2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district election

The 2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the United States representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district, concurrently with elections for the other U.S. House districts in Maryland and the rest of the country, as well as the 2024 U.S. Senate race in Maryland, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary election was held on May 14, 2024. The 6th district is based in western Maryland and the northwest District of Columbia exurbs and outer suburbs. It takes in all of Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties, as well as portions of Montgomery County. Cities in the district include Cumberland, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Germantown, and Hagerstown.

The incumbent is Democrat David Trone, who was re-elected with 54.7% of the vote in 2022. Trone was first elected in 2018, when Democratic incumbent John Delaney retired to focus on his 2020 presidential campaign. Trone is not seeking re-election, instead choosing to run for the U.S. Senate to succeed retiring incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin. A wide field of candidates have filed for the race to replace Trone, with over 15 in all. Maryland Matters remarked that both Democrats and Republicans would need to find a candidate with a wide appeal, as the 6th district is largely split between suburban and rural areas. The Washington Post further noted that Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by seven percentage points in the district.

The 6th district is considered the most competitive congressional district in the state of Maryland, despite being a moderately blue largely suburban district with a more sparsely populated rural component. While Republicans typically run up large margins in the state's Western Panhandle (Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties), the district has a slight Democratic lean due to the more heavily populated, strongly Democratic Montgomery County, and the former Republican stronghold of Frederick County, which has trended towards the Democrats in recent elections. Republicans last won the district in 2010, when long-serving Republican Roscoe Bartlett was elected to his final term; he lost re-election to Delaney in 2012 after the district became significantly more favorable to the Democratic Party during redistricting. Democrat Joe Biden won the district with 53.9% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election.

Candidates


Nominee

 * April McClain-Delaney, former deputy administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and wife of former U.S. Representative John Delaney

Eliminated in primary

 * George Gluck, IT consultant and perennial candidate
 * Ashwani Jain, former Obama administration official and candidate for governor of Maryland in 2022
 * Lesley Lopez, state delegate from the 39th district (2019–present)
 * Tekesha Martinez, mayor of Hagerstown (2023–present)
 * Mohammad Mozumder, retired scientist
 * Adrian Petrus, security guard and perennial candidate
 * Laurie-Anne Sayles, at-large Montgomery County councilor (2022–present)
 * Joe Vogel, state delegate from the 17th district (2023–present)
 * Destiny Drake West, think tank founder and former senior program specialist at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
 * Kiambo White, union representative
 * Altimont Wilks, grocery store owner

Withdrawn

 * Peter Choharis, attorney (remained on ballot, endorsed McClain-Delaney)
 * Geoffrey Grammer, retired U.S. Army Colonel and physician (remained on ballot, endorsed McClain-Delaney)
 * Mia Mason, military veteran and nominee for the 1st district in 2020
 * Stephen McDow, economist and businessman (remained on ballot)
 * Joel Martin Rubin, former vice mayor of Chevy Chase and candidate for the 8th district in 2016 (remained on ballot, endorsed McClain-Delaney)

Declined

 * Jud Ashman, mayor of Gaithersburg (2014–present)
 * Marilyn Balcombe, Montgomery County councilor from the 2nd district (2022–present)
 * Brian Feldman, state senator from the 15th district (2013–present)
 * Jan Gardner, former Frederick County Executive (2014–2022) (endorsed McClain-Delaney)
 * Emily Keller, Maryland Special Secretary of Opioid Response (2023–present) and former mayor of Hagerstown (2020–2023)
 * Aruna Miller, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2023–present) and candidate for this district in 2018
 * Craig Rice, former Montgomery County councilor from the 2nd district (2010–2022) and former state delegate from the 15th district (2007–2010)
 * David Trone, incumbent U.S. representative (ran for U.S. Senate)
 * Brad Young, Frederick County Council President (2022–present) (endorsed Vogel)
 * Karen Lewis Young, state senator from the 3rd district (2023–present) (endorsed McClain-Delaney)

Fundraising
Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.

Results
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Candidates


Nominee

 * Neil Parrott, former state delegate from district 2A (2015–2023) and nominee for this district in 2020 and 2022

Eliminated in primary

 * Dan Cox, former state delegate from the 4th district (2019–2023), nominee for Governor of Maryland in 2022, and nominee for the 8th district in 2016
 * Chris Hyser, retired state trooper
 * Mariela Roca, medical logistics specialist and candidate for this district in 2022
 * Tom Royals, business development manager and former U.S. Navy officer
 * Brenda Thiam, former state delegate from district 2B (2020–2023)

Withdrawn

 * Heath Barnes, burgess of Woodsboro (2021–present) (endorsed Thiam)
 * Todd Puglisi, grocery store clerk and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022

Declined

 * Jason Buckel, Minority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates (2021–present) from district 1B (2015–present)
 * Michael Hough, former state senator from the 4th district (2015–2023) and nominee for Frederick County Executive in 2022
 * J. Charles Smith III, Frederick County State's Attorney (2007–present)

Fundraising
Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.

Results
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Declared
*Jason "Mr. J" Johnson (Forward Party), member of the Frederick County Board of Education (2020–present)
 * Moshe Landman (Green), attorney, mortgage broker, and nominee for SD-39 in 2022 