2026 Candidate Endorsements
Columbia Democratic Club is pleased to share the following candidate endorsements for the General Election on November 3, 2026:
Sarah Elfreth for Congress
Wes Moore for Governor
Aruna Miller for Lt. Governor
Brooke Lierman for Comptroller
Anthony Brown for Attorney General
Vanessa Atterbeary for County Executive
For Howard County Council, Kevin Chin for District 1, Jessica Nichols for District 2, Christiana Rigby for District 3, Janssen Evelyn for District 4, and Cat Carter for District 5
Rich Gibson for State’s Attorney, Marcus Harris for Sherriff, Byron Macfarlane for Register of Wills, and Jen Terrasa for Circuit Court Clerk
For Howard County Board of Education, Mark Covington and Lanlan Xu
For State Senate, Katie Fry Hester for District 9, Clarence Lam for District 12, and Guy Guzzone for District 13
For House of Delegates:
For District 9A: Chao Wu and Natalie Ziegler
For District 9B: Courtney Watson
For District 12A: Jessica Feldmark and Terri Hill
For District 13: Amy Brooks, Pam L. Guzzone, and Gabriel Moreno
2024 Candidate Endorsements
Kamala Harris for President
Angela Alsobrooks for US Senate
Sarah Elfreth for Congressional District 3
And for Howard County Board of Education:
Meg Ricks, District 1
Antonia Watts, District 2
Jolene Mosley, District 3
Jennifer Mallo, District 4
Andrea Chamblee, District 5
For further information on the 2024 Maryland primary, to register for an absentee ballot, or to find your polling place, click here.
2023 Howard County Council Legislation
Columbia Democratic Club supports CB11-2023, an act amending the Howard County Code to establish certain processes for certain audits by the Howard County Auditor’s Office and generally relating to the Howard County Auditor’s Office. This act, sponsored by Councilmembers Opel Jones and Christiana Rigby, is intended to address issues stemming from the recent Howard County library investigation by the county auditor. In addition, CDC has adopted a statement in support of the library system and HCLS President and CEO Tonya Aikens and calling for the removal of the county auditor.
Columbia Democratic Club supports CB5-2023, an act requiring the Howard County Executive to report to the County Council with recommendations about changes to the Howard County Building Code that would be needed to require all-electric buildings. CB5 was passed on March 6, 2023.
2022 Candidate Endorsements
Columbia Democratic Club is pleased to share the following candidate endorsements for the General Election on November 8, 2022.
Governor of Maryland: Wes Moore
Comptroller of Maryland: Brooke Lierman
Attorney General of Maryland: Anthony Brown
U.S. Senate: Chris Van Hollen
U.S. Congress, 3rd District: John Sarbanes
Delegate, District 9A: Chao Wu and Natalie Ziegler
Delegate, District 12A: Jessica Feldmark and Terri Hill
Delegate, District 13: Vanessa Atterbeary, Pam Lanman Guzzone, and Jen Terrasa
Howard County Executive: Calvin Ball
County Council, District 1: Liz Walsh
County Council, District 4: Deb Jung
Howard County Board of Education: Jacky McCoy and Dan Newberger
2022 Ballot Questions
Columbia Democratic Club strongly encourages you to #VoteFORQuestionA.
To view the Howard County Democratic Central Committee’s position on all 2022 ballot questions, please click here.