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Kenneth Vincent (Maryland)
Kenneth Vincent (Republican Party) is running for election to the Annapolis City Council to represent Ward 2 in Maryland. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. The Republican primary for this office on September 16, 2025, was canceled.
Vincent completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kenneth Vincent was born in New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1975 to 1993. He earned a bachelor's degree from Lehigh University in 1980 and a graduate degree from Temple University in 2008. His career experience includes working as an engineer, FBI special agent, high school science teacher, firefighter/paramedic, and U.S. Naval Academy coach.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Annapolis, Maryland (2025)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Annapolis City Council Ward 2
Incumbent Karma O'Neill and Kenneth Vincent are running in the general election for Annapolis City Council Ward 2 on November 4, 2025.
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karma O'Neill advanced from the Democratic primary for Annapolis City Council Ward 2.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Kenneth Vincent advanced from the Republican primary for Annapolis City Council Ward 2.
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kenneth Vincent completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vincent's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Integrity in governance is my top priority. Common sense, open ears, transparency, faithfulness, responsiveness, and truly representing the needs of our residents, without regard to their political, financial, or social status!
- Improve public safety in policing, fire protection, and a safe city environment, as well as city services. Utilizing my decades of experience in law enforcement and firefighting, I would like to improve and enhance police patrols, presence, and effectiveness in Ward 2. All residents in all neighborhoods deserve to feel safe and be safe and secure in their homes and throughout our city. Improve the customer service of city services for residents and businesses! This includes building permits, zoning, inspections, parking, transportation, parks and recreation, and streets. All residents, regardless of race, social or economic status, need to equally receive efficient and effective city services and all residents must be treated with dignity!
- Make our city affordable and then remain affordable for all city residents, whether they own or rent their homes. I will work to ensure that we spend our city resources wisely on services and projects that make a difference in your life. I will work to hold landlords accountable to provide homes to tenants that meet a decent living standard and will work to implement the enforcement of city codes that protect tenants. I will explore avenues to provide out residents to afford home ownership through subsidized loans and grants and innovative land grants for our city residents. I will also work to keep the city budget under control and minimize tax increases (I signed the 2% cap petition) for all of our residents.
Public Safety and Crime.
Efficiency, effectiveness, and customer service in government services.
Affordability in housing and living expenses.
Common sense government spending and budgeting to provide the services that our residents need while keeping taxes affordable.
Jimmy Carter: President Carter exemplified true service throughout his life, as a man of faith and purpose, and as a true servant leader even into his very last years on earth. Carter is a man of impeccable character that I believe all of us should emulate.
Listening: Elected officials must listen to their constituents and analyze what they hear. In addition to listening, elected officials must take action to meet the needs and the choices of their constituents. The needs and interests of the constituents must be placed above those of the elected official.
Teamwork: Elected officials must be able to listen, consider, discuss, debate, compromise, and work together with a team of colleagues to achieve legislative results that are of the best benefit to the community.
Experience: Elected officials need to have a breadth of experience to understand the issues of governance and the issues in their community. This includes experience in budgeting, public safety, buildings and construction, leading people, and interacting with people in all communities, cultures, and interests.
Leadership: Elected officials should demonstrate servant leadership. : Leaders who are willing to walk with others and share the experience of others. Elected officials need to prioritize the growth and well-being of individuals and the community they serve, placing the needs of others before their own. Leaders must have empathy, awareness, foresight and commitment,
Adaptability: Elected officials need to be able to hear opposing ideas and consider them in light of the needs of constituents. Officials need to be able to accept criticism and change their path forward when criticism offers wisdom.
Representing constituents and serving as an advocate for the needs and views of constituents. Assisting constituents and organizations with their interaction with governmental services and the administrative processes of city government. Addressing concerns, providing information, and opening up city services to constituents.
Understanding community and constituents.
Seeking wisdom and counsel when making all decisions.
Working with constituents and community stakeholders to prioritize the future needs and development of the community. Developing annual, five-year, and ten-year plans to address community issues and needs.
Oversight of governmental departments and services and administrative processes to ensure that government resources are operating in an effective and efficient manner.
Responding to what I believe is the actual meat of this question, my first career job was that of an Air Force Officer, and I held that job for four years, which was my military service obligation.
Areas of experience that are very important to the above include public/military construction projects, public operations and maintenance, public safety including fire, EMS, and law enforcement, and public education and services.
Military Veteran
Experience in military construction planning and projects.
Experience in leadership in Air Force Civil Engineering and base maintenance.
FBI Special Agent with experience in violent crime investigations, gang violence, civil rights matters, and counterterrorism matters.
FBI Supervisory Special Agent with experience in national program development and implementation, and regional law enforcement leadership, focusing on cooperation with local, county, state, and federal partners.
Coaching and mentoring athletes (future military officers) at the United States Naval Academy
Public high school science teacher.
Volunteer Firefighter/EMT/Paramedic beginning at age 15 and including service in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County< MD, and Spotsylvania County (Fredericksburg), VA. Experience included three years of leadership, serving as president of the Spotsylvania County-wide Rescue Squad organization.
Volunteer work with serving the homeless in both Fredericksburg, VA, and Annapolis, MD.
I believe that I possess the breadth of experience and the strong leadership skills to better serve the constituents in Ward 2 and in the city of Annapolis.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 19, 2025
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