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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Maryland on November 5, 2024. In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Maryland voters elected all of its seats in the United States House of Representatives, and one of its U.S. senators. Various municipal elections, including in Cecil County, Baltimore, and the city of Hagerstown, were also held.
Polls were open from 7 AM to 8 PM EST.

## Federal offices
### President of the United States

Maryland is represented by 10 electors in the electoral college.

### United States Senate

Incumbent three-term Democratic Senator Ben Cardin was reelected in 2018 with 64.9% of the vote. On May 1, 2023, he announced that he would not be seeking reelection to a fourth term in office. Democratic candidates for the office include Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and U.S. Representative David Trone, while Republican candidates include former governor Larry Hogan and perennial candidate Robin Ficker.
Alsobrooks and Hogan won their respective primaries on May 14, 2024, and faced off in the general election.

### United States House of Representatives

All eight of Maryland's seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election in 2024, of which three are open seats.

## Ballot propositions

Maryland 2024 ballot propositions :
| Proposition | Description | Result | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Proposition | Description | Result | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Question 1 | Enshrines the right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution. | Yes | 2,199,319 | 76.06 | 692,219 | 23.94 |

### Polling

On a referendum strengthening abortion rights
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | For | Against | Other/ Undecided |
| YouGov | October 23–27, 2024 | 500 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 75% | 18% | 7% |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | September 23–28, 2024 | 862 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 69% | 21% | 10% |
| OpinionWorks | October 20–23, 2022 | 982 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 71% | 19% | 11% |
| University of Maryland | September 22–27, 2022 | 810 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 78% | 16% | 5% |

## Municipal elections
### Baltimore
#### Mayor

Incumbent Brandon Scott was first elected in 2020 with 70.5% of the vote and is running for re-election to a second term. He faces primary challenges from former mayor Sheila Dixon and perennial candidate Thiru Vignarajah. Vignarajah withdrew from the race and endorsed Dixon on May 1, 2024, but will still appear on the primary election ballot and have votes cast by mail for him counted.
Scott won the Democratic primary on May 14, 2024.

#### City Council

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Candidates |
| Location | Member | Party | First elected | Status | Candidates |
| President | Nick Mosby | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Zeke Cohen (Democratic) 89.0% ▌Emmanuel Digman (Republican) 10.7% Democratic primary ▌Y Zeke Cohen (Democratic) ▌Shannon Sneed (Democratic) ▌Nick Mosby (Democratic) |
| 1 | Zeke Cohen | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent retired to run for City Council President. New member to be elected. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Mark Parker (Democratic) 98.0% Democratic primary ▌Y Mark Parker (Democratic) ▌Liam Davis (Democratic) ▌Joseph Koehler (Democratic) |
| 2 | Danielle McCray | Democratic | 2019 (appointed) | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Danielle McCray (Democratic) 87.5% ▌Andy Zipay (Republican) 12.2% Democratic primary ▌Y Danielle McCray (Democratic) ▌India Carter (Democratic) |
| 3 | Ryan Dorsey | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Ryan Dorsey (Democratic) 96.1% Democratic primary ▌Y Ryan Dorsey (Democratic) ▌Margo Bruner-Settles (Democratic) ▌Marques Dent (Democratic) |
| 4 | Mark Conway | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Mark Conway (Democratic) 99.0% |
| 5 | Yitzy Schleifer | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Yitzy Schleifer (Democratic) 98.4% Democratic primary ▌Y Yitzy Schleifer (Democratic) ▌Marvin Briscoe (Democratic) |
| 6 | Sharon Green Middleton | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Sharon Green Middleton (Democratic) 98.5% Democratic primary ▌Y Sharon Green Middleton (Democratic) ▌Steven Johnson (Democratic) ▌Robyn Christian (Democratic) |
| 7 | James Torrence | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y James Torrence (Democratic) 91.1% ▌Christopher Anderson (Republican) 8.4% Democratic primary ▌Y James Torrence (Democratic) ▌Tori Rose (Democratic) |
| 8 | Kristerfer Burnett | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent retired. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Paris Gray (Democratic) 99.2% Democratic primary ▌Y Paris Gray (Democratic) ▌Bilal Ali (Democratic) ▌Christian Allen (Democratic) ▌Joyous Jones (Democratic) ▌Jeffery Allen (Democratic) |
| 9 | John Bullock | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y John Bullock (Democratic) 97.6% Democratic primary ▌Y John Bullock (Democratic) ▌Sonia Eaddy (Democratic) ▌Venroy July (Democratic) ▌Matthew Johnson (Democratic) |
| 10 | Phylicia Porter | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Phylicia Porter (Democratic) 97.5% Democratic primary ▌Y Phylicia Porter (Democratic) ▌Richard Parker (Democratic) |
| 11 | Eric Costello | Democratic | 2014 (appointed) | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Zac Blanchard (Democratic) 97.9% Democratic primary ▌Y Zac Blanchard (Democratic) ▌Eric Costello (Democratic) |
| 12 | Robert Stokes | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbent lost renomination. Democratic hold. | ▌Y Jermaine Jones (Democratic) 99.0% Democratic primary ▌Y Jermaine Jones (Democratic) ▌Robert Stokes (Democratic) |
| 13 | Antonio Glover | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Antonio Glover (Democratic) 90.2% ▌Alexander Artis (Republican) 9.3% Democratic primary ▌Y Antonio Glover (Democratic) ▌Walker Gladden III (Democratic) |
| 14 | Odette Ramos | Democratic | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. | ▌Y Odette Ramos (Democratic) 90.8% ▌Renaud Deaundre Brown (Green) 8.8% |

