Politics & Government

HoCo Executive, Council, School Board Elections: See Who's Running

Primary elections are approaching on July 19. See who will be on the ballot for Howard County Executive, Council and the board of education.

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Maryland primary elections are July 19 and there are races for county executive, County Council, the board of education and a variety of other positions in Howard County.

Here are the people who filed for candidacy with the State Board of Elections for Howard County Executive, County Council and the board of education.

County Executive

Molsen Haghighat
Republican

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Allan H. Kittleman
Republican

Darren Vilus
Republican

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Calvin Ball
Democratic

Harry Dunbar
Democratic


County Council

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

Councilmanic District 1

Sean J. McCurdy
Republican

Neveen Kurtom

Democratic

Elizabeth "Liz" Walsh
Democratic

Councilmanic District 2

Sheila P. Jennifer
Republican

Opel Jones
Democratic

Councilmanic District 3

William H. Campbell

Republican

Christiana Rigby
Democratic

Councilmanic District 4Hank Boyd

Democratic

Janssen Evelyn
Democratic

Deb Jung
Democratic

Darren Vilus
Republican

Councilmanic District 5

David Yungmann

Republican

Joan U. Pontius

Democratic

Board of Education

*All candidates are non-partisan

Tudy Adler

Linfeng Chen

Susan Dreisch

Julie Hotopp

Jacky McCoy

Dan Newberger

Monique Richards

Meg Ricks

For a list of early voting centers, read:

Early Voting Centers Open Thursday In Howard County, Find One Near You


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