Maryland
U.S. Senate
Incumbent Democrat Barbara Mikulski is retiring. There are 9 Democrats and 14 Republicans running for this seat.
The first Democrat running is Freddie Dickson. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The second Democrat running is Donna Edwards, a Congresswoman. Edwards is running on a platform of overturning Citizens United, providing support for veterans, funding public education, lowering tuition costs for higher education, expanding Social Security and Medicare, passing comprehensive immigration reform, promoting a strong national defense, ending gun violence, creating a clean energy economy, fighting climate change, and increasing women’s economic power. She has been endorsed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Representative Hank Johnson (Georgia), Representative Robin Kelly (Illinois), Representative Lacy Clay (Missouri), Representative Gwen Moore (Wisconsin), State Senator Karen Montgomery, State Senator Anthony Muse, State Delegate Angela Angel, State Delegate Darryl Barnes, State Delegate Jill Carter, State Delegate Antonio Hayes, State Delegate Terri Hill, State Delegate Carolyn Howard, State Delegate Jay Jalisi, State Delegate Tony Knotts, State Delegate Cory McCray, State Delegate Edith Patterson, State Delegate Jimmy Tarlau, State Delegate Michael Vaughn, State Delegate Jay Walker, State Delegate Alonzo Washington, Register of Wills Cereta Lee (Prince George’s County), State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby (Baltimore City), Council Chairman Mel Franklin (Prince George’s County), Councilman Brandon Scott (Baltimore City), Commissioner Debra Davis (Charles County), Commissioner Amanda Stewart (Charles County), Councilman Derrick Davis (Prince George’s County), Councilwoman Danielle Glaros (Prince George’s County), Councilwoman Andrea Harrison (Prince George’s County), Councilwoman Mary Lehman (Prince George’s County), Councilman Obie Patterson (Prince George’s County), Councilwoman Karen Toles (Prince George’s County), NOW PAC, National Women’s Political Caucus, EMILY’s List, Daily Kos, Democracy for America, Feminist Majority, J Street, Women’s Action for New Directions, Friends of the Earth Action, Peace Action, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, International Machinists, International Bricklayers, UNITE HERE International, National Nurses United, Progressive Democrats of America, Blue America, WAND, Higher Heights, LPAC, Workers United Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board, Baltimore United for Change, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Metropolitan Baltimore, Painters Council 51, AFGE Local 476, ATU Local 1300, ATU Local 689, IBEW Local 26, Teamsters Local 639, UFCW Local 400, UNITE HERE Local 25, UNITE HERE Local 7, UNITE HERE Local 23, AFRO, former Senator Carol Moseley Braun (Illinois), former Representative Kweisi Mfume, former State Senator Verna Jones Rodwell, former State Delegate Aisha Braveboy, former State Delegate Salima Marriott, former Executive Doug Duncan (Montgomery County), former Chairwoman Valerie Ervin (Montgomery County), and former Councilman Duchy Trachtenberg (Montgomery County). Edwards has raised $3.3 million and has $668,000 on hand.
The third Democrat running is Ralph Jaffe, a retired teacher. Jaffe is running on a platform of refusing campaign contributions, serving only one term, serving without pay, telling the truth to constituents, and staying away from professional lobbyists. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The fourth Democrat running is Charles Smith, a community activist. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The fifth Democrat running is Violet Staley, an educator. Staley is running on a platform of making government work for constituents, promoting safer communities, and protecting veterans. She has no significant endorsements. She has raised $6,410 and has $500 on hand.
The sixth Democrat running is Blaine Taylor. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The seventh Democrat running is Ed Tinus, an upholsterer who ran for the state’s other Senate seat in 2012. Tinus is running on a platform of allowing the state’s population to guide every vote he makes in the Senate. In 2012, Tinus won 0.3% of the vote. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The eighth Democrat running is Chris Van Hollen, a Congressman. Van Hollen is running on a platform of building an economy that works for all people, expanding educational opportunity, ending gun violence, providing access to affordable and quality healthcare, protecting seniors, protecting veterans, protecting the Chesapeake Bay, addressing climate change, reforming the campaign finance system, promoting civil rights and equality, protecting women’s right to choose, passing comprehensive immigration reform, and providing for a strong national defense. He has been endorsed by Senator Harry Reid (Nevada), Attorney General Brian Frosh, Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, State Senator John Astle, State Senator Joanne Benson, State Senator Jim Brochin, State Senator Joan Carter Conway, State Senator Ulysses Currie, State Senator Ed DeGrange, State Senator Brian Feldman, State Senator Guy Guzzone, State Senator Cheryl Kagan, State Senator Ed Kasemeyer, State Senator Delores Kelley, State Senator Nancy King, State Senator Susan Lee, State Senator Richard Madaleno, State Senator Roger Manno, State Senator Nathaniel McFadden, State Senator Thomas “Mac” Middleton, State Senator Mike Miller, State Senator Paul Pinsky, State Senator Victor Ramirez, State Senator Jamie Raskin, State Senator Jim Rosapepe, State Senator Ronald Young, State Senator Bobby Zirkin, State Senator Craig Zucker, State Delegate Curt Anderson, State Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary, State Delegate Charles Barkley, State Delegate Ben Barnes, State Delegate Erek Barron, State Delegate Kumar Barve, State Delegate Pam Beidle, State Delegate Talmadge Branch, State Delegate Benjamin Brooks, State Delegate Al Carr, State Delegate Mark Chang, State Delegate Luke Clippinger, State Delegate Bonnie Cullison, State Delegate Kathleen Dumais, State Delegate Eric Ebersole, State Delegate Diana Fennell, State Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo, State Delegate Bill Frick, State Delegate Barbara Frush, State Delegate Tawanna Gaines, State Delegate James