Christopher Anderson (Maryland)

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Christopher Anderson

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Christopher Anderson (Republican Party) ran for election to the Baltimore City Council to represent District 7 in Maryland. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: City elections in Baltimore, Maryland (2024)

General election

General election for Baltimore City Council District 7

Incumbent James Torrence defeated Christopher Anderson in the general election for Baltimore City Council District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Torrence (D)	91.1	13,595
		Christopher Anderson (R)	8.4	1,257
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	66

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,918
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Baltimore City Council District 7

Incumbent James Torrence defeated Tori Rose in the Democratic primary for Baltimore City Council District 7 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Torrence	59.9	3,781
		Tori Rose	40.1	2,535

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,316
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kelli Bigelow (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Baltimore City Council District 7

Christopher Anderson advanced from the Republican primary for Baltimore City Council District 7 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher Anderson	100.0	141

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 141
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2022

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 40

Incumbent Antonio Hayes defeated Christopher Anderson in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 40 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Antonio Hayes (D)	91.9	24,236
		Christopher Anderson (R)	7.8	2,058
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	66

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,360
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 40

Incumbent Antonio Hayes advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 40 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Antonio Hayes	100.0	12,885

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 40

Christopher Anderson advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 40 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher Anderson	100.0	423

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 423
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2020

Baltimore City Council

See also: City elections in Baltimore, Maryland (2020)

General election

General election for Baltimore City Council District 7

James Torrence defeated Christopher Anderson in the general election for Baltimore City Council District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Torrence (D)	90.1	13,643
		Christopher Anderson (R)	9.5	1,438
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	63

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,144
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Baltimore City Council District 7

James Torrence defeated Tori Rose, Brian Sims, Rodney Hudson, and Michael Ter Avest in the Democratic primary for Baltimore City Council District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Torrence	35.8	3,276
		Tori Rose	23.8	2,180
	Submit photo	Brian Sims	22.9	2,091
	Submit photo	Rodney Hudson	15.6	1,428
	Submit photo	Michael Ter Avest	1.9	173

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,148
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Baltimore City Council District 7

Christopher Anderson advanced from the Republican primary for Baltimore City Council District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher Anderson	100.0	203

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 203
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Special election

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election, 2020

Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election (February 4, 2020 Republican primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Kweisi Mfume defeated Kim Klacik in the special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume (D)	73.8	111,955
		Kim Klacik (R)	25.1	38,102
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	1,661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,718 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume	43.0	31,415
		Maya Rockeymoore Cummings	17.1	12,524
		Jill Carter	16.0	11,708
		Terri L. Hill	7.4	5,439
		F. Michael Higginbotham	4.4	3,245
		Harry Spikes	3.5	2,572
		Saafir Rabb	1.8	1,327
		Jay Jalisi	1.7	1,257
		Talmadge Branch	1.1	810
		Mark Gosnell	0.8	579
		T. Dan Baker	0.5	377
	Submit photo	Charles Stokes	0.4	297
		Paul Konka	0.3	251
	Submit photo	Darryl Gonzalez	0.3	245
	Submit photo	Alicia Brown	0.2	180
	Submit photo	Leslie Grant	0.2	176
		Anthony Carter Sr.	0.2	155
	Submit photo	Jay Fred Cohen	0.2	150
	Submit photo	Matko Lee Chullin III	0.1	79
		Charles Smith	0.1	75
		Adrian Petrus	0.1	60
	Submit photo	Nathaniel Costley Sr.	0.1	49
	Submit photo	Dan Hiegel	0.0	31
	Submit photo	Jermyn Michael Davidson	0.0	31

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 73,032
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Klacik	40.2	4,525
		Elizabeth Matory	24.3	2,740
	Submit photo	James Arnold	12.4	1,401
		Reba Hawkins	8.1	913
		Christopher Anderson	7.6	852
		William Newton	3.7	414
		Ray Bly	2.1	236
	Submit photo	Brian Brown	1.6	185

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 11,266
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Regular election

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2020

Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Kweisi Mfume defeated Kim Klacik, Charles Smith, and Ray Bly in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume (D)	71.6	237,084
		Kim Klacik (R)	28.0	92,825
		Charles Smith (D) (Write-in)	0.0	21
		Ray Bly (R) (Write-in)	0.0	16
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,052

