Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026

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Maryland's 2nd 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
Ballotpedia analysis
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All U.S. House districts, including the 2nd 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 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Democratic primary)
• Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

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• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
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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 2

Incumbent John Olszewski Jr. is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		John Olszewski Jr.

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Kim Klacik is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Kim Klacik

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Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Maryland

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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
John Olszewski Jr.	Democratic Party	$327,617	$140,623	$353,586	As of June 30, 2025
Kim Klacik	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
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 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/2/2025	8/26/2025	8/19/2025	8/12/2025
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

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

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

2024

See also: Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2

John Olszewski Jr. defeated Kim Klacik and Jasen Wunder in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Olszewski Jr. (D)	58.2	223,797
		Kim Klacik (R)	39.5	152,079
		Jasen Wunder (L)	2.1	8,169
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	749

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 384,794
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Olszewski Jr.	78.7	65,995
		Harry Bhandari	8.5	7,150
		Sia Kyriakakos	4.9	4,080
		Sharron Reed-Burns	4.1	3,472
		Jessica Sjoberg	2.0	1,692
		Clint Spellman Jr.	1.7	1,466

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,855
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
• Bryan Moore (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Kim Klacik defeated Dave Wallace and John Thormann in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Klacik	63.1	25,377
		Dave Wallace	23.5	9,433
		John Thormann	13.5	5,414

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,224
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2022

See also: Maryland's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated Nicolee Ambrose in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dutch Ruppersberger (D)	59.2	158,998
		Nicolee Ambrose (R)	40.6	109,075
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	361

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 268,434
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2

Incumbent Dutch Ruppersberger defeated George Croom, Marques Dent, and Liri Fusha in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 2 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dutch Ruppersberger	75.5	62,896
		George Croom	10.2	8,465
		Marques Dent	9.3	7,728
	Submit photo	Liri Fusha	5.1	4,218

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,307
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brittany Oliver (D)

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 July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nicolee Ambrose	32.3	12,201
		Dave Wallace	20.2	7,643
		Michael Geppi	14.8	5,595
		Bernard Flowers	13.2	4,983
		Ellen McNulty	11.1	4,204
		Lance Griffin	8.4	3,192

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,818
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2020

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

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 332,026
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeff Northcott (Unaffiliated)

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
✔		Dutch Ruppersberger	73.3	82,167
	Submit photo	Michael Feldman	18.0	20,222
		Jake Pretot	8.7	9,780

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Johnny Ray Salling	19.1	5,942
		Genevieve Morris	16.5	5,134
		Tim Fazenbaker	16.4	5,123
		Rick Impallaria	16.2	5,061
		Jim Simpson	15.3	4,764
		Scott Collier	11.4	3,564
		Blaine Taylor	5.0	1,562

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	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

• Carl Magee Jr. (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)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)

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