Gilchrist, State Delegate Cheryl Glenn, State Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, State Delegate Peter Hammen, State Delegate Anne Healey, State Delegate Shelly Hettleman, State Delegate Sheila Hixson, State Delegate Marvin Holmes, State Delegate Sally Jameson, State Delegate Anne Kaiser, State Delegate Marc Korman, State Delegate Benjamin Kramer, State Delegate Carol Krimm, State Delegate Steve Lafferty, State Delegate Clarence Lam, State Delegate Brooke Lierman, State Delegate Eric Luedtke, State Delegate Maggie McIntosh, State Delegate Aruna Miller, State Delegate David Moon, State Delegate Marice Morales, State Delegate Dan Morhaim, State Delegate Nathaniel Oaks, State Delegate Shane Pendergrass, State Delegate Andrew Platt, State Delegate Pam Queen, State Delegate Kirill Reznik, State Delegate Shane Robinson, State Delegate Sandy Rosenberg, State Delegate William Smith, State Delegate Ted Sophocleus, State Delegate Dana Stein, State Delegate Charles Sydnor, State Delegate Frank Turner, State Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, State Delegate C. T. Wilson, State Delegate Karen Lewis Young, State Delegate Pat Young, Executive Kevin Kamenetz (Baltimore County), Executive Jan Gardner (Frederick County), Executive Isiah “Ike”Leggett (Montgomery County), Executive Rushern Baker (Prince George’s County), Clerk of Courts Mark Mumford (Kent County), Clerk of Court Barbara Meiklejohn (Montgomery County), Register of Wills Grace Connolly (Baltimore County), Register of Wills Margaret Phillips (Calvert County), Register of Wills Doris Lewis (Dorchester County), Register of Wills Byron Macfarlane (Howard County), Register of Wills Joseph Griffin (Montgomery County), Register of Wills Karen Lemon (Wicomico County), Sheriff Darren Popkin (Montgomery County), State’s Attorney William Jones (Dorchester County), State’s Attorney Roger McCarthy (Montgomery County), State’s Attorney Scott Patterson (Talbot County), Council President Bernard “Jack” Young (Baltimore City), Council President George Leventhal (Montgomery County), Councilman Andrew Pruski (Anne Arundel County), Councilman Chris Trumbauer (Anne Arundel County), Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke (Baltimore City), Councilman Robert Curran (Baltimore City), Councilwoman Helen Holton (Baltimore City), Councilman Edward Reisinger (Baltimore City), Councilwoman Rikki Spector (Baltimore City), Councilwoman Vicki Almond (Baltimore County), Councilwoman Cathy Bevins (Baltimore County), Councilman Julian Jones (Baltimore County), Councilman Tom Quirk (Baltimore County), Commissioner Peter Murphy (Charles County), Commissioner Robert Rucci (Charles County), Councilman William Nichols (Dorchester County), Councilman Richard Travers (Dorchester County), Councilman Jerry Donald (Frederick County), Councilwoman Jessica Fitzwater (Frederick County), Councilman M. 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Keegan-Ayer (Frederick County), Councilwoman Mary Kay Sigaty (Howard County), Councilman Jon Weinstein (Howard County), Councilwoman Jen Terrasa (Howard County), Councilman Roger Berliner (Montgomery County), Councilman Mark Elrich (Montgomery County), Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (Montgomery County), Councilman Tom Hucker (Montgomery County), Councilman Sidney Katz (Montgomery County), Councilwoman Nancy Navarro (Montgomery County), Councilman Craig Rice (Montgomery County), Councilman Hans Riemer (Montgomery County), Councilwoman Deni Taveras (Prince George’s County), Councilman Todd Turner (Prince George’s County), Education Board Member Tom Fitzpatrick (Harford County), Education Board Member Patricia O’Neill (Montgomery County), Teamsters Council 55, Teamsters Council 62, J Street, The Baltimore Sun, Capital Gazette, The Washington Post, former Senator Joseph Tydings, former Governor Parris Glendening, former Governor Harry Hughes, former Governor Martin O’Malley, former Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Attorney General Stephen Sachs, former Attorney General Steve Shaff, former Representative Bev Byron, former Representative Tom McMillen, former State Senator Mary Boergers, former State Senator Bernie Fowler, former State Senator Barbara Hoffman, former State Senator Paula Hollinger, former State Senator Larry Levitan, former State Senator Gerald Winegrad, former State Delegate Karen Britto, former State Delegate Bill Bronrott, former State Delegate Joan Cadden, former State Delegate Pete Callas, former State Delegate James Campbell, former State Delegate Will Campos, former State Delegate Virginia Clagett, former State Delegate Richard D’Amato, former State Delegate Connie DeJuliis, former State Delegate John Donoghue, former State Delegate John Giannetti, former State Delegate Melony Griffith, former State Delegate James Hubbard, former State Delegate Adrienne Mandel, former State Delegate Tim Maloney, former State Delegate Heather Mizeur, former State Delegate Marsha Perry, former State Delegate Carol Petzold, former State Delegate Justin Ross, former State Delegate Herman Taylor, former State Delegate Virginia Thomas, former Councilwoman Courtney Watson (Howard County), and former Councilwoman Esther Gelman (Montgomery County). Van Hollen has raised $8 million and has $1.7 million on hand.
The ninth Democrat running is Lih Young, an economist. She has no website so I don’t know her platform. She has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Van Hollen is the favorite here, but Edwards is running a competitive race and may be able to pull off an upset.
The first Republican running is Chris Chaffee, a homebuilding contractor. Chaffee is running on a platform of defending the 2nd Amendment, honoring veterans, reducing federal spending, cutting business regulations, stopping offshoring of jobs, implementing term limits, and opposing same-sex marriage. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The second Republican running is Sean Connor. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The third Republican running is Richard Douglas, a businessman who ran for the state’s other Senate seat in 2012. Douglas is running on a platform of opposing the Iran deal, growing jobs, and ensuring decent housing and schools. In 2012, Douglas came in 2nd out of 10 candidates with 28.3% of the vote. He has no significant endorsements. Douglas has raised almost $17,000 and has $3,900 on hand.