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 330,998
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Schuman (Independent)
• Amber Ivey (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume	74.3	113,061
		Maya Rockeymoore Cummings	10.0	15,208
		Jill Carter	8.7	13,237
	Submit photo	Alicia Brown	1.2	1,841
	Submit photo	Charles Stokes	0.9	1,356
		T. Dan Baker	0.7	1,141
		Jay Jalisi	0.7	1,056
		Harry Spikes	0.7	1,040
		Saafir Rabb	0.6	948
		Mark Gosnell	0.5	765
	Submit photo	Darryl Gonzalez	0.3	501
		Jeffrey Woodard	0.2	368
		Gary Schuman	0.2	344
	Submit photo	Michael Howard Jr.	0.2	327
	Submit photo	Jermyn Michael Davidson	0.2	298
	Submit photo	Dan Hiegel	0.1	211
		Charles Smith	0.1	189
	Submit photo	Matko Lee Chullin III	0.1	187
		Adrian Petrus	0.1	170

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 152,248
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Terri L. Hill (D)
• Brian Britcher (D)
• F. Michael Higginbotham (D)
• Talmadge Branch (D)
• Leslie Grant (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Klacik	68.8	16,465
		Elizabeth Matory	14.2	3,401
		William Newton	5.3	1,271
		Ray Bly	5.2	1,234
	Submit photo	Brian Brown	4.7	1,134
	Submit photo	M.J. Madwolf	1.8	442

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,947
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Anderson (R)
• Mekkah Mohammed (R)
• Reba Hawkins (R)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Christopher Anderson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Anderson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Chris Anderson is a candidate for the 7th district of the Baltimore City Council, a central west Baltimore district that largely surrounds North Avenue. District 7 includes neighborhoods like Fairmont, Walbrook, Mondawmin, Easterwood, Penn North, and Reservoir Hill.

Chris is a Baltimore native, U.S. Coast Guard veteran, and a lifelong community activist who is seeks to become the next city councilman from District 7. Chris is a natural leader who regularly attends New Shiloh Baptist Church in West Baltimore.

Chris' family has resided in the district for generations. His grandfather once operated an eatery off of North Carey Street. From his hard work and from his service to others, Chris learned the concepts of bettering his community and the importance of small, Black-owned businesses as a vehicle for improving the people's lives.

Chris has also seen his community be ravaged by the crack epidemic, the 2015 uprising, the opiate epidemic, and now the COVID-19 epidemic. He is well aware of the issues facing hard working folks in his community and he wants transformative change that will make District 7 stronger and more inclusive.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Reduce the homicide rate in District 7 by half in four years
• Increase access to on-demand, evidence-based treatment for opiates and chronic drug use
• Fix our public schools through holistic student and parent programming, charter school expansion, and reduction of administrative inefficiencies

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Like many parts of Baltimore, District 7 is struggling with a high murder rate, a high opioid overdose rate, and the current COVID-19 epidemic. Folks are struggling to stay safe from COVID-19 amid waves of violent crime and struggling to make an honest dollar to feed their families. Right now, Baltimore leads the nation in highest opioid overdose rates. The same may soon happen with the infection rates and mortality for COVID-19-not to mention rising unemployment and food insecurity. We need someone who is ready to lead and effectively address our district's most pressing issues as we navigate through these tough times together.

Chris' primary concern is with respect to the mismanagement of resources, specifically those that were previously appropriated to Baltimore. Money is scarce in many communities right now, and District 7 needs every dollar to be used strategically and responsibly. An audit and an independent ethics department are much needed to ensure that our resources are being used wisely. Chris firmly believes that District 7 is in a strong position to attract strategic investment in neighborhoods that have been left behind.

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Campaign website

“	Serving The Community I live in 7th district in Baltimore & see the deprived conditions of the district everyday. The opiod crisis & murder rates that has now spread to Baltimore county, bother me continuously & I know this seat now needs to be fought for by the GOP. I want to reverse the damage done by gerrymandering & move the district into a better future, not ground it in past failed policies. I want to make sure funding actually makes it to the district for a change and the change is seen. We don’t need politics as usual at this point in history we need a change & I want to help make that change. United By A Common Goal The biggest issue facing the 7th district is the opiod crisis. Last year the district had 761 alcohol & drug related deaths, 692 were opiod overdoses. It’s a crisis now & couple with the homicide rates, which has risen to 52% in Baltimore county, death has become our biggest issue.	”
—Christopher Anderson's 2020 campaign website

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