#### Polling

On the mayoral election
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Sheila Dixon | Brandon Scott | Thiru Vignarajah | Bob Wallace | Other | Undecided |
| OpinionWorks | April 7–11, 2024 | 508 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 35% | 38% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 7% |
| Goucher College | April 3–7, 2024 | 440 (RV) | ± 4.7% | 32% | 40% | 11% | 3% | 3% | 10% |
| Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group | February 24–26, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 5% | 40% | 37% | 10% | 6% | – | 8% |
| Lake Research Partners | October 16–22, 2023 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 39% | 31% | – | 10% | – | 15% |
| Goucher College | September 19–23, 2023 | 537 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 39% | 27% | – | – | 23% | 8% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Eric Costello | Sheila Dixon | Bill Henry | Jayne Miller | Brandon Scott | Thiru Vignarajah | Undecided |
| Lake Research Partners | Late March 2023 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 3% | 18% | 6% | 7% | 21% | 11% | 34% |
On the city council president election
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Zeke Cohen | Nick Mosby | Shannon Sneed | Other | Undecided |
| OpinionWorks | April 7–11, 2024 | 508 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 40% | 21% | 17% | 3% | 19% |
| Goucher College | April 3–7, 2024 | 508 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 27% | 23% | 17% | 14% | 20% |
| Global Strategy Group | February 15–20, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 31% | 22% | 18% | 5% | 24% |
| | October 20, 2023 | Shannon Sneed enters the race | Shannon Sneed enters the race | Shannon Sneed enters the race | Shannon Sneed enters the race | Shannon Sneed enters the race | Shannon Sneed enters the race | Shannon Sneed enters the race |
| Goucher College | September 19–23, 2023 | 537 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 30% | 17% | – | 34% | 18% |
| Global Strategy Group | May 31 – June 1, 2023 | 702 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 40% | 24% | – | – | 18% |

### Cecil County

In Cecil County, voters elected the County Executive as well as two seats in the County Council, in Districts 1 and 5.

#### County Executive

The incumbent county executive is Republican Danielle Hornberger, who was elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2020. She ran for a second term in 2024, but was defeated in the Republican primary election by Adam Streight.