The fourth Republican running is John Graziani, a retired federal contract manager. Graziani is running on a platform of securing the borders, strengthening the national defense, balancing the budget, and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The fifth Republican running is Greg Holmes, a business consultant. Holmes is running on a platform of empowering local school districts, opposing Common Core, supporting the 2nd Amendment, simplifying the tax code, reforming the criminal justice system, lowering the national debt, supporting public-private partnerships, strengthening the military, opposing abortion, and investing infrastructure. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The sixth Republican running is Joe Hooe, a tire store owner. Hooe is running on a platform of cutting taxes, promoting apprenticeship programs, securing the borders, fighting ISIS, opposing the nuclear deal with Iran, promoting an all-of-the-above energy policy, ending gerrymandering, and reforming Social Security and Medicare. He has no significant endorsements. Hooe has raised $4,925 and has $972 on hand.
The seventh Republican running is Chrys Kefalas, an attorney. Kefalas is running on a platform of fiscal conservatism. He has been endorsed by The Baltimore Sun. Kefalas has raised over $256,000 and has $114,000 on hand.
The eighth Republican running is Mark McNicholas, a mortgage loan officer. McNicholas is running on a platform of cutting regulations and taxes, securing the border, increasing defense spending, keeping troops stationed abroad, making undocumented workers taxpayers, reining in the FDA, reforming the tax code, and cleaning the Chesapeake Bay. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The ninth Republican running is Lynn Richardson, a businesswoman. Richardson is running on a platform of reducing government spending, repealing Obamacare, and strengthening the military. She has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The tenth Republican running is Anthony Seda, a teacher. Seda is running on a platform of supporting small businesses, supporting a flat tax, ending taxes on pensions and Social Security benefits, implementing national education standards, passing a living wage for teachers, requiring counseling for struggling students, strengthening human resource laws to protect workers, protecting seniors, strengthening the military, and protecting veterans. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The eleventh Republican running is Richard Shawver, a conservative activist who ran for the Senate in 2006 and 2010. He does not have a website so I don’t know his platform. In 2006, Shawver won 1.05% of the vote in the Republican primary and in 2010 he won 0.8% of the vote as the Constitution Party nominee in the general election. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The twelfth Republican running is Kathy Szeliga, a state delegate. Szeliga is running on a platform of fiscal conservatism. Szeliga has been endorsed by Senator Mike Lee (Utah), Representative Andy Harris, State Senator Gail Bates, State Senator Bob Cassilly, State Senator Addie Eckardt, State Senator George Edwards, State Senator Steve Hershey, State Senator Michael Hough, State Senator JB Jennings, State Senator Wayne Norman, State Senator Justin Ready, State Senator Ed Reilly, State Senator Johnny Salling, State Senator Andrew Serafini, State Senator Bryan Simonaire, State Senator Steven Waugh, State Delegate Christopher Adams, State Delegate Kathy Afzali, State Delegate Carl Anderton, State Delegate Steven Arentz, State Delegate Susan Aumann, State Delegate Wendell Beitzel, State Delegate Jason Buckel, State Delegate MaryBeth Carozza, State Delegate Andrew Cassilly, State Delegate Barrie Ciliberti, State Delegate John Cluster, State Delegate Bob Flanagan, State Delegate Bill Folden, State Delegate Jeff Ghrist, State Delegate Glen Glass, State Delegate Robin Grammer, State Delegate Kevin Hornberger, State Delegate Seth Howard, State Delegate Rick Impallaria, State Delegate Jay Jacobs, State Delegate Nicholaus Kipke, State Delegate Trent Kittleman, State Delegate Susan Krebs, State Delegate Robert Long, State Delegate Michael Malone, State Delegate Susan McComas, State Delegate Tony McConkey, State Delegate Michael McKay, State Delegate Herb McMillan, State Delegate Ric Metzger, State Delegate Christian Miele, State Delegate Matthew Morgan, State Delegate Charles Otto, State Delegate Neil Parrott, State Delegate Deborah Rey, State Delegate April Rose, State Delegate Sid Saab, State Delegate Haven Shoemaker, State Delegate Meagan Simonaire, State Delegate David Vogt, State Delegate Christopher West, State Delegate Brett Wilson, State Delegate William Wivell, Executive Steve Schuh (Anne Arundel County), Executive Tari Moore (Cecil County), Executive Bob Culver (Wicomico County), Sheriff Mike Lewis (Wicomico County), American Conservative Union, Citizens United, RightNOW Women, VIEWPAC, Maryland Right to Life, former Senator Trent Lott(Mississippi), former Representative Helen Bentley, and former State Delegate Barry Ciliberti. Szeliga has raised $434,000 and has almost $190,000 on hand.
The thirteenth Republican running is Dave Wallace, a businessman. Wallace is running on a platform of securing the border, opposing Syrian refugee resettlement, protecting religious liberties, opposing same-sex marriage, supporting the 2nd Amendment, and bringing jobs back to America. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The fourteenth Republican running is Garry Yarrington. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Szeliga is likely the leader here, but Kefalas and maybe Douglas also have a chance at winning this nomination. Whichever Republican wins will face an uphill battle in the fall.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
Incumbent Republican Andy Harris faces three opponents in the primary. Two Democrats are running in their primary.
Harris is running on a platform of repealing Obamacare, reducing business regulations, promoting American energy independence, paying down the National Debt, reducing and eliminating taxes, promoting school choice, opposing the DREAM Act, raising the retirement age for Social Security, reforming Medicare, and encouraging retirement investment. Harris was first elected to this seat in 2010 and has not struggled to be re-elected. He has no significant endorsements. Harris has raised almost $735,000 and has over $667,000 on hand. Harris had endorsed Ben Carson in the 2016 Presidential primary before Carson dropped out.
