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Johnny Ray Salling

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Johnny Ray Salling
Republican Party
Candidate, Maryland State Senate District 6
Maryland State Senate District 6
Tenure
2015 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
11
Compensation
Base salary
$55,526/year
Per diem
$125/day for lodging. $63/day for meals.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Next election
June 23, 2026
Contact
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Johnny Ray Salling (Republican Party) is a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 6. He assumed office on January 14, 2015. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Salling (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Maryland State Senate to represent District 6. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on June 23, 2026.[source]

In 2020, Salling participated in a Candidate Conversation hosted by Ballotpedia and EnCiv. Click here to view the recording.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Salling was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Salling was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Salling was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Salling was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Salling served on the following committees:

Maryland committee assignments, 2015
• Education, Health & Environmental Affairs
• Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area
• Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 23, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 6

Justin Holliday (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 6 on June 23, 2026.

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 6

Incumbent Johnny Ray Salling (R) and Daniel Eisenhart (R) are running in the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 6 on June 23, 2026.

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2022

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 6

Incumbent Johnny Ray Salling defeated Cory D. Edwards in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Johnny Ray Salling
Johnny Ray Salling (R)
 
61.2
 
18,278
Image of Cory D. Edwards
Cory D. Edwards (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.7
 
11,563
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
44

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 29,885
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 6

Cory D. Edwards defeated Russ Mirabile in the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 6 on July 19, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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68.1
 
4,159
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Russ Mirabile
 
31.9
 
1,947

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,106
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 6

Incumbent Johnny Ray Salling defeated Charles Collins and Michael S. Myers in the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 6 on July 19, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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72.5
 
4,308
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14.9
 
885
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Michael S. Myers
 
12.6
 
748

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Total votes: 5,941
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2020

See also: Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

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

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Johnny Ray Salling in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
 
67.7
 
224,836
Image of Johnny Ray Salling
Johnny Ray Salling (R)
 
32.0
 
106,355
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
835

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 332,026
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Michael Feldman and Jake Pretot in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Dutch Ruppersberger
 
73.3
 
82,167
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Michael Feldman
 
18.0
 
20,222
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Jake Pretot
 
8.7
 
9,780

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Total votes: 112,169
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

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

Candidate
%
Votes
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Johnny Ray Salling
 
19.1
 
5,942
Image of Genevieve Morris
Genevieve Morris Candidate Connection
 
16.5
 
5,134
Image of Tim Fazenbaker
Tim Fazenbaker Candidate Connection
 
16.4
 
5,123
Image of Rick Impallaria
Rick Impallaria
 
16.2
 
5,061
Image of Jim Simpson
Jim Simpson Candidate Connection
 
15.3
 
4,764
Image of Scott Collier
Scott Collier
 
11.4
 
3,564
Image of Blaine Taylor
Blaine Taylor
 
5.0
 
1,562

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 31,150
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 6

Incumbent Johnny Ray Salling defeated Buddy Staigerwald and Scott Collier in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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55.3
 
19,511
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Buddy Staigerwald (D)
 
40.0
 
14,108
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Scott Collier (Unaffiliated)
 
4.6
 
1,631
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
23

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 35,273
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 6

Buddy Staigerwald defeated Russ Mirabile in the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 6 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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53.5
 
3,103
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Russ Mirabile
 
46.5
 
2,701

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 5,804
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 6

Incumbent Johnny Ray Salling defeated Janice Dymowski in the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 6 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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75.1
 
3,247
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Janice Dymowski
 
24.9
 
1,075

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Total votes: 4,322
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2014

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Maryland State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. John Olszewski, Jr. defeated Russ Mirabile in the Democratic primary, while Johnny Ray Salling was unopposed in the Republican primary. Salling defeated Olszewski and Scott M. Collier (I) in the general election.[1][2][3]

Maryland State Senate District 6, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohnny Ray Salling 47.7% 14,916
     Democratic John Olszewski, Jr. 45% 14,065
     Independent Scott M. Collier 7.3% 2,285
Total Votes 31,266


Maryland State Senate, District 6 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Olszewski, Jr. 62.1% 5,259
Russ Mirabile 37.9% 3,215
Total Votes 8,474

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Johnny Ray Salling campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Maryland State Senate District 6Won general$73,147 $46,904
2020U.S. House Maryland District 2Lost general$68,320 $66,895
2018Maryland State Senate District 6Won general$97,610 N/A**
2014Maryland State Senate, District 6Won $17,059 N/A**
Grand total$256,136 $113,799
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
    2. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for State Senate," accessed December 5, 2014
    3. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2014 Official General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015

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