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Howard County 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election Local Candidates List

Last updated: 08/12/2022 04:03:PM

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County Executive

Molsen Haghighat

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/17/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/molsen.haghighat; Other: IG: @laurelautohouse

Allan H. Kittleman

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -01/26/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kittleman.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/akittleman; X: @akittleman; Other: Instagram: @allan.kittleman

Darren Vilus

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -09/29/2021
Email: [email protected]

Calvin Ball

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -02/08/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: VoteCalvinBall.com
Social: Facebook: Facebook.com/CalvinBallTeam; X: @CalvinBallTeam; Other: linkedin.com/in/calvin-ball-75b189101

Harry Dunbar

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/29/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.slowgrowthdunbar.com/
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Harry.Dunbar.21045

County Council *Candidates are listed in the district they are running for in the 2022 elections.

Councilmanic District 1

Sean J. McCurdy

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -09/22/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mccurdy4hoco.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/mccurdy4hoco; X: @HoCoMc

Neveen Kurtom

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -06/14/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.neveenkurtom.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/neveen4council; X: www.twitter.com/neveen4council

Elizabeth "Liz" Walsh

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -02/22/2022
Email: [email protected]

Councilmanic District 2

Sheila P. Jennifer

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -02/03/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sheila4hoco.com

Opel Jones

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -11/24/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.opeljones.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/friendsofOpelJones; X: @opeljones; Other: IG: @opeljones

Councilmanic District 3

William H. Campbell

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -02/09/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: @CampbellforCountyCouncil

Christiana Rigby

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -01/26/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: christianarigby.com
Social: Facebook: facebook.com/christianarigbyhoco; X: twitter.com/ChristianaRigby; Other: Instagram:christianarigbyhoco

Councilmanic District 4

Hank Boyd

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -12/15/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hank-boyd-phd-jd-mba-9180315; Other: https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/directory/henry-c-boyd-iii

Janssen Evelyn

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -02/02/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: janssenevelyn.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/4JanssenEvelyn; X: @4JanssenEvelyn; Other: IG: @4JanssenEvelyn

Deb Jung

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -06/16/2021
Email: [email protected]

Darren Vilus

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Withdrawn - 09/29/2021
Filed: Regular -05/26/2021
Email: [email protected]

Councilmanic District 5

David Yungmann

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -11/03/2021
Email: [email protected]

Joan U. Pontius

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/29/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: joanpontius.com

State's Attorney

Rich Gibson

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -11/17/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.richgibson.net
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/RichGibson4hoco; X: @RichGibson4hoco

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Wayne A. Robey

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -11/17/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: robeyforclerk.org

Register of Wills

Byron Macfarlane

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -11/17/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.byronforhoco.com
Social: Facebook: @byronmacfarlane4hoco; X: @byronmacfarlane

Judge of the Orphans' Court

Christina J. Bostick

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/17/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.christinabostick.com
Social: Facebook: facebook.com/JudgeBostick; X: @bosticklaw; Other: IG: @bosticklawoffice

Ajile F. Brown

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/17/2022
Email: [email protected]

Elizabeth Ann Fitch

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/15/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.elizabethannfitch.com/
Social: Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/HoCoOrphansCourt2022

Nicole Bormel Miller

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/22/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/nicolebormelmiller; X: @njbormel

Sheriff

John Francis McMahon

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/15/2022
Email: [email protected]

Marcus Harris

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -11/17/2021
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.marcusharrisforsheriff.com

Republican Central Committee

Ray Bly

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -01/19/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.raybly.com
Social: Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006636978715; Other: www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0K0wXQnSMPQ84clzHxJPw

Steve Brown

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/16/2022
Email: [email protected]

Gary Clark

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/23/2022
Email: [email protected]

Rachel Coutts

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/15/2022
Email: [email protected]

Lisa Feinberg

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/08/2022
Email: [email protected]

Jay Gerarden

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/13/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Other: https://linkedin.com/in/jaygerarden

Sheila P. Jennifer

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/03/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sheila4hoco.com

Sean J. McCurdy

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/03/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mccurdy4hoco.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/mccurdy4hoco; X: @HoCoMc

Jen Nussbaum

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/15/2022
Email: [email protected]

Heather Olowski

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/17/2022
Email: [email protected]

Saif Rehman

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/02/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vote4rehman.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/rehman4md; X: https://www.twitter.com/drsaifrehman

Beth Rettaliata Lawson

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/03/2022
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/beth.r.lawson

Jason Stein

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/10/2022
Email: [email protected]

Justin J. Taylor

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/10/2022
Email: [email protected]

Geoffrey S. Thornton

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/09/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.vote4thornton.com

Steven H. Wilson

Republican

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/08/2022
Email: [email protected]

Democratic Central Committee *No more than half of the members can be elected from the same gender.