Harris’s first opponent is Jonathan Goff, a general contractor. Goff is running on a platform of supporting Israel, pulling troops back to the U.S. to secure the border, repealing Obamacare, drastically reducing the budget, and supporting the World Health Organization. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Harris’s second opponent is Sean Jackson, a police officer. Jackson is running on a platform of protecting legal gun owners, legalizing marijuana, improving education, protecting farms, supporting small businesses, improving veterans’ health care, reducing taxes, repealing Obamacare, securing America’s border, opposing sanctuary cities, renegotiating the Iran Nuclear Deal, ending funding to Planned Parenthood, reducing the size of federal government, protecting the elderly, revamping the welfare system, implementing a flat tax, and supporting vocational education. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Harris’s third opponent is Mike Smigiel, an attorney and former state delegate. Smigiel is running on a platform of opposing abortion, fighting child sexual predators, protecting citizens from illegal police searches, supporting marijuana decriminalization, and promoting more liberty. He has no significant endorsements. Smigiel has raised almost $21,000 and is in debt by $1,011.
Harris is certainly favored here, but Smigiel may be able to keep it competitive.
The first Democrat running is Jim Ireton, a Salisbury city councilman. Ireton is running on a platform of protecting the environment, supporting agriculture, addressing the heroin epidemic, legalizing marijuana, supporting social justice, encouraging dialogue between police and the communities they serve, improving the Affordable Care Act, keeping abortion legal, promoting mental health resources, raising the minimum wage, and building a STEM economy. He has no significant endorsements. Ireton has raised $64,000 and has almost $11,000 on hand.
The second Democrat running is Joe Werner, an attorney. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Ireton will likely be nominated for this seat.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
The Republicans are holding a primary to see who will face incumbent Democrat C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger. There are 5 Republicans running.
The first Republican running is Bill Heine, a project management specialist. Heine is running on a platform of improving parental involvement in education, passing a fiscally responsible budget, supporting mixed income housing development, investing in public transportation, investing in infrastructure, and promoting public safety. Heine has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The second Republican running is Carl Magee, a senior citizens benefit consultant. He is running on a platform of supporting concealed carry, supporting veterans and the police, shrinking the size of government, reducing taxes, improving Medicare, supporting drug testing for welfare recipients, opposing abortion, repealing Obamacare, opposing Common Core, and opposing the Islamization of America. Magee has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The third Republican running is Pat McDonough, a state delegate. McDonough is running on a platform of rebuilding the military, annihilating ISIS, stopping illegal immigration, securing the borders, making English the official language, stopping sanctuary cities, standing up to China, fixing the VA system, cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, repealing Obamacare, and limiting the influence of special interests. He has no significant endorsements. McDonough has raised $29,000 and has $21,000 on hand.
The fourth Republican running is Yuripzy Morgan, an attorney. Morgan is running on a platform of supporting the 2nd Amendment while passing common-sense gun safety laws, honoring veterans, supporting reform of the immigration system, promoting innovation, and supporting vocational education. She has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The fifth Republican running is Mark Shell, an IT professional who ran for this seat in 2012 and 2014 as a Libertarian. Shell is running on a platform of implementing a flat tax, simplifying regulations, lowering interest rates on student loans, creating jobs with higher pay, publishing healthcare prices, reforming the immigration system, leveling trade deficits, supporting small businesses, promoting STEM education, promoting innovation, investing in infrastructure, protecting the food supply, developing alternative energy practices, ending the drug war, opposing cap and trade, stabilizing the banking system, supporting agriculture, supporting the military, and growing the economy. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
I’m not really sure who leads here. McDonough probably has the best name recognition but also isn’t really running a campaign.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
Incumbent Democrat John Sarbanes faces one opponent in the primary. There are also two Republicans running in their primary.
Sarbanes is running on a platform of promoting civic engagement, investing in infrastructure redevelopment, implementing the Affordable Care Act, protecting Social Security and Medicare, opposing donations from lobbyists, investing in higher education, and protecting the Chesapeake Bay. Sarbanes was first elected to Congress in 2006 and has never struggled to be re-elected. He has been endorsed by the Maryland/DC AFL-CIO. Sarbanes has raised $757,000 and has $1 million on hand. Sarbanes has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential primary.
Sarbanes’ opponent is John Rea, a salesman. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Sarbanes will be easily renominated.
The first Republican running is Thomas “Pinkston” Harris, an insurance broker. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The second Republican running is Mark Plaster, a doctor. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements. Plaster has raised almost $305,000 and has almost $158,000 on hand.
I guess Plaster is favored for the Republican nomination here, but it’s hard to say and neither Republican has a great chance in November.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 4
Incumbent Democrat Donna Edwards is running for U.S. Senate. There are competitive Democratic and Republican primaries to replace her.
The first Democrat running is Anthony Brown, former Lieutenant Governor and attorney. Brown is running on a platform of keeping higher education costs low, promoting public education, raising the minimum wage, growing jobs, investing in infrastructure, building a clean energy economy, reducing carbon pollution, addressing environmental injustice, support law enforcement while reforming parts of the criminal justice system, defeating ISIS, supporting Israel, preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons, supporting working families, reforming the immigration system, eliminating domestic violence, and supporting veterans. He has been endorsed by State Senator Joanne Benson, State Senator Ulysses Currie, State Senator Ed DeGrange, State Senator Mike Miller, Jr., State Senator Douglas Peters, State Delegate Carolyn Howard, State Delegate Joseph Vallario, State Delegate Michael Vaughn, Council Chairman Derrick Leon Davis (Prince George’s County), Councilwoman Karen Toles (Prince George’s County), UNITE HERE, VoteVets.org, Capital Gazette, former State Senator Philip Jimeno, former State Senator Gloria Lawlah, former State Delegate Aisha Braveboy, former State Delegate Melony Griffith, and former Councilman Floyd Wilson, Jr. (Prince George’s County). Brown has raised $1 million and has $224,000 on hand.
