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Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

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Filing deadline: February 9, 2024
Primary: May 14, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Maryland
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Likely Democratic
Inside Elections: Lean Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
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A Republican Party primary took place on May 14, 2024, in Maryland's 6th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Neil Parrott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 54.7%-45.2%. 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) 53.9%-44.1%.[2]

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
February 9, 2024
May 14, 2024
November 5, 2024


A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Maryland utilizes a closed primary system. Although parties may hold open primaries, parties generally permit only registered party members to vote in their primaries.[3][4]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Maryland's 6th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Neil Parrott
Neil Parrott
 
45.9
 
22,604
Image of Dan Cox
Dan Cox
 
30.1
 
14,797
Image of Mariela Roca
Mariela Roca Candidate Connection
 
12.3
 
6,071
Image of Tom Royals
Tom Royals
 
4.2
 
2,060
Image of Chris Hyser
Chris Hyser Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
1,625
Image of Brenda Thiam
Brenda Thiam Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
1,607
Image of Todd Puglisi
Todd Puglisi
 
0.9
 
446

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

Total votes: 49,210
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Candidate profiles

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Chris Hyser

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "My journey has been characterized by service and dedication. As a retired Maryland State Trooper with a Medal of Valor, I proudly served my country during seven tours in Iraq and three tours in Afghanistan, protecting US Generals as a security consultant and dignitary protection agent. In 2020, I earned a Master of Divinity/Chaplaincy from the Bayan Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, CA, and I am currently an active volunteer within the Interfaith community, the Homelessness committee in Frederick City, Frederick Health and The Veterans Service Center/Platoon 22 in Frederick MD. My commitment to community service fuels my desire to extend my service by representing the 6th District in Maryland in the US Congress. The challenges our nation faces have persisted for far too long due to flawed systems. Regrettably, some of our current representatives prioritize personal gain over the well-being of the people who entrusted them with their positions. I am running for office because I firmly believe that the time for change is now. We must take decisive action to mend the fabric of our society and unite our communities for a better future. Together, we can pave the way towards a stronger and more prosperous nation. I am fighting for our L I F E"

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Protect our Children

Back the Blue

Homeless Veterans first

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Maryland District 6 in 2024.

Mariela Roca

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and began my journey of service to our nation in 2005 when I joined the U.S. Air Force at the age of 20. My unwavering commitment and dedication led me to become a Global War on Terror Veteran, serving within the Task Force Med and the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) in Bagram, Afghanistan, during the Operation Enduring Freedom campaign in 2007. After a commendable tour of duty, I was honorably discharged in 2010, having earned numerous accolades for her service, including the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 1 Service Star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border and 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, and NATO Medal. Following my military service, I transitioned to the Frederick area, where I continued my career in Medical Logistics as a Federal Employee. I worked diligently for the United States Army at Fort Detrick, supporting the Department of Defense’s Medical Supply Chain Process. My commitment to excellence extended into my academic pursuits, culminating in me earning a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus, a Master of Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Technology from the University of Maryland, University College. I am also a proud mom to two amazing kids."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

I'm running for this seat because, like you, I've had enough. Our U.S. Congress is a mess, plain and simple. There's too much drama and not enough action. And that's why I'm in this race—to change that.

Having served in the Air Force, I know what it means to operate with precision and purpose. I've taken orders and executed them flawlessly. My time in the military instilled in me a deep sense of duty and discipline.

Why choose me to represent you in Congress? Because I've seen the dysfunction from every angle. I understand how government operates, and I'm ready to hit the ground running on day one. I can confidently say that I'm the only candidate in this race, regardless of party affiliation, who possesses the breadth of experience that I bring to the table.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Maryland District 6 in 2024.

Brenda Thiam

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I live in Hagerstown, but I was born and raised in Raeford, North Carolina. I'm the middle child of five children raised by a mother who was divorced and always worked two jobs to take care of us. I attended and graduated from North Carolina Central University in 1994. I moved to Maryland in 1995 but made Hagerstown my home in 2006 through a few cities. I obtained my doctorate (PhD) in special education leadership. Before politics, I taught special education to students with autism. I was also a director of a nonpublic school for children with autism. I'm a former State Delegate in the Maryland General Assembly where I represented constituents of Hagerstown, district 2B (2020-2023). My husband and I recently established a nonprofit organization to meet the residential and supported employment needs of adults with autism and intellectual disability. We are awaiting licensure from the State to operate at full capacity. I'm a Board Member of Brook Lane Health Services. I have recently volunteered with Meals-On-Wheels to help deliver meals to seniors. Until I became employed with Partners In Care, Inc., I volunteered with the organization to assist with transporting seniors to various appointments. I'm an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Frederick County Alumnae Chapter). I'm married and my husband and I have one daughter who is a freshman in college. We have two fur babies, Johnny and Zeus."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

I'm a former state delegate in the Maryland General Assembly. My experiences in Annapolis have prepared me for the work in Washington, DC as a representative in the U.S. Congress. While I served in the legislature, I was able to obtain funding from the Governor's budget for the Commission on Aging to assist them with improving programs for seniors. I also obtained funding via a legislative bond for a community center located in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area of Hagerstown. I sponsored HB221 that enabled disabled veterans to obtain a complimentary angler's license. I have the skillset to debate policy on the floor and work collaboratively with Republican colleagues and members across the aisle.

