Joel Rubin

Joel Rubin (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 14, 2024.

Elections

2024

Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 6

April McClain-Delaney defeated Neil Parrott in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	April McClain-Delaney (D)	53.0	199,788
	Neil Parrott (R)	46.7	175,974
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	862

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 376,624
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jason Johnson (Unaffiliated)
Moshe Landman (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on May 14, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	April McClain-Delaney	40.4	22,985
	Joe Vogel	26.2	14,940
	Ashwani Jain	8.3	4,750
	Tekesha Martinez	7.0	3,992
	Lesley Lopez	4.6	2,600
	Laurie-Anne Sayles	3.2	1,845
	Destiny West	1.9	1,086
	Mohammad Mozumder	1.8	1,005
	Joel Rubin	1.4	820
	Peter Choharis	1.4	818
	Geoffrey Grammer	1.1	651
	George Gluck	0.8	437
	Kiambo White	0.7	401
	Stephen McDow	0.4	246
	Altimont Wilks	0.3	179
	Adrian Petrus	0.3	166

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,921
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mia Mason (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on May 14, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Neil Parrott	45.9	22,604
	Dan Cox	30.1	14,797
	Mariela Roca	12.3	6,071
	Tom Royals	4.2	2,060
	Chris Hyser	3.3	1,625
	Brenda Thiam	3.3	1,607
	Todd Puglisi	0.9	446

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,210
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Heath Barnes (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rubin in this election.

2018

See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 (3 seats)

Emily Shetty, incumbent Alfred Carr, and Jared Solomon defeated Linda Willard and Jon Cook in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Emily Shetty (D)	30.4	36,284
✔		Alfred Carr (D)	30.1	35,988
✔	Submit photo	Jared Solomon (D)	28.0	33,476
	Submit photo	Linda Willard (R)	8.2	9,836
		Jon Cook (G)	3.0	3,547
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	417

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 119,548
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alfred Carr	22.2	10,201
✔	Submit photo	Emily Shetty	19.6	9,024
✔	Submit photo	Jared Solomon	17.5	8,067
	Submit photo	Leslie Milano	14.2	6,510
		Joel Rubin	11.2	5,150
	Submit photo	Mila Johns	9.1	4,167
	Submit photo	Ron Franks	3.2	1,493
	Submit photo	Helga Luest	3.0	1,387

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 45,999
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 (3 seats)

Linda Willard advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Linda Willard	100.0	1,220

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,220
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2016

See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 8th Congressional District, incumbent Chris Van Hollen (D) chose not to run for re-election in 2016, instead seeking election to the U.S. Senate. Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Dan Cox (R), Nancy Wallace (Green), and Jasen Wunder (Libertarian) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Raskin defeated eight other candidates in the Democratic primary, while Cox defeated Jeffrey Jones, Elizabeth Matory, Aryeh Shudofsky and Shelly Skolnick to win the Republican nomination. Additionally, Wallace defeated Charles Galloway and Elizabeth Croydon to win the Green Party primary. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.^[1]^[2]

**U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jamie Raskin	60.6%	220,657
	Republican	Dan Cox	34.2%	124,651
	Green	Nancy Wallace	3.1%	11,201
	Libertarian	Jasen Wunder	2%	7,283
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	532
Total Votes				364,324
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

**U.S. House, Maryland District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jamie Raskin	33.6%	43,776
David Trone	27.1%	35,400
Kathleen Matthews	23.9%	31,186
Ana Sol Gutierrez	5.5%	7,185
William Jawando	4.6%	6,058
Kumar Barve	2.4%	3,149
David Anderson	1.2%	1,511
Joel Rubin	1.1%	1,426
Dan Bolling	0.5%	712
Total Votes		130,403
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

**U.S. House, Maryland District 8 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dan Cox	44.4%	20,647
Jeffrey Jones	20.1%	9,343
Elizabeth Matory	15.7%	7,295
Shelly Skolnick	12.5%	5,835
Aryeh Shudofsky	7.4%	3,421
Total Votes		46,541
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Joel Rubin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

The following issues were listed on Rubin's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

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Jobs & The Economy: Though the economy has improved since President Obama took office, it hasn’t improved for the vast majority of Americans because for many years too many politicians in Congress have rigged the rules to make it easier for corporations to lay off workers, keep wages low, ship jobs overseas and give huge tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy. Incomes for the wealthiest Americans are on the rise while wages for ordinary Americans have flat-lined, leaving working families to live paycheck to paycheck.

Environment & Renewable Energy: Throughout Joel Rubin’s career he has been a champion of both protecting our environment and investing in renewable energy to address climate change. Joel worked on the ground in sustainable development as an Environmental Education Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica, helping the rural village where he served to protect its ecology. Later, he managed a national solar energy program that also cleaned up brownfield sites while at the Department of Energy, in addition to having worked on climate change programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Foreign Affairs & National Security: Joel Rubin is a unique candidate in the race when it comes to foreign policy. Joel has lived and served overseas in a developing country as a Peace Corps Volunteer and has direct foreign policy experience, having served as a congressional foreign policy staffer in the Senate, a career diplomat at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and until recently, as a politically-appointed senior official in the State Department under Secretary John F. Kerry.

Retirement Security: Joel will be a tireless advocate in Congress for protecting and expanding Social Security benefits for our seniors and future generations. He will stand up against Republican attempts to privatize or make cuts to Social Security and Medicare – programs that so many seniors in our district rely on for income and healthcare.

Women’s Health & Reproductive Rights: Joel and his wife are the parents of three young daughters, and they want nothing less than for their kids to grow up in a world where they are valued for who they are and treated with the same respect they’re taught to give to everyone else. Joel also lives with his mother-in-law, whose health and well-being is always on his mind.

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—Joel Rubin's campaign website, http://www.joelrubinforcongress.com/issues/

Campaign finance summary

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Joel Rubin campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Maryland District 6	Lost primary	$133,133	$133,133
2018	Maryland House of Delegates District 18	Lost primary	$147,188	N/A**
Grand total			$280,321	$133,133
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List," accessed February 5, 2016
↑ The New York Times, "Maryland Primary Results," April 26, 2016
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Angela Alsobrooks (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

John Olszewski (D)

District 3

Sarah Elfreth (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

April McClain-Delaney (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)

[1] Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List," accessed February 5, 2016

[2] The New York Times, "Maryland Primary Results," April 26, 2016

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Joel Rubin

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 6

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

2018

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 (3 seats)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 (3 seats)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 18 (3 seats)

2016

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2024

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2016

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