The second Democrat running is Warren Christopher, a retired Army officer who ran for this seat in 2014. Christopher is running on a platform of growing jobs, supporting and growing public education, supporting community colleges, cutting interest on student loans, supporting veterans, protecting Social Security and Medicare, protecting women’s rights, investing in green energy, protecting and cleaning the Chesapeake Bay, building and funding affordable housing, supporting reentry programs for ex-cons, supporting our allies abroad, and reforming the immigration system. In 2014, Christopher won 13% of the vote in the primary. He has no significant endorsements. Christopher has raised $173,000 and has almost $102,000 on hand.
The third Democrat running is Glenn Ivey, the former Prince George’s County State’s Attorney, who ran for this seat in 2012. Ivey is running on a platform of equalizing the education system, growing the economy, fighting economic inequality, fighting discrimination, reforming the Voting Rights Act, reforming the campaign finance system, pushing for criminal justice reform, fighting gun violence, supporting veterans, investing in affordable housing, fighting climate change, and protecting veterans. In 2012, Ivey ran for this seat but did not appear on the primary ballot. He has been endorsed by Representative John Conyers (Michigan), State Senator John Astle, State Senator Paul Pinsky, State Senator Victor Ramirez, State Delegate Diana Fennell, State Delegate Carlo Sanchez, State Delegate Jimmy Tarlau, State Delegate Jay Walker, Executive Rushern Baker, III (Prince George’s County), Register of Wills Cereta Lee (Prince George’s County), Councilwoman Deni Taveras (Prince George’s County), Coalition of Asian Pacific American Democrats, National Association of Realtors PAC, Maryland and DC Credit Union Association, IBEW Local 26, Teamsters Local 730, UFCW Local 400, Prince George’s County Professional Firefighters, Prince George’s County Muslim Council, former Governor Parris Glendening, former Senator Tom Daschle (South Dakota), former State Delegate Will Campos, former State Delegate Doyle Niemann, former State Delegate Gerron Levi, former State Delegate Doyle Niemann, former Executive Janet Owens (Anne Arundel County), former Register of Wills Lynn Skerpon (Prince George’s County), former Councilman Jamie Benoit (Anne Arundel County), and former School Board Member Ron Watson (Prince George’s County). Ivey has raised $1 million and has over $331,000 on hand.
The fourth Democrat running is Joseline Peña-Melnyk, a state delegate. Pena-Melnyk is running on a platform of making higher education more affordable, supporting apprenticeship and technical education programs, creating jobs, increasing the minimum wage, investing in infrastructure, closing the gun show loophole, banning assault weapons, reforming the criminal justice system, reforming the immigration system, opposing military intervention, protecting the Affordable Care Act, supporting racial, gender and sexual equality, cleaning the Chesapeake Bay, fighting climate change, and taxing corporations fairly. She has been endorsed by State Senator Delores Kelley, State Senator Roger Manno, State Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, State Senator Victor Ramirez, State Senator Jim Rosapepe, State Delegate Angela Angel, State Delegate Ben Barnes, State Delegate Erek Barron, State Delegate Pam Beidle, State Delegate Ned Carey, State Delegate Mark Chang, State Delegate Luke Clippinger, State Delegate Bonnie Cullison, State Delegate David Fraser Hidalgo, State Delegate Barbara Frush, State Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, State Delegate Peter Hammen, State Delegate Anne Healey, State Delegate Maggie McIntosh, State Delegate Aruna Miller, State Delegate Maricé Morales, State Delegate Nathaniel Oaks, State Delegate Edith Patterson, State Delegate Shane Pendergrass, State Delegate Kirill Reznik, State Delegate Shane Robinson, State Delegate Carlo Sanchez, State Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, State Delegate Mary Washington, Councilman Andrew Pruski (Anne Arundel County), Councilwoman Danielle Glaros (Prince George’s County), Councilwoman Mary Lehman (Prince George’s County), Education Board Member Julie Hummer (Anne Arundel County), Education Board Member Stacy Korbelak (Anne Arundel County), Education Board Member Lupi Grady (Prince George’s County), EMILY’s List, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Sierra Club, Painters Union, Bricklayers Union, AFGE, National Nurses United, Democracy for America, CHC Bold PAC, PODER PAC, CASA in Action, Latino Victory Fund, Blue America, American Society of Anesthesiologists, IUOE Local 10, Insulators Local 24, Steamfitters UA Local 602, CWA Local 2108, The Washington Post, former State Senator Karen Montgomery, and former Councilman Tom Dernoga (Prince George’s County). Peña-Melnyk has raised $800,500 and has $262,000 on hand.
The fifth Democrat running is Terence Strait, a federal employee. Strait is running on a platform of overturning Citizens United, reducing testing in schools, investing in infrastructure to create jobs, addressing climate change, implementing universal healthcare, reforming the immigration system, addressing racial inequality, protecting veterans, and ending the war on drugs. He has no significant endorsements. Strait has raised $9,668 and has $1,383 on hand.
Ivey and Peña-Melnyk likely are the favorites, though Brown is certainly well-known and may have a chance.
The first Republican running is Robert “Bro” Broadus, a realtor. Broadus is running on a platform of anti-Federalism. His website is not more specific. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The second Republican running is Rob Buck. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The third Republican running is George McDermott, a construction company owner. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The fourth Republican running is David Therrien, a realtor. Therrien’s website does not specify a platform. He has been endorsed by Executive Steven Schuh (Anne Arundel County). Therrien has not yet filed a fundraising report.
I have no idea who will get the Republican nomination here and whoever does will face an extremely difficult race in the fall.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Steny Hoyer faces two opponents in the primary. Two Republicans are running in their primary.
Hoyer is running on a platform of funding public schools, addressing climate change, cleaning the Chesapeake Bay, advancing renewable energy, guaranteeing equal pay for equal work, supporting federal employees, protecting the Affordable Care Act, growing the economy, creating jobs, investing in transportation infrastructure, and protecting and honoring veterans. Hoyer was first elected to this seat in a special election in 1981 and has never struggled to be re-elected. He has been endorsed by Maryland-DC AFL-CIO. Hoyer has raised $2.2 million and has over $947,000 on hand. Hoyer has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential primary.
