Here’s a List of Citywide Candidates in Baltimore
This year, Baltimore City will elect a mayor, City Council president and City Council representatives, among others. The state deadline for all candidates to file for the April 28 primary election was 9 p.m. Friday. Democratic and Republican primary candidates vying to be their party’s nominees for citywide offices in the Nov. 3 general election follow.
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 10 to 1 in Baltimore City, the most current voter registration figures with the Maryland State Board of Elections show.
Baltimore City Total Voter Registration, as of Dec. 31
Total Voters: 390,266
Democrats: 304,013
Republicans: 30,059
Bread and Roses: 54
Unaffiliated: 51,657
Other: 4,483
Here are the candidates:
Mayor
Democrats
- Carlmichael “Stokey” Cannady, 49
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Lou Catelli (legal name: William E. Bauer), 46
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Valerie L. Cunningham, 57
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Sheila A. Dixon, 66
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Liri Fusha, n/a**
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Sean Bernard Gresh, 78
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Michael Douglas Jenson, 70
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Ralph E. Johnson Jr., 57
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James Hugh Jones II, 66
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Terry Jay McCready, 76**
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Mary J. Miller, 64
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Erik Powery, n/a**
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Yolanda R. Pulley, 45
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Brian J. Salsberry, 48
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Brandon M. Scott, 35
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Keith B. Scott, n/a**
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Taiwan J. “T.J.” Smith, 42
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Dante C. Swinton, 31
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Richard B. “Rikki” Vaughn, 40
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Thiruvendran “Thiru” Vignarajah, 43
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Frederick D. Ware-Newsome, 54
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Mary L. Washington, 57
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Bernard C. “Jack” Young, 65*
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Yasaun C. Young, 28
Republicans
- Zulieka A. Baysmore, 61**
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Catalina A. Byrd, 38
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Ivan Gonzalez, n/a**
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William G. Herd, 66
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Collins O. Otonna, 57
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David Anthony Wiggins, 59
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Shannon L. Wright, 52
Unaffiliated
- Kahan S. Dhillon Jr., 39
- Incumbent
** No candidate committee registration paperwork on file at Maryland State Board of Elections for active candidacy as of 9 p.m., Fri., Jan. 24, 2020, filing deadline.
President of the City Council
Democrats
- Leo W. Burroughs, 77
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Marques Dent, 35
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Nicholas J. “Nick” Mosby, 40
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Leon F. Pinkett III, 52
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Shannon C. Sneed, 39
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Daniel J. “Dan” Sparaco, 44
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Carl F. Stokes, 69
Republican
- Jovani M. Patterson, 33
(No incumbent)
Comptroller
Democrats
- William B. “Bill” Henry, 51
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Joan M. Pratt, 68*
Republicans
None
- Incumbent