##### Republican primary
###### Nominee

* Adam Streight, police sergeant and candidate for HD-35B in 2022

###### Eliminated in primary

* Danielle Hornberger, incumbent county executive

###### Results

Republican primary election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Adam Streight | 7,445 | 53.24 |
| | Republican | Danielle Hornberger (incumbent) | 6,538 | 46.76 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,983 | 100.0 |

##### Democratic primary
###### Nominee

* Bill Kilby, dairy farmer

###### Results

Democratic primary election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Bill Kilby | 3,676 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,676 | 100.0 |

##### General election

2024 Cecil County County Executive election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Adam Streight | 33,588 | 66.38% |
| | Democratic | Bill Kilby | 16,654 | 32.91% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 358 | 0.71% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 50,600 | 100.0 |

#### County Council

| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Candidates |
| Location | Member | Party | First elected | Status | Candidates |
| 1 | Bob Meffley | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent re-elected | ▌Y Bob Meffley (Republican) 70.2% ▌Michelle Ravert (Democratic) 29.6% Republican primary ▌Y Bob Meffley (Republican) ▌Sandra Ward (Republican) |
| 5 | Jackie Gregory | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold. | ▌Y Dawn Branch (Republican) 69.3% ▌Russ Melrath (Democratic) 30.4% Republican primary ▌Y Dawn Branch (Republican) ▌Jackie Gregory (Republican) |

### Hagerstown
#### Mayor

The 2024 Hagerstown mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024. Incumbent mayor Tekesha Martinez became the city's mayor and the city's first Black mayor on February 7, 2023, after Emily Keller resigned following Governor Wes Moore naming her to serve as Special Secretary of Opioid Response in his administration. On July 12, 2023, she announced that she would run for Congress in Maryland's 6th congressional district, opting against re-election as mayor.

##### Candidates

* Bill McIntire, business owner
* Stephen S. Schutte, broadband executive (withdrawn, still on ballot)

##### Results

Hagerstown mayoral election, 2024 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bill McIntire | Bill McIntire | 8,595 | 69.20 |
| Stephen S. Schutte (withdrawn) | Stephen S. Schutte (withdrawn) | 3,174 | 25.56 |
| Write-in | Write-in | 651 | 5.24 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 12,420 | 100.0 |

#### City Council

Members of the Hagerstown City Council are elected in an at-large nonpartisan election, where the top ten candidates from the primary will move on to the general election, where the top five candidates will be elected.

##### Candidates
###### Advanced to general election

* Kristin Aleshire, incumbent city councilmember
* Caroline Anderson, business owner
* Erika Bell, business owner
* Mark Bell, business owner
* Tiara Burnett, incumbent city councilmember
* Sean Flaherty, data analyst
* Stacy Michael
* Rich Owens, therapist
* Peter Perini, incumbent city councilmember
* Matthew Schindler, incumbent city councilmember

###### Eliminated in primary

* Journie Martinez, poet

##### Primary election results

Hagerstown city council primary election, 2024 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Kristin Aleshire (incumbent) | Kristin Aleshire (incumbent) | 2,617 | 16.12 |
| Tiara Burnett (incumbent) | Tiara Burnett (incumbent) | 2,062 | 12.70 |
| Matthew Schindler (incumbent) | Matthew Schindler (incumbent) | 1,660 | 10.22 |
| Peter Perini (incumbent) | Peter Perini (incumbent) | 1,579 | 9.73 |
| Sean Flaherty | Sean Flaherty | 1,453 | 8.95 |
| Erika Bell | Erika Bell | 1,369 | 8.43 |
| Stacy Michael | Stacy Michael | 1,347 | 8.30 |
| Caroline Anderson | Caroline Anderson | 1,252 | 7.71 |
| Mark Bell | Mark Bell | 1,101 | 6.78 |
| Rich Owens | Rich Owens | 1,074 | 6.61 |
| Journie Martinez | Journie Martinez | 722 | 4.45 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 16,236 | 100.0 |

##### General election results

Hagerstown city council election, 2024 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tiara Burnett (incumbent) | Tiara Burnett (incumbent) | 6,371 | 13.37 |
| Kristin Aleshire (incumbent) | Kristin Aleshire (incumbent) | 6,363 | 13.35 |
| Erika Bell | Erika Bell | 5,412 | 11.36 |
| Caroline Anderson | Caroline Anderson | 4,557 | 9.56 |
| Sean Flaherty | Sean Flaherty | 4,394 | 9.22 |
| Mark Bell | Mark Bell | 4,373 | 9.18 |
| Matthew Schindler (incumbent) | Matthew Schindler (incumbent) | 4,199 | 8.81 |
| Peter Perini (incumbent) | Peter Perini (incumbent) | 4,046 | 8.49 |
| Stacy Michael | Stacy Michael | 3,999 | 8.39 |
| Rich Owens | Rich Owens | 3,719 | 7.80 |
| Write-in | Write-in | 233 | 0.47 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 47,656 | 100.0 |

### Prince George's County
#### At-large district special election

On June 17, 2024, Prince George's County council member Mel Franklin resigned from his at-large seat on the county council. On June 25, the Prince George's County Council unanimously voted to hold a special primary election on August 6, 2024, and a special general election to be held on November 5, 2024. County council president Jolene Ivey and retired policy officer Michael Riker won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, and faced off in the general election.

