Brandon M. Scott

Brandon Scott (Democratic Party) is the Mayor of Baltimore in Maryland. He assumed office on December 8, 2020. His current term ends on December 5, 2028.

Scott (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Mayor of Baltimore in Maryland. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Brandon M. Scott attended Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School. He earned a degree in political science from St. Mary's College in 2006. After graduating, he worked as a site program specialist at Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Central Maryland. He was first elected to the Baltimore City Council in 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Incumbent Brandon Scott defeated Shannon Wright in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brandon Scott (D)	82.1	179,732
	Shannon Wright (R)	16.7	36,484
	Other/Write-in votes	1.2	2,574

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 218,790
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Chukwuemeka Egwu (Unaffiliated)
Timothy Sewell (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott	52.8	48,806
		Sheila Dixon	38.9	35,947
		Thiru Vignarajah (Unofficially withdrew)	3.7	3,379
		Bob Wallace	3.1	2,823
		Wendy Bozel	0.4	338
		Kevin P. Harris	0.3	248
		Yolanda Pulley	0.3	238
		Wayne Baker	0.2	210
	Submit photo	Joseph Scott	0.1	115
		Keith Scott	0.1	108
		Wendell Hill-Freeman	0.1	98
		Yasaun Young (Unofficially withdrew)	0.1	92
		Texas Brown	0.1	60

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 92,462
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

Shannon Wright defeated Michael Moore and Donald Scoggins in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Shannon Wright	40.1	1,468
	Michael Moore	35.6	1,304
	Donald Scoggins	24.2	887

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,659
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Endorsements

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2020

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Brandon Scott defeated Bob Wallace, Shannon Wright, and David Harding in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brandon Scott (D)	70.5	164,661
	Bob Wallace (Independent)	20.2	47,275
	Shannon Wright (R)	7.1	16,664
	David Harding (Working Class Party)	1.7	3,973
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,006

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 233,579
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Kahan Singh Dhillon Jr. (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott	29.6	43,927
		Sheila Dixon	27.5	40,782
	Submit photo	Mary Miller	15.6	23,193
		Thiru Vignarajah	11.5	17,080
		Jack Young	6.2	9,256
	Submit photo	T.J. Smith	5.8	8,593
	Submit photo	Carlmichael Stokey Cannady	1.7	2,473
		Mary Washington (Unofficially withdrew)	0.7	1,028
		Valerie Cunningham	0.2	339
		Keith Scott	0.2	303
		Yasaun Young	0.1	188
	Submit photo	Ralph Johnson Jr.	0.1	177
		Yolanda Pulley	0.1	152
	Submit photo	Lou Catelli	0.1	151
	Submit photo	Dante Swinton	0.1	143
	Submit photo	Michael Douglas Jenson	0.1	131
	Submit photo	Brian Salsberry	0.1	129
	Submit photo	Rikki Vaughn	0.1	116
	Submit photo	Liri Fusha	0.0	57
	Submit photo	Terry Jay McCready	0.0	46
	Submit photo	Sean Bernard Gresh	0.0	45
	Submit photo	James Jones	0.0	33
		Erik Powery	0.0	32
	Submit photo	Frederick D. Ware-Newsome	0.0	31

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 148,405
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shannon Wright	29.1	1,630
	Submit photo	Catalina Byrd	19.0	1,068
	Submit photo	William Herd	13.5	757
	Submit photo	David Anthony Wiggins	13.0	729
	Submit photo	Ivan Gonzalez	12.0	671
		Zulieka Baysmore	11.4	641
	Submit photo	Collins Otonna	2.0	112

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,608
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2018

See also: Maryland gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Maryland

Incumbent Larry Hogan defeated Ben Jealous, Shawn Quinn, and Ian Schlakman in the general election for Governor of Maryland on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Larry Hogan (R)	55.4	1,275,644
	Ben Jealous (D)	43.5	1,002,639
	Shawn Quinn (L)	0.6	13,241
	Ian Schlakman (G)	0.5	11,175
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,813

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,304,512
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Jealous	40.9	231,895
		Rushern Baker III	30.3	171,697
	Submit photo	Jim Shea	8.6	48,647
		Krishanti Vignarajah	8.5	48,042
		Richard Madaleno	6.0	34,184
	Submit photo	Alec Ross	2.4	13,780
		Ralph Jaffe	1.7	9,405
	Submit photo	James Jones	1.6	9,188

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 566,838
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Maryland

Incumbent Larry Hogan advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Maryland on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Larry Hogan	100.0	210,935

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 210,935
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2016

Incumbent Brandon Scott defeated Gregory Yarberough in the Baltimore City Council election for District 2.^[4]

Baltimore City Council Election (2016), District 2, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Brandon Scott Incumbent	89.74%	13,366
	Republican	Gregory Yarberough	10.01%	1,491
		Write-in votes	0.25%	37
Total Votes				14,894
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Baltimore City," accessed December 11, 2016

Incumbent Brandon Scott defeated Tony Christian and Melissa Bagley in the Democratic primary of the Baltimore City Council election for District 2.^[5]

Baltimore City Council Election (2016), District 2, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Brandon Scott Incumbent	74.65%	5,969
	Democratic	Tony Christian	13.61%	1,088
	Democratic	Melissa Bagley	11.74%	939
Total Votes				7,996
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Baltimore City," May 31, 2016

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Brandon Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Brandon Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Endorsements

2016

Baltimore's police union, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 3 endorsed Scott for election in the Baltimore City Council race.^[6]

“	Obviously, as law enforcement professionals, our focus of concern revolves around those issues that directly affect our membership including which candidates have expressed their continuing support of our difficult and often dangerous occupation and those whom, we believe, will work diligently with us to ensure the improved safety of the citizens of Baltimore.^[7]	”
—Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police^[6]

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Footnotes

↑ City of Baltimore, "Mayor Brandon M. Scott," accessed January 18, 2021
↑ Maryland Manual On-Line, "Brandon M. Scott, Mayor (Democrat)," accessed December 5, 2024
↑ LinkedIn, "Brandon M. Scott," accessed December 5, 2024
↑ State of Maryland Board of Elections, "Baltimore City 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," accessed February 4, 2016
↑ State of Maryland Board of Elections, "Baltimore City 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," accessed February 4, 2016
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 WBAL TV, "Police union makes no endorsement in Baltimore's mayoral primary," April 5, 2016
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

Political offices
Preceded by Jack Young (D)	Mayor of Baltimore 2020-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Baltimore City Council President 2019-2020	Succeeded by Nick Mosby (D)
Preceded by -	Baltimore City Council District 2 2011-2019	Succeeded by -

[bio-1] City of Baltimore, "Mayor Brandon M. Scott," accessed January 18, 2021

[2] Maryland Manual On-Line, "Brandon M. Scott, Mayor (Democrat)," accessed December 5, 2024

[3] LinkedIn, "Brandon M. Scott," accessed December 5, 2024

[4] State of Maryland Board of Elections, "Baltimore City 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," accessed February 4, 2016

[5] State of Maryland Board of Elections, "Baltimore City 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," accessed February 4, 2016

[wbaltv-6] 6.0 ^6.1 WBAL TV, "Police union makes no endorsement in Baltimore's mayoral primary," April 5, 2016

[quotedisclaimer-7] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Brandon M. Scott

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

Endorsements

2020

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

2018

General election

General election for Governor of Maryland

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Maryland

2016

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2024

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2020

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2016

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