Maureen Evans Arthurs

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/16/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: facebook.com/maureenevansarthurs

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/13/2022
Email: [email protected]

Mae A. Beale

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -12/15/2021
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mae.beale.75

Linda Bolen

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/02/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/lindab4hcdcc

Meagan Braganca

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/22/2022
Email: [email protected]

McNeal Brown, Jr.

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/15/2022
Email: [email protected]

Jake Burdett

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/14/2022
Email: [email protected]

Regina Clay

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/01/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: @friendsofReginaClay; X: @friendsofReginaClay

Rich Corkran

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/23/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.richcorkran.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/RichCorkranWorkingtoElectDemocrats; X: @electdemocrats

Kim Pezza Drake

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -01/26/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/friendsofkimpezzadrake

Karin E. Emery

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/06/2022
Email: [email protected]

Felix Facchine

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/17/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/felix4hoco; X: @felix4hoco; Other: IG: @felix4hoco

Kiana Fok

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/14/2022
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kiana.fok; Other: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiana-fok

Sean Ford

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/24/2022
Email: [email protected]

Lorinzo Foxworth

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/15/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/lorinzofoxworth

Sanjay G. George

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/17/2022
Email: [email protected]

Hiruy Hadgu

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/14/2022
Email: [email protected]

Safa Hira

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/15/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/friendsofSafaHira; X: @safakate

Joshua Hirsh

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/01/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: @friendsofJoshuaHirsh

Kathy M. Howell

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/05/2022
Email: [email protected]

Moe Imran

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/15/2022

Adriane Jemmott

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/16/2022
Email: [email protected]

Joy Jenkins

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/14/2022
Email: [email protected]

Jennifer Jones

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/03/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: facebook.com/FriendsofJenniferJones; X: @JennDJones; Other: instagram.com/jenjones4815

Ahmad Khan

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/13/2022
Email: [email protected]

Claudia Koenig

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/22/2022

Rick Kohn

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/22/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hoco4us.com

Dhruvak Mirani

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/12/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.dhruvak.com
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dhruvakforhoco; X: @dhruvakmirani

Gabriel Maximilian Moreno

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -01/26/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DemocraticCentralCommitte; Other: instagram:@gabrielthecandidate

James Ward Morrow

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/08/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jameswardmorrow.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/JamesWardMorrow4; X: www.twitter.com/Wardesq

Jessica I. Nichols

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -01/19/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jessicanichols.net

Lillian Norris Holmes

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -01/26/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077761321798

Liset Rajaratnam

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/13/2022
Email: [email protected]

Eduardo Ribeiro

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/15/2022
Email: [email protected]

Taneeka Richardson

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/15/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/TaneekaRichardson; X: @Real_Taneeka

Shahan Rizvi

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/03/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.vote4shahan.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/vote4shahan; Other: www.instagram.com/vote4shahan

Drew Roth

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/07/2022
Email: [email protected]

Jackie Scott

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/13/2022
Email: [email protected]

Dhaval K. Shah

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/02/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.shah4howard.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/shah4howard/

Herb Smith

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -02/09/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: Facebook: facebook.com/herb.smith.731; Other: IG: @herbjsmith

Sanjeev K. Sriram

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -04/13/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: hoco4us.com

Collin Sullivan

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -01/19/2022
Email: [email protected]

Carla Tevelow

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/17/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: hoco4us.com

Francis Uy

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/22/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://francis.hr1.us

Kathleen Uy

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Active
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/22/2022
Email: [email protected]

Harry Dunbar

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Male
Status: Withdrawn - 03/29/2022
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/15/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.slowgrowthdunbar.com/
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Harry.Dunbar.21045

Joan U. Pontius

Democratic

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Gender: Female
Status: Withdrawn - 04/08/2022
Filed: Central Committee Candidate -03/01/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: joanpontius.com

Board of Education

Tudy Adler

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -02/02/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: adler4BOE.com
Social: Facebook: @Tudy Adler for BOE

Linfeng Chen

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -01/19/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: chen4boe.org
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/DrChen4BOE

Susan Dreisch

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/16/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: susandreisch4boe.com

Julie Hotopp

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -04/07/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: hotopp4boe.org
Social: Facebook: @hotopp4boe; X: @hotopp4boe

Jacky McCoy

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -04/12/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Jackymccoyboe22
Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jackymccoyboe22

Dan Newberger

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -02/02/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.votenewberger.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/votenewberger; X: @DanNewberger; Other: Instagram: @VoteNewberger

Monique Richards

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -03/31/2022
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.votemoniquerichards.com
Social: Facebook: www.facebook.com/drmoniqueforboe; X: @drmoniqueforboe

Meg Ricks

Non-Partisan

Jurisdiction: Howard County
Status: Active
Filed: Regular -04/06/2022
Email: [email protected]
Social: X: @megricksforboe