Hoyer’s first opponent is Kristin Beck, a transgender activist. Beck is running on a platform of bringing manufacturing back to Maryland, localizing education control, using public-private partnerships to invest in infrastructure, supporting universal healthcare, providing equal pay for equal work, expunging minor drug offenses, raising the minimum wage, supporting veterans, reducing government waste, simplifying the budget, balancing the budget, and enforcing existing gun laws. She has no significant endorsements. Beck has raised $6,126 and has $3,448 on hand.
Hoyer’s second opponent is Debbie Wilson, a realtor. She has no website so I don’t know her platform. She has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Hoyer will very likely be renominated.
The first Republican running is Mark Arness, a doctor. Arness is running on a platform of reforming the tax code, passing a flat tax, abolishing the IRS, repealing Obamacare, defunding the Department of Education, protecting the 2nd Amendment, investing in the military, and opposing amnesty for immigrants. He has no significant endorsements. Arness has raised almost $29,000 and has $1,193 on hand.
The second Republican running is Sam Faddis, an attorney. Faddis is running on a platform of shrinking the size of government, reducing the national debt, cutting taxes, limiting the role of government, making government more efficient, maintaining a strong military, localizing education control, opposing free trade, securing the border, providing a strict path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, repealing Obamacare, achieving energy independence, and cleaning the Chesapeake Bay. He has been endorsed by State Senator Bob Cassilly, State Senator Ed Reilly, Executive Steve Schuh (Anne Arundel County), Clerk of Courts Robert Duckworth (Anne Arundel County), Council Chairman Jerry Walker (Anne Arundel County), and former Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele. Faddis has raised $193,000 and has $14,000 on hand.
Faddis will likely be nominated here.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
Incumbent Democrat John Delaney faces one opponent in the primary. There are 8 Republicans running in their primary.
Delaney is running on a platform of investing in infrastructure, supporting veterans’ educational opportunities, supporting women’s equality, and opposing government cuts to essential programs. Delaney was first elected to this seat in 2012 and reelected in 2014. He has no significant endorsements. Delaney has raised $810,000 and has $203,000 on hand. Delaney has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential primary.
Delaney’s opponent is Tony Puca, a mortgage loan officer. Puca is running on a platform of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, enacting single-payer healthcare, regulating banks, regulating Wall Street, providing equal pay for equal work, promoting higher education, addressing climate change, investing in alternative energy, fixing transportation infrastructure, and reforming the tax code. Puca has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Delaney is likely favored for this seat.
The first Republican running is Terry Baker, a Washington County Commissioner. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements. Baker has raised more than $27,000 and has $1,934 on hand.
The second Republican running is Scott Cheng, a doctor. Cheng is running on a platform of reducing taxes, creating jobs, improving the economy, repealing Obamacare, balancing the budget, securing the border, destroying ISIS, supporting the military, protecting veterans, boosting agriculture, supporting seniors, supporting the 2nd Amendment, promoting an all-of-the-above energy policy, reducing foreign aid, reforming the welfare system, and creating public-private partnerships for education. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The third Republican running is Robin Ficker, a former state delegate and attorney. He has no website but his Facebook page suggests he wants to widen I-270. He has no significant endorsements. Ficker has raised almost $41,000 and has $300 on hand.
The fourth Republican running is Amie Hoeber, a military consultant. Hoeber is running on a platform of creating jobs, protecting individual privacy, reducing the deficit, opposing Syrian refugee resettlement, simplifying and reducing taxes, protecting gun rights, repealing Obamacare, caring for veterans, opposing the Iran nuclear deal, and supporting women’s equality. She has been endorsed by former Representative Helen Delich Bentley. Hoeber has raised $480,000 and has $77,000 on hand.
The fifth Republican running is Frank Howard, a businessman. Howard is running on a platform of opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants, securing the borders, achieving energy independence, growing the economy, reducing taxes, streamlining regulatory processes, repealing Obamacare, opposing Common Core, and localizing school control. He has no significant endorsements. Howard has raised $72,500 and has $19,500 on hand.
The sixth Republican running is Chris Mason, a carpenter. Mason is running on a platform of defunding the Department of Education, getting the government out of the way of private sector job creation, enforcing current immigration laws, supporting war only as a means of national defense, defunding the IRS, promoting a flat tax, instituting term limits for Representatives and Senators, conserving natural beauty, and supporting the 2nd Amendment. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The seventh Republican running is Howard Painter, an accountant who ran for this seat in 2014. Painter is running on a platform of cutting taxes, reducing Social Security benefits, instituting tariff imports, bring industrial jobs back to Maryland while allowing workers to unionize, securing the border, pushing for American energy independence, and opposing gerrymandering and carpetbagging. Painter won 16.5% of the vote in the 2014 priamry. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The eighth Republican running is Dave Vogt, a state delegate. Vogt is running on a platform of reducing taxes, fully funding the national security apparatus, protecting the 2nd Amendment, promoting fossil fuel resources, supporting school choice, investing in infrastructure, opposing abortion, and repealing Obamacare. He has been endorsed by State Senator Steve Waugh, State Delegate Steve Arentz, State Delegate Jason Buckel, State Delegate Andrew Cassilly, State Delegate John Cluster, State Delegate Mark Fisher, State Delegate Jeff Ghrist, State Delegate Glenn Glass, State Delegate Robin Grammer, State Delegate Kevin Hornberger, State Delegate Seth Howard, State Delegate Rick Impallaria, State Delegate Jay Jacobs, State Delegate Bob Long, State Delegate Tony McConkey, State Delegate Pat McDonough, State Delegate Mike McKay, State Delegate Ric Metzgar, State Delegate Chris Miele, State Delegate Matt Morgan, State Delegate Teresa Reilly, State Delegate Deb Rey, State Delegate Sid Saab, State Delegate Haven Shoemaker, State Delegate Chris West, State Delegate Brett Wilson, Commissioner John Barr (Washington County), National Rifle Association, Maryland Right to Life. Vogt has raised $60,000 and has almost $31,000 on hand.
