2024 Maryland elections

A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Maryland on November 5, 2024. In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Maryland voters will elect 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, will also be held.

Polls will be open from 7 AM to 8 PM EST.

President of the United States
Maryland is represented by 10 electors in the electoral college.

United States Senate
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. Democratic candidates for the office include Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representative David Trone, while Republican candidates include former governor Larry Hogan and perennial candidate Robin Ficker.

Alsobrooks and Hogan won their respective primaries on May 14, 2024, and will face off in the general election.

United States House of Representatives
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.

Polling

 * On a referendum strengthening abortion rights

Mayor
Incumbent Brandon Scott was first elected in 2020 with 70.5% of the vote and is running for re-election to a second term. He faces primary challenges from former mayor Sheila Dixon and perennial candidate Thiru Vignarajah. Vignarajah withdrew from the race and endorsed Dixon on May 1, 2024, but will still appear on the primary election ballot and have votes cast by mail for him counted.

Scott won the Democratic primary on May 14, 2024.

City Council
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Polling

 * On the mayoral election


 * On the city council president election

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

County Executive
The incumbent county executive is Republican Danielle Hornberger, who was elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2020. She ran for a second term in 2024, but was defeated in the Republican primary election by Adam Streight.

Nominee

 * Adam Streight, police sergeant and candidate for HD-35B in 2022

Eliminated in primary

 * Danielle Hornberger, incumbent county executive

Results
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Nominee

 * Bill Kilby, dairy farmer

Mayor
The 2024 Hagerstown mayoral election will be 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. On July 12, 2023, she announced that she would run for Congress in Maryland's 6th congressional district, opting against re-election as mayor.

Candidates

 * Bill McIntire, business owner
 * Stephen S. Schutte, broadband executive

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.

Advanced to general election

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

Eliminated in primary

 * Journie Martinez, poet

At-large district special election
On June 17, 2024, Prince George's County council member Mel Franklin resigned from his at-large seat on the county council. 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 will be held on November 5, 2024.

Candidates

 * Declared
 * Tim Adams, mayor of Bowie (2019–present) and candidate for comptroller of Maryland in 2022
 * Angela Angel, former state delegate from the 25th district (2015–2019) and candidate for MD's 4th congressional district in 2022
 * Tamara Davis Brown, attorney and candidate for SD-26 in 2022
 * Leo Bachi Eyomobo, at-large candidate for the Prince George's County Council in 2022
 * Marvin E. Holmes Jr., state delegate from district 23B (2003–present)
 * Jolene Ivey, president of the Prince George's County Council (2023–present) from the fifth district (2018–present)
 * Judy Mickens-Murray, former member of the Prince George's County Board of Education (2021–2024)
 * Gabriel Njinimbot, paralegal, entrepreneur, and candidate for MD's 4th congressional district in 2024


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

Candidates

 * Declared
 * Kamita Gray, environmental activist
 * Michael Riker, retired police officer
 * Isaac Toyos, federal legislative affairs analyst
 * Jonathan White, veteran and Democratic candidate for the at-large Prince George's County Council seat in 2022

Ballot propositions
Several local ballot initiatives will be voted on during the 2024 general election. Some notable ones include:
 * In Baltimore, voters will decide on:
 * Whether to establish the Baltimore's Children and Youth Fund, which would make $1,000 payments to families with new children.
 * Whether to shrink the size of the Baltimore City Council from fourteen to eight members. This ballot initiative is funded by David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group.


 * In Baltimore County, voters will decide whether to expand the Baltimore County Council from seven to nine members.
 * In Wicomico County, voters will decide whether to restore the county to a council–manager government, which would abolish the office of the county executive effective 2026.