2026 Primary Election Endorsements
Check out who the Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Unions endorsed for the 2026 Gubernatorial Primary Election!
Get involved to help us elect candidates who will work for working families:
Anne Arundel County
County Executive - Allison Pickard
District 1 - Kelly Smith
District 2 - Will Shorter
District 3 - Rebecca Baucom
District 4 - Julie Hummer
District 6 - Gavin Buckley
District 7 - Spencer Jones
Baltimore City
Sheriff - Sam Cogen
Board of School Commissioners - Ashley Esposito
Baltimore County
District 1 - Mandy Remmel
District 2 - Danita Tolson
District 3 - Mark Brewster
District 4 - Aaron Barnett
District 5 - Shawn McIntosh
District 6 - Mike Ertel
District 7 - David Marks
District 8 - Crystal Cody
Carroll County
District 3 - Dennis E. Frazier
Cecil County
District 4 - Wayne L. Tome, Sr.
Harford County
District A - Nolanda Robert
District B - Alison Imhoff
District F - Jacob Bennett
Howard County
District 1 - James Handley
District 2 - Jessica Nichols
District 3 - Christiana Rigby
District 4 - Janssen Evelyn
District 5 - Cat Carter
The endorsed candidates have a strong record of fighting for working families both through legislative acts as well as public support. As organized labor is experiencing a resurgence, the region has been at the forefront of recent workplace organizing from cultural centers, medical institutions, and institutions of higher education.
Our metropolitan area is the economic engine of the state because of the workers and their unions that call it home. As we organize and work to attain economic security for working families, our unions and partners across local governments recognize that the success of our region depends on the success of the backbone of its economy – the worker. There is no room for politicians who won’t work for working people. We will stand in solidarity and mobilize our members to support our endorsed candidates in the 2026 Primary Election.
The Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Unions represents over one hundred affiliated unions made up of close to 80,000 union members across the Baltimore region.