Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2026

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Maryland's 5th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: February 24, 2026
Primary: June 23, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Maryland
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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All U.S. House districts, including the 5th Congressional District of Maryland, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is June 23, 2026. The filing deadline is February 24, 2026. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Democratic primary)
• Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

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 election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Incumbent Steny Hoyer, Quincy Bareebe, Terry Jackson, Harry Jarin, and Heather Luper are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Steny Hoyer
		Quincy Bareebe
		Terry Jackson
		Harry Jarin
	Submit photo	Heather Luper

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Michelle Talkington is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Michelle Talkington

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Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Maryland

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Steny Hoyer	Democratic Party	$330,376	$514,921	$439,130	As of September 30, 2025
Quincy Bareebe	Democratic Party	$637,277	$134,744	$502,753	As of September 30, 2025
Terry Jackson	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Harry Jarin	Democratic Party	$117,419	$36,582	$80,838	As of September 30, 2025
Heather Luper	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Michelle Talkington	Republican Party	$105	$2,992	$41	As of September 30, 2025
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	11/4/2025	10/28/2025	10/21/2025	10/14/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maryland in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Maryland	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	1% of the eligible voters for the district	100	2/24/2026	Source
Maryland	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	10,000	100	7/2/2026	Source

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated Michelle Talkington in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steny Hoyer (D)	67.8	283,619
		Michelle Talkington (R)	32.0	133,985
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	999

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 418,603
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated Quincy Bareebe, Mckayla Wilkes, and Andrea Crooms in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steny Hoyer	72.3	69,723
		Quincy Bareebe	10.3	9,970
		Mckayla Wilkes	10.1	9,743
		Andrea Crooms	7.2	6,955

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 96,391
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Leonard Proctor (D)
• Joey Thompson (D)
• Lindsay Donahue (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Michelle Talkington advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Talkington	100.0	27,202

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,202
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2022

See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated Chris Palombi in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steny Hoyer (D)	65.9	182,478
		Chris Palombi (R)	33.9	94,000
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	442

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 276,920
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated Mckayla Wilkes and Keith Washington in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steny Hoyer	71.3	68,729
		Mckayla Wilkes	19.1	18,403
		Keith Washington	9.6	9,222

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 96,354
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Elaine Belson (D)
• Colin Byrd (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Palombi	67.5	24,423
	Submit photo	Vanessa Marie Hoffman	9.8	3,538
	Submit photo	Tannis Villanova	6.8	2,445
		Michael Lemon	5.0	1,818
	Submit photo	Toni Jarboe-Duley	4.4	1,578
	Submit photo	Patrick Stevens	3.7	1,344
	Submit photo	Bryan Duval Cubero	2.8	1,024

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,170
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2020

See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated Chris Palombi in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steny Hoyer (D)	68.8	274,210
		Chris Palombi (R)	31.0	123,525
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,104

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 398,839
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rashad Dwayne Lloyd (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Incumbent Steny Hoyer defeated Mckayla Wilkes, Vanessa Marie Hoffman, Briana Urbina (Unofficially withdrew), and William Devine III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steny Hoyer	64.4	96,664
		Mckayla Wilkes	26.7	40,105
	Submit photo	Vanessa Marie Hoffman	4.2	6,357
		Briana Urbina (Unofficially withdrew)	2.7	4,091
		William Devine III	1.9	2,851

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 150,068
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Darryl Kevin Jones (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5

Chris Palombi defeated Douglas Sayers, Kenneth Lee, Lee Havis, and Bryan Duval Cubero in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Palombi	36.0	11,761
		Douglas Sayers	29.8	9,727
		Kenneth Lee	15.3	5,008
		Lee Havis	11.0	3,593
	Submit photo	Bryan Duval Cubero	7.9	2,585

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,674
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Leishear (R)

District analysis

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See also

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Footnotes

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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)

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