##### Democratic primary
###### Candidates

Nominee
* Jolene Ivey, president of the Prince George's County Council (2023–present) from the fifth district (2018–present)
Eliminated in primary
* Tim Adams, mayor of Bowie (2019–present) and candidate for comptroller of Maryland in 2022
* Angela Angel, former state delegate from the 25th district (2015–2019) and candidate for MD-04 in 2022
* Tamara Davis Brown, attorney and candidate for SD-26 in 2022
* Leo Bachi Eyomobo, at-large candidate for the Prince George's County Council in 2022
* Marvin E. Holmes Jr., state delegate from district 23B (2003–present)
* Judy Mickens-Murray, former member of the Prince George's County Board of Education (2021–2024)
* Gabriel Njinimbot, paralegal, entrepreneur, and candidate for MD-04 in 2024
Withdrawn
* Wala Blegay, Prince George's County councilmember from the sixth district (2022–present) (endorsed Adams)
* Mahasin El Amin, Prince George's County Clerk of the Circuit Court (2018–present)
* Kiesha D. Lewis, whistleblower (remained on ballot)

###### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jolene Ivey | 29,698 | 47.54 |
| | Democratic | Tim Adams | 19,061 | 30.51 |
| | Democratic | Tamara Davis Brown | 5,723 | 9.16 |
| | Democratic | Angela Angel | 3,371 | 5.40 |
| | Democratic | Marvin E. Holmes Jr. | 1,473 | 2.36 |
| | Democratic | Gabriel Njinimbot | 1,176 | 1.88 |
| | Democratic | Kiesha D. Lewis (withdrawn) | 859 | 1.38 |
| | Democratic | Judy Mickens-Murray | 688 | 1.10 |
| | Democratic | Leo Bachi Eyomobo | 416 | 0.67 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 62,465 | 100.00 |

##### Republican primary
###### Candidates

Nominee
* Michael Riker, retired police officer
Eliminated in primary
* Kamita Gray, environmental activist
* Isaac Toyos, federal legislative affairs analyst
* Jonathan White, veteran and Democratic candidate for the at-large Prince George's County Council seat in 2022

###### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Michael Riker | 1,235 | 45.07 |
| | Republican | Jonathan White | 850 | 31.02 |
| | Republican | Kamita Gray | 330 | 12.04 |
| | Republican | Isaac Toyos | 325 | 11.86 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,740 | 100.00 |

##### General election
###### Results

General election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jolene Ivey | 332,406 | 87.69% |
| | Republican | Michael Riker | 45,547 | 12.01% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,136 | 0.30% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 379,089 | 100.00% |

### Ballot propositions

Several local ballot initiatives were voted on during the 2024 general election. Some notable ones included:
* In Baltimore, voters:
** Rejected Question H, a ballot initiative to decrease the size of the Baltimore City Council from fourteen to eight members. This ballot initiative was funded by David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group.
** Approved Question F, which made zoning law changes needed for a $500 million renovation of Harborplace.
* In Baltimore County, voters approved a referendum to expand the Baltimore County Council from seven to nine members.
* In Charles County, voters rejected a referendum to change the county from a home rule form of government to a charter government, which would have established a county executive and county council.
* In Howard County, voters approved a referendum to decide establish the inspector general's office.
* In Montgomery County, voters approved a ballot initiative to reduce term limits for the county executive from three to two terms, barring Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich from running for a third term. This ballot initiative was funded by Reardon Sullivan, the former chair of the Montgomery County Republican Party.
* In Wicomico County, voters rejected a referendum to restore the county to a council–manager government, which would have abolished the office of the county executive effective 2026.

## 2024 Maryland Board of Education election

In 2024 Maryland held elections for its 24 school districts.