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Active printed candidates for every statewide candidate contest

Who is running in Maryland?

The official Maryland State Board of Elections statewide candidate list shows 8 active printed candidates or tickets across 3 statewide candidate contests for November 3, 2026.

Name source: The official statewide HTML list and CSV were checked October 1, 2026, after the page's 10:00 a.m. update. All eight printed candidate or ticket records are Active. The separate at-large appellate judge is counted under judicial retention, not as a candidate contest.
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Active printed candidates or tickets in all 3 Maryland statewide candidate contests and their finance source status
OfficeCandidate or ticketBallot affiliationFinance source
Governor / Lt. GovernorWes Moore / Aruna MillerDemocraticState record matched
Governor / Lt. GovernorDan Cox / Rob KropRepublicanState record matched
Governor / Lt. GovernorAndy Ellis / Owen Silverman AndrewsGreenState record matched
Governor / Lt. GovernorCathy White / Cathy PermutWorking Class PartyNo comparable state summary
ComptrollerBrooke Elizabeth LiermanDemocraticState record matched
ComptrollerSonya DunnRepublicanState record matched
Attorney GeneralAnthony G. BrownDemocraticState record matched
Attorney GeneralJames B. Rutledge, IIIRepublicanState record matched
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No named statewide write-in candidate listed yet

The official statewide candidate CSV contains no statewide write-in filing as of October 1, 2026. Maryland's write-in filing deadline is October 15, 2026, at 5 p.m., so this count can change. General-election voters may cast a write-in vote, but only filed write-in candidates are reported individually in the official canvass.

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Official candidate and election documents

2026 statewide candidate listOfficial HTML roster last updated October 1, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.2026 statewide candidate CSVOfficial machine-readable roster used to verify status, contest scope, party, ticket pairings, and committee labels.Offices on the ballotOfficial Maryland filing and office-scope page.
Coverage boundary: This page covers only candidate contests decided by all Maryland voters. U.S. House, General Assembly, circuit, county, municipal, school, and other district or local contests are excluded. Dan Friedman's at-large Appellate Court retention question is covered in the voting section and is not included in the three candidate-contest or eight printed-choice counts. Candidate order shown here is not a claim about final order on every ballot style. Read the full coverage boundary.