Maryland's 5th Congressional District
Maryland's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Steny Hoyer (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Maryland representatives represented an average of 773,160 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 723,741 residents.
Elections
See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 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 U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D), Quincy Bareebe (D), Terry Jackson (D), Harry Jarin (D), and Heather Luper (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 23, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Michelle Talkington (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 23, 2026.
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See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Michelle Talkington (R) 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 | ||
| Total votes: 418,603 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Quincy Bareebe (D), Mckayla Wilkes (D), and Andrea Crooms (D) 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 | |
| Total votes: 96,391 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lindsay Donahue (D)
- Leonard Proctor (D)
- Joey Thompson (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Michelle Talkington (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Talkington | 100.0 | 27,202 |
| Total votes: 27,202 | |||
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See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Chris Palombi (R) 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 | ||
| Total votes: 276,920 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Mckayla Wilkes (D) and Keith Washington (D) 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 | |
| Total votes: 96,354 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Elaine Belson (D)
- Colin Byrd (D)
Republican primary
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 |
| Vanessa Marie Hoffman | 9.8 | 3,538 | ||
| Tannis Villanova | 6.8 | 2,445 | ||
 | Michael Lemon | 5.0 | 1,818 | |
| Toni Jarboe-Duley | 4.4 | 1,578 | ||
| Patrick Stevens | 3.7 | 1,344 | ||
| Bryan Duval Cubero | 2.8 | 1,024 | ||
| Total votes: 36,170 | |||
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See also: Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Chris Palombi (R) 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 | ||
| Total votes: 398,839 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rashad Dwayne Lloyd (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Mckayla Wilkes (D), Vanessa Marie Hoffman (D), Briana Urbina (D) (Withdrew, appeared on ballot), and William Devine III (D) 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 | |
| Vanessa Marie Hoffman | 4.2 | 6,357 | ||
 | Briana Urbina (Withdrew, appeared on ballot) | 2.7 | 4,091 | |
 | William Devine III | 1.9 | 2,851 | |
| Total votes: 150,068 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Chris Palombi (R) defeated Douglas Sayers (R), Kenneth Lee (R), Lee Havis (R), and Bryan Duval Cubero (R) 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 | |
| Bryan Duval Cubero | 7.9 | 2,585 | ||
| Total votes: 32,674 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Leishear (R)
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated William Devine III (R), Patrick Elder (G), and Jacob Pulcher (L) in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steny Hoyer (D) | 70.3 | 213,796 |
| | William Devine III (R) | 27.1 | 82,361 | |
 | Patrick Elder (G) | 1.3 | 4,082 | |
 | Jacob Pulcher (L) | 1.2 | 3,592 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 378 | ||
| Total votes: 304,209 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
Incumbent Steny Hoyer (D) defeated Dennis Fritz (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steny Hoyer | 84.1 | 72,493 |
 | Dennis Fritz | 15.9 | 13,681 | |
| Total votes: 86,174 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5
William Devine III (R) defeated Johnny Rice (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 5 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Devine III | 57.6 | 11,372 |
 | Johnny Rice | 42.4 | 8,385 | |
| Total votes: 19,757 | |||
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Maryland adopted new congressional district boundaries on April 4, 2022, when Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed revised redistricting legislation that the General Assembly had finalized on March 30, 2022.[13] Hogan signed the new map after state Attorney General Brian Frosh withdrew his appeal of Circuit Court Judge Lynne Battaglia's ruling overturning the state's previous congressional redistricting plan.[13] The state Senate approved the revised congressional district boundaries 30-13 with all votes in favor by Democrats and all votes opposed by Republicans on March 29, 2022.[14] The House of Delegates approved the revised map on March 30, 2022, by a vote of 94-41 with all 'yes' votes by Democrats and 40 Republicans and one Democrat voting 'no.'[15]
How does redistricting in Maryland work? In Maryland, the primary authority to adopt both congressional and state legislative district lines rests with the state legislature. The governor submits a state legislative redistricting proposal (an advisory commission appointed by the governor assists in drafting this proposal). The state legislature may pass its own plan by joint resolution, which is not subject to gubernatorial veto. If the legislature fails to approve its own plan, the governor's plan takes effect. Congressional lines are adopted solely by the legislature and may be vetoed by the governor.[16]
The Maryland Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous, compact, and "give 'due regard' for political boundaries and natural features." No such requirements apply to congressional districts.[16]
2020
2024
2010-2011
In 2011, the Maryland State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 5th the 78th most Democratic district nationally.[17]
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 5th the 92nd most Democratic district nationally.[18]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 67.4%-30.9%.[19]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 5th the 90th most Democratic district nationally.[20]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 67.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 30.9%.[21]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 5th Congressional District the 83rd most Democratic nationally.[22]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.88. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.88 points toward that party.[23]
See also
- Redistricting in Maryland
- Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
- Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
- Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
- Maryland's 5th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
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
- ↑ Steny Hoyer for Congress, "Congressman Hoyer Files For Re-Election, September 6, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Maryland Elections, "Primary Candidates," accessed February 25, 2014
- ↑ Maryland Elections Division, "General Election Candidates," accessed August 11, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Maryland"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 WBAL-TV, "'Tremendous victory': Hogan signs new congressional redistricting map into law after appeal dropped," April 4, 2022
- ↑ Maryland General Assembly, "Senate of Maryland, 2022 Regular Session, SB 1012-Congressional Districting Plan," accessed April 4, 2022
- ↑ Maryland General Assembly, "Maryland House of Delegates, General Assembly of Maryland 2022 Regular Session, SB 1012-Congressional Districting Plan," accessed April 4, 2022
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 All About Redistricting, 'Maryland," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