President Ronald Reagan stated when a nation can't control its borders, it's no longer a nation. Our borders have become dangerously compromised, which allows illegal aliens to enter. Some who enter illegally are found on terrorist watch lists and have committed felonious crimes in their native country. The Biden administration can easily resolve this crisis at the border by closing the border. I'm in support of immigrants coming to America if they are seeking asylum or coming to pursue education opportunities to have a better life. However, it must be done the right way and they must come legally. Our immigration system is severely broken and we must fix the system, but not compromise the integrity of the process.

I'm pro 2nd amendment and support American citizens who choose to conceal and carry a firearm. It's our constitutional right to do so and our rights must be upheld. Democrats believe we have a gun violence problem, but I believe we have a mental health problem. People who choose to use a firearm to murder children in a school or people in a theater or church are mentally ill. Guns don't kill people; people use guns to kill people. We have background checks in place for people who choose to purchase and/or carry a firearm. A high percentage of crimes involving a firearm are committed by repeat offenders. Policy needs to focus on punitive measures for repeat offenders who commit crimes and a firearm is used.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Maryland District 6 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Maryland

Election information in Maryland: May 14, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: May 14, 2024
  • By mail: Received by April 23, 2024
  • Online: April 23, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: May 14, 2024
  • By mail: Received by May 7, 2024
  • Online: May 10, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: May 14, 2024
  • By mail: Received by May 14, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

May 2, 2024 to May 9, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (EST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Dan Cox Republican Party $171,049 $171,036 $13 As of December 31, 2024
Chris Hyser Republican Party $167,256 $43,353 $123,902 As of December 31, 2024
Neil Parrott Republican Party $1,090,983 $1,115,139 $6,214 As of December 31, 2024
Todd Puglisi Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Mariela Roca Republican Party $289,671 $289,697 $0 As of December 31, 2024
Tom Royals Republican Party $558,345 $553,994 $4,351 As of December 31, 2024
Brenda Thiam Republican Party $49,520 $35,474 $14,046 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Maryland.

Maryland U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 8 8 3 87 16 8 6 87.5% 5 100.0%
2022 8 8 1 65 16 8 7 93.8% 6 85.7%
2020 8 8 0 79 16 8 8 100.0% 8 100.0%
2018 8 8 1 55 16 7 7 87.5% 6 85.7%
2016 8 8 2 60 16 7 8 93.8% 5 83.3%
2014 8 8 0 35 16 6 6 75.0% 6 75.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Maryland in 2024. Information below was calculated on March 19, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Eighty-seven candidates ran for Maryland’s eight U.S. House districts, including 58 Democrats and 29 Republicans. That’s 10.88 candidates per district, more than in the previous three election cycles. There were 8.12 candidates per district in 2022, 9.87 candidates per district in 2020, and 6.87 in 2018.

The total number of candidates who ran for the U.S. House in 2024 is also higher than any other year this decade.

Three districts—the 2nd, the 3rd, and the 6th—were open, meaning no incumbents ran. That’s the most open districts in an election cycle this decade.

Rep. David Trone (D-6th) did not run for re-election in order to run for the U.S. Senate, while Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-2nd) and John Sarbanes (D-3rd) retired from public office.

Thirty-one candidates—22 Democrats and nine Republicans—ran for the open 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a district in 2024.

Fourteen primaries—eight Democratic and six Republican—were contested in 2024. Fifteen primaries were contested in 2022, 16 primaries were contested in 2020, and 14 were in 2018.

Five incumbents—four Democrats and one Republican—faced primary challengers in 2024. That's fewer than in 2022, when six incumbents faced challengers, in 2020 when eight incumbents faced challengers, and in 2018, when six did.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

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+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 6th the 197th most Democratic district nationally.[5]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Maryland's 6th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
53.9% 44.1%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[6] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
52.1 45.8 D+6.4

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Maryland, 2020

Maryland presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 21 Democratic wins
  • 10 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R D D D D R R R D D D D R R R D D D R D D R R D D D D D D D D
See also: Party control of Maryland state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Maryland's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maryland
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 7 9
Republican 0 1 1
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 8 10

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Maryland's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Maryland, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Wes Moore
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Aruna Miller
Secretary of State Democratic Party Susan Lee
Attorney General Democratic Party Anthony G. Brown

State legislature

Maryland State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 34
     Republican Party 13
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 47

Maryland House of Delegates

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 102
     Republican Party 39
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 141

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Maryland Party Control: 1992-2024
Twenty-one years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maryland in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Maryland U.S. House Ballot-qualified party N/A $100.00 2/9/2024 Source
Maryland U.S. House Unaffiliated 1% of the eligible voters for the district $100.00 8/5/2024 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections Website, "Primary Elections," accessed September 27, 2024
  4. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed September 27, 2024
  5. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  6. ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


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Angela Alsobrooks (D)
Chris Hollen (D)
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