, mayor of Bowie (2019–present) and candidate for comptroller of Maryland in 2022^[55]
• Angela Angel, former state delegate from the 25th district (2015–2019) and candidate for MD-04 in 2022^[55]
• Tamara Davis Brown, attorney and candidate for SD-26 in 2022^[55]
• Leo Bachi Eyomobo, at-large candidate for the Prince George's County Council in 2022^[55]
• Marvin E. Holmes Jr., state delegate from district 23B (2003–present)^[55]
• Judy Mickens-Murray, former member of the Prince George's County Board of Education (2021–2024)^[55]
• Gabriel Njinimbot, paralegal, entrepreneur, and candidate for MD-04 in 2024^[55]

Withdrawn

• Wala Blegay, Prince George's County councilmember from the sixth district (2022–present) (endorsed Adams)^[56]
• Mahasin El Amin, Prince George's County Clerk of the Circuit Court (2018–present)^[57]
• Kiesha D. Lewis, whistleblower (remained on ballot)^[58]

Results

Democratic primary results^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Michael Riker, retired police officer^[55]

Eliminated in primary

• Kamita Gray, environmental activist^[55]
• Isaac Toyos, federal legislative affairs analyst^[55]
• Jonathan White, veteran and Democratic candidate for the at-large Prince George's County Council seat in 2022^[55]

Results

Republican primary results^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

General election

Results

General election results^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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%

Ballot propositions

Baltimore Question H results by precinct

  Opposition

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Support

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Tie 50%

  No data

Several local ballot initiatives were voted on during the 2024 general election. Some notable ones included:

• In Baltimore, voters:
  • Rejected Question H, a ballot initiative to decrease the size of the Baltimore City Council from fourteen to eight members. This ballot initiative was funded by David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group.^[61]
  • Approved Question F, which made zoning law changes needed for a $500 million renovation of Harborplace.^[62]
• In Baltimore County, voters approved a referendum to expand the Baltimore County Council from seven to nine members.^[63]
• In Charles County, voters rejected a referendum to change the county from a home rule form of government to a charter government, which would have established a county executive and county council.^[64]
• In Howard County, voters approved a referendum to decide establish the inspector general's office.^[65]
• In Montgomery County, voters approved a ballot initiative to reduce term limits for the county executive from three to two terms, barring Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich from running for a third term.^[66] This ballot initiative was funded by Reardon Sullivan, the former chair of the Montgomery County Republican Party.^[67]
• In Wicomico County, voters rejected a referendum to restore the county to a council–manager government, which would have abolished the office of the county executive effective 2026.^[68]

2024 Maryland Board of Education election

Main article: 2024 Maryland Board of Education election

In 2024 Maryland held elections for its 24 school districts.^[69][70][71]

See also

• Political party strength in Maryland
• Elections in Maryland

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Poll sponsored by the University of Maryland, College Park.
3. 1% with "Would not vote on this ballot measure"
4. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
5. Wendy Bozel, Kevin Harris, Joseph Scott, Texas Brown, and "Someone else" with 1%
6. "Some other candidate" with 2%, "Refused" with 1%
7. "Some other candidate" with 23%. 33% of those voters lean Dixon, 36% lean Scott, and 21% reported no lean or said they wouldn't for either

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by The Baltimore Sun and WBFF
2. Poll sponsored by Sheila Dixon
3. Poll was sponsored by Bill Henry
4. Poll sponsored by The Baltimore Sun and WBFF
5. Poll sponsored by The Baltimore Banner
6. Poll sponsored by Zeke Cohen's campaign