Hoeber is the frontrunner here, though Vogt may be able to make it competitive.
U.S House of Representatives, District 7
Incumbent Democrat Elijah Cummings faces one opponent in the primary. There are also three Republicans running in their primary.
Cummings is running on a platform of supporting public education, creating jobs, achieving universal healthcare, preventing foreclosures, cleaning the Chesapeake Bay, protecting seniors, and supporting small and minority-owned businesses. Cummings was first elected to this seat in a 1996 special election and has never won less than 70% of the vote in any of his re-election campaigns. He has no significant endorsements. Cummings has raised almost $713,000 and has $1 million on hand.
Cummings’s opponent is Adrian Petrus. Petrus is running on a platform of creating jobs and better education in Baltimore. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Cummings will easily be renominated.
The first Republican running is Ray Bly, a storage yard owner. Bly is running on a platform of bringing back fair trade, banning community associations and zoning boards, reforming the EPA, repealing Obamacare, ending corporate handouts, opposing foreign aid, and bringing our troops home. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The second Republican running is William Newton, an auto mechanic. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The third Republican running is Corrogan Vaughn, a limousine company owner and the 2014 nominee. Vaughn is running on a platform of securing the border, opposing immigrant amnesty, establishing English as the national language, cutting taxes, instituting import tariffs, cutting regulations, opposing abortion, supporting the 2nd Amendment, promoting school choice, maintaining a strong military, repealing the Affordable Care Act, honoring veterans, and supporting a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine. Vaughn won 27% of the vote in 2014. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Vaughn likely will be nominated because he has higher name recognition but whichever Republican wins will almost certainly lose in November.
U.S. House of Representatives, District 8
Incumbent Democrat Chris Van Hollen is running for U.S. Senate. There are competitive primaries for both the Democratic and Republican nominations.
The first Democrat running is Dave Anderson, a college professor. He has no website so I don’t know his platform. He has no significant endorsements. Anderson has raised $131,000 and has over $26,000 on hand.
The second Democrat running is Kumar Barve, a state delegate. Barve is running on a platform of fighting climate change, supporting clean energy, promoting social justice, growing the economy, building a quality education system, and reforming the immigration system. He has been endorsed by Representative Ami Bera (California), State Delegate Pamela Beidle, State Delegate Talmadge Branch, State Delegate Michael Busch, State Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo, State Delegate Barbara Frush, State Delegate James Gilchrist, State Delegate Anne Healey, State Delegate Marvin Holmes, Jr., State Delegate Adrienne Jones, State Delegate Carol Krimm, State Delegate Stephen Lafferty, State Delegate Clarence Lam, State Delegate Eric Luedtke, State Delegate Cory McCray, State Delegate Aruna Miller, State Delegate Andrew Platt, State Delegate Shane Robinson, State Delegate Dana Stein, State Delegate Joseph Vallario, Jr., State Delegate Craig Zucker, former State Senator Jennie Forehand, former State Delegate Galen Clagett, former State Delegate John Hurson, former State Delegate Clayton Mitchell, Jr., former State Delegate Carol Petzold, former State Delegate Casper Taylor, and former Education Board Member Alan Cheung (Montgomery County). Barve has raised $607,000 and has $71,000 on hand.
The third Democrat running is Dan Bolling, a retired biotechnology executive. Bolling is running on a platform of providing constituent services to render Citizens United irrelevant, promote public transit and green transportation, improving education, supporting equal pay for equal work, regulating the banks, opposing gerrymandering, promoting gun safety, supporting immigration reform, addressing income inequality, increasing cybersecurity, supporting peace in the Middle East, supporting LGBT equality, reducing government waste, supporting veterans, and supporting women’s right to choose. Bolling has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The fourth Democrat running is Ana Sol Gutierrez, a state delegate. Gutierrez is running on a platform of opposing public education cuts, investing in education, reforming the immigration system, and supporting women’s rights. She has been endorsed by Representative Xavier Becerra (California), Representative Tony Cardenas (California), Representative Joaquin Castro (Texas), Representative Luis Gutierrez (Illinois), Representative Ruben Hinojosa (Arizona), Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico), Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (California), Representative Norma Torres (California), CHC BOLD PAC, PODER PAC, WAND, CASA in Action, and National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators. Gutierrez has raised $237,000 and has over $167,000 on hand.
The fifth Democrat running is Will Jawando, a former White House aide and attorney. Jawando is running on a platform of raising the minimum wage, providing paid sick and family leave, end the gender pay gap, protect women’s right to choose, making child care more affordable, reforming gun laws, ensuring higher education is affordable, supporting teachers, creating jobs, addressing climate change, protecting Social Security and Medicare, overturning Citizens United, and reforming the criminal justice system. He has been endorsed by Representative G. K. Butterfield (North Carolina), Representative Elijah Cummings, Representative Hank Johnson (Georgia), Representative Robin Kelly (Illinois), Representative John Lewis (Georgia), Representative Gregory Meeks (New York), State Delegate Charles Sydnor, III, Councilman Craig Rice (Montgomery County), and School Board Member Christopher Barclay (Montgomery County). Jawando has raised over $482,000 and has $79,000 on hand.
The sixth Democrat running is Kathleen Matthews, a former hotel company executive. Matthews is running on a platform of overturning Citizens United, supporting a quality education system, protecting the environment, preventing gun violence, promoting peace in the Middle East, supporting LGBT equality, protecting Social Security, supporting federal workers, reducing tariffs, supporting a woman’s right to choose, and standing up for working families. She has been endorsed by Representative Cheri Bustos (Illinois), Representative Katherine Clark (Massachusetts), Representative Debbie Dingell (Michigan), Representative Anna Eshoo (California), Representative Lois Frankel (Florida), Representative Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire), State Delegate Bill Frick, EMILY’s List, and The Washington Post. Matthews has raised $2.5 million and has $424,000 on hand.
