MARYLAND

Your complete directory of Maryland candidates for Governor, State Cabinet, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

"It isn't 'official' to political insiders until you see the candidate's name listed on Politics1." -- Former State Cabinet Secretary Larry Hogan Jr. (2010)

"Politics1 is outstanding!" -- Howard County Executive Chuck Ecker (1998)

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Election Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): April 9, 2014
Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): August 4, 2014
Filing Deadline (Write-In Candidates): October 29, 2014
Primary: June 24, 2014

This page was last updated on April 30, 2013

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
[ Martin O'Malley (D)* - Term-Limited in 2014. ]
Anthony Brown (D) - Lt. Governor, Ex-State House Majority Whip, Attorney & Iraq War Veteran
Doug Gansler (D) - Attorney General & Ex-Montgomery County State's Attorney
Heather Mizeur (D) - State Del., DNC Member, Organic Farmer & Consultant
Dutch Ruppersberger (D) - Congressman
Ken Ulman (D) - Howard County Executive, Ex-Howard County Councilman & Attorney
Dan Bongino (R) - Ex-Secret Service Agent, Ex-Police Officer & '12 US Sen. Nominee
David Craig (R) - Harford County Executive, Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Del., Ex-Havre de Grace Mayor & Retired Teacher
Larry Hogan Jr. (R) - Ex-State Cabinet Secretary, Businessman, GOP Activist & '81/'92 US Rep. Nominee
Ron George (R) - State Del., Jeweler & Psychologist
Charles Lollar (R) - Businessman, Ex-Charles County GOP Chair, USMC Veteran & '10 US Rep. Nominee
Meyer Marks (R) - GOP Activist & Government Affairs Consultant
Brian Murphy (R) - Investment Executive, Community Activist & '10 Gov. Candidate
Blaine Young (R) - Frederick County Commissioner, Ex-Frederick City Alderman, Businessman, Radio Talk Show Host & Ex-Democrat

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2014.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
[ Anthony Brown (D)* - Candidate for Governor in 2014. ]

STATE COMPTROLLER:
Peter Franchot (D)* - (Campaign Site)
David Craig (R) - Harford County Executive, Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Del., Ex-Havre de Grace Mayor & Retired Teacher

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Doug Gansler (D)* - (Campaign Site)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

State House of Delegates

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

Barbara Mikulski (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2016.

Ben Cardin (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2018.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Andy Harris (R)* - (Campaign Site)
James Shaffer (R)
John LaFerla (D) - Physician, Ex-Kent County Democratic Chair & '12 Nominee
Bill Tilghman (D) - Businessman

District 2:
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Dave Banach (R) - USMC Veteran & College Student

District 3:
John Sarbanes (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Donna Edwards (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
Steny Hoyer (D)* - (House Minority Whip Site) - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
John Delaney (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Dave Vogt (R) - Afghan War Veteran & Graduate Student

District 7:
Elijah Cummings (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Lih Young (D) - Economist, College Professor & Frequent Candidate

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Maryland
Maryland Democratic Party
Maryland Green Party
Libertarian Party of Maryland
Maryland Republican Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Maryland State Board of Elections

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

The Capital (Annapolis)
Arbutus Times
Baltimore Business Journal
Baltimore Chronicle (Alternative)
Baltimore City Paper (Alternative)
Baltimore County Jeffersonian
Baltimore County North East Times
Baltimore Gay Paper
Baltimore Jewish Times
Baltimore Messenger
Baltimore Sun
Bowie Blade-News
Carroll County Times
Catonsville Times
Cecil County Post
University of Maryland Diamondback (College Park)
Columbia Flier
Cumberland Times-News
Deale Bay Weekly
Easton Star Democrat
Frederick News-Post
Gaithersburg Gazette
Hagerstown Herald-Mail
Howard County Times
Laurel Leader
Maryland Daily Record (Business & Legal News)
Maryland Public Television (MPT)
Montgomery County Journal
Mt. Airy Messenger
Oakland Republican
Owings Mills Times
PolitickerMD.com
Prince George's County Journal
Salisbury Daily Times
Takoma Voice
Towson Times
Washington Post
Washington Times

WBAL TV-11 (NBC - Baltimore)
WJZ TV-13 (CBS - Baltimore)
WMAR TV-2 (ABC - Baltimore)
WNUV TV-45 (FOX - Baltimore)
WHAG TV-25 (NBC - Hagerstown)
WBOC TV-16 (CBS - Salisbury)
WMDT TV-47 (ABC - Salisbury)