The seventh Democrat running is Jamie Raskin, a state senator. Raskin is running on a platform of fighting climate change, taxing corporate carbon emissions, reducing gun violence, raising the minimum wage, protecting women’s right to choose, overturning Citizens United, protecting Social Security and Medicare, funding public education, lowering the cost of higher education, supporting single-payer, reforming the immigration system, supporting veterans, supporting LGBT rights, supporting the Iran nuclear deal, defending the labor movement and the right to organize, and protecting the welfare of animals. He has been endorsed by Attorney General Brian Frosh, Representative John Conyers (Michigan), Representative Keith Ellison (Minnesota), Representative Raul Grijalva (Arizona), Representative Mark Pocan (Arizona), Representative John Sarbanes, Representative Mark Takano (California), State Senator John Astle, State Senator Joanne Benson, State Senator James Brochin, State Senator Ed DeGrange, State Senator Delores Kelley, State Senator Susan Lee, State Senator Rich Madaleno, State Senator Nathaniel McFadden, State Senator Thomas “Mike” Miller, Jr., State Senator Mac Middleton, State Senator Karen Montgomery, State Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, State Senator Douglas JJ Peters, State Senator Paul Pinsky, State Senator Catherine Pugh, State Senator Victor Ramirez, State Senator Jim Rosapepe, State Senator Ron Young, State Senator Bobby Zirkin, State Delegate Kathleen Dumais, State Delegate Sheila Hixson, State Delegate David Moon, State Delegate Will Smith, State Delegate Jimmy Tarlau, State Delegate Karen Lewis Young, Sheriff Darren Popkin (Montgomery County), State’s Attorney John McCarthy (Montgomery County), Councilman Roger Berliner (Montgomery County), Councilman Marc Elrich (Montgomery County), Councilman George Leventhal (Montgomery County), Councilman Hans Riemer (Montgomery County), Education Board Member Judith Docca (Montgomery County), Education Board Member Rebecca Smondrowski (Montgomery County), Sierra Club, Congressional Progressive Caucus, NEA, IAMAW, AFGE, ATU, National Nurses United, National Association of Letter Carriers, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, Progressive Democrats of America, Blue America, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Progressive Neighbors, Freethought Equality Fund, AFSCME-MD, Coalition of Asian Pacific American Democrats of Maryland, Maryland Group Against Smokers Pollution, MD-DC Credit Union Association, OPEIU Local 2, UFCW Local 400, UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, IAFF Local 1664, African-American Democratic Club of Montgomery County, Latino Democratic Club of Montgomery County, Montgomery County Green Democrats, Washington Jewish Week, former Senator Joseph Tydings, former Attorney General Doug Gansler, former State Delegate Gene Counihan, former State Delegate Gil Genn, and former Board of Education Member Shirley Brandman (Montgomery County). Raskin has raised $1.8 million and has $624,000 on hand.
The eighth Democrat running is Joel Rubin, a foreign policy consultant. Rubin is running on a platform of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, investing in technology and infrastructure, ending tax breaks for the wealthy, providing affordable childcare, lowering the cost of college, defend the right to unionize, opposing the TPP, ending reliance on fossil fuels, fighting climate change, promoting diplomacy, securing retirement for all seniors, protecting women’s rights, adding a public option to the ACA, passing common sense gun control, funding public education, passing comprehensive immigration reform, supporting equal rights for all, honoring veterans, and rebuilding transportation infrastructure and supporting public transit. He has been endorsed by Representative Jan Schakowsky (Illinois) and Council for a Livable World. Rubin has raised $265,000 and has $49,000 on hand.
The ninth Democrat running is David Trone, a national chain wine store owner. Trone is running on a platform of reforming the criminal justice system, supporting LGBT rights, promoting women’s right to choose, protecting seniors, preventing gun violence, addressing climate change, closing the achievement gap in education, fully funding schools, making college accessible and affordable, ending the war on drugs, defending the Affordable Care Act, reforming the immigration system, investing in infrastructure, passing election reform, honoring veterans, promoting affordable housing, and supporting the TPP. He has no significant endorsements. Trone has raised $9.9 million and has almost $947,000 on hand.
This race is really a tossup with Trone, Rubin, Raskin, Matthews, Jawando, Gutierrez, and Barve all strong contenders. Matthews, Trone, and Raskin are probably the leaders, though I’m not sure who will win.
The first Republican running is Dan Cox, an attorney. Cox is running on a platform of opposing abortion, supporting liberty, supporting the 2nd Amendment, defending property rights, enforcing immigration laws, securing the border, ending sanctuary cities, promoting agriculture, building a strong defense, and standing with Israel. He has been endorsed by Representative Andy Harris and Maryland Right to Life. Cox has raised $9,115 and has $5,374 on hand.
The second Republican running is Jeff Jones, a Methodist pastor. Jones is running on a platform of supporting individual rights. He has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
The third Republican running is Liz Matory, a consultant and former Democrat. Matory is running on a platform of supporting conservative principles and ending crony capitalism. She has no significant endorsements. Matory has raised $32,000 and has $3,697 on hand.
The fourth Republican running is Aryeh Shudofsky, a former Congressional aide. Shudofsky is running on a platform of cutting regulations, cutting taxes, supporting small businesses, supporting Israel, promoting the national defense, supporting education innovation, paying down the national debt, investing in transportation infrastructure, and providing greater access of capital to businesses. He has no significant endorsements. Shudofsky has raised $39,000 and has $7,824 on hand.
The fifth Republican running is Shelly Skolnick, an attorney. Skolnick is running on a platform of passing a timely, balanced budget, repealing Obamacare, creating a Highway Trust Fund, raising the minimum wage, approving Keystone XL, and reforming the tax system. She has no significant endorsements and has not yet filed a fundraising report.
Cox is probably the leading candidate here, but Shudofsky and Matory may be able to make this competitive.