Robin Ficker

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Robin Ficker

Republican Party

Candidate, U.S. House Maryland District 6

Prior offices:

Maryland House of Delegates

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 14, 2024

Next election

June 23, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1965

Law

University of Baltimore School of Law

Graduate

American University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1960 - 1966

Personal

Birthplace

Takoma Park, MD

Religion

Christian

Profession

Real estate broker

Contact

Personal Facebook

Personal LinkedIn

Robin Ficker (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on June 23, 2026.^[source]

Ficker (Republican Party) was an officeholder of the Maryland House of Delegates.

Biography

Robin Ficker was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. Ficker served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1966. He earned a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1965, a graduate degree from American University, and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Ficker's career experience includes working as a real estate broker and farmer.

Elections

2026

See also: Maryland's 6th 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.

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 6

Moshe Landman (G) is running in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Moshe Landman (G)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hajra Kirmani (Unaffiliated)
• Chris Hyser (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		April McClain-Delaney
		George Gluck
	Submit photo	Alexis Goldstein
	Submit photo	Daniel Krakower
		David Trone
		Ethan Wechtaluk
		Kiambo White
		Altimont Wilks

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6

Christopher Burnett (R), Robin Ficker (R), Chris Hyser (R), Neil Parrott (R), and Mariela Roca (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Christopher Burnett
		Robin Ficker
		Chris Hyser
		Neil Parrott
		Mariela Roca

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2024

See also: United States Senate election in Maryland, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Maryland

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Maryland on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angela Alsobrooks (D)	54.6	1,650,912
		Larry Hogan (R)	42.8	1,294,344
		Mike Scott (L)	2.3	69,396
	Submit photo	Patrick Burke (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	879
		Billy Bridges (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	70
	Submit photo	Robin Rowe (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	17
	Submit photo	Christy Helmondollar (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	3
	Submit photo	Irwin Gibbs (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	2
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	5,755

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,021,378
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Moshe Landman (G)
• Nancy Wallace (G)
• Shaunesi Deberry (Unaffiliated)
• Keith Packer (No Party Affiliation)
• Emmanuel Osuchukwu (Unaffiliated)
• Michael Sigmon (Progressive Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Maryland

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angela Alsobrooks	53.4	357,052
		David Trone	42.8	286,381
		Joseph Perez	0.7	4,688
		Michael Cobb Sr.	0.7	4,524
		Brian Frydenborg	0.5	3,635
		Scottie Griffin	0.5	3,579
		Marcellus Crews	0.5	3,379
		Andrew Wildman	0.3	2,198
		Robert Houton	0.3	1,946
		Steven Seuferer	0.2	1,664

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 669,046
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Juan Dominguez (D)
• William Jawando (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Maryland

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Larry Hogan	64.2	183,661
		Robin Ficker	27.8	79,517
		Chris Chaffee	3.2	9,134
		Lorie Friend	2.1	5,867
		John Myrick	1.7	4,987
		Moe Barakat	0.8	2,203
		Laban Seyoum	0.3	782

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 286,151
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Teichert (R)
• Christopher Puleo (R)
• Ray Bly (R)
• John Thormann (R)

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Maryland gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Maryland

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Maryland on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wes Moore (D)	64.5	1,293,944
		Dan Cox (R)	32.1	644,000
		David Lashar (L)	1.5	30,101
		David Harding (Working Class Party)	0.9	17,154
		Nancy Wallace (G)	0.7	14,580
		Kyle Sefcik (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	596
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	4,848

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,005,223
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maryland on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wes Moore	32.4	217,524
		Tom Perez	30.1	202,175
		Peter Franchot	21.1	141,586
		Rushern Baker III (Unofficially withdrew)	4.0	26,594
		Douglas F. Gansler	3.8	25,481
		John B. King Jr.	3.7	24,882
		Ashwani Jain	2.1	13,784
		Jon Baron	1.8	11,880
		Jerry Segal	0.6	4,276
		Ralph Jaffe	0.4	2,978

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 671,160
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Laura Neuman (D)
• Mike Rosenbaum (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Maryland

Dan Cox defeated Kelly Schulz, Robin Ficker, and Joe Werner in the Republican primary for Governor of Maryland on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Cox	52.0	153,423
		Kelly Schulz	43.5	128,302
		Robin Ficker	2.8	8,268
		Joe Werner	1.7	5,075

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 295,068
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2016

See also: Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 6th Congressional District, incumbent John Delaney (D) defeated Amie Hoeber (R), David Howser, George Gluck (G), and Ted Athey (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Delaney defeated Tony Puca in the Democratic primary, while Hoeber defeated seven other Republican challengers to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.

U.S. House, Maryland District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Delaney Incumbent	56%	185,770
	Republican	Amie Hoeber	40.1%	133,081
	Libertarian	David Howser	2.1%	6,889
	Green	George Gluck	1.8%	5,824
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	409
Total Votes				331,973
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Delaney Incumbent	84.9%	69,343
Tony Puca	15.1%	12,317
Total Votes		81,660
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 6 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Amie Hoeber	29.3%	17,967
Terry Baker	22.6%	13,837
Frank Howard	17.4%	10,677
Robin Ficker	11.4%	7,014
David Vogt	9.4%	5,774
Christopher Mason	4.2%	2,590
Scott Cheng	3.8%	2,303
Harold Painter	1.8%	1,117
Total Votes		61,279
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Maryland State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. Incumbent Brian Feldman was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Robin Ficker was unopposed in the Republican primary. Feldman defeated Ficker in the general election.

Maryland State Senate District 15, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Brian Feldman Incumbent	60.5%	19,925
	Republican	Robin Ficker	39.5%	13,028
Total Votes				32,953

2012

See also: Maryland's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012

Ficker ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 6th District. Ficker sought the nomination on the Republican ticket, but he was defeated by Roscoe Bartlett in the April 3, 2012, primary.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run was January 11, 2012.

U.S. House, Maryland, District 6 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Roscoe G. Bartlett Incumbent	43.6%	17,600
Kathy Afzali	10.2%	4,115
David R. Brinkley	19.8%	7,987
Robert Coblentz	2.4%	970
Robin Ficker	7.1%	2,854
Peter James	2.3%	933
Joseph T. Krysztoforski	7.6%	3,073
Brandon Orman Rippeon	7%	2,843
Total Votes		40,375

2009

He was a Republican candidate in the 2009 Montgomery County Council special election.

2006

Ficker ran for Montgomery County Executive in 2006 as an independent, and received 28,063 votes, more than any other independent candidate in Montgomery County has earned.

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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Campaign website

Ficker’s campaign website stated the following:

“	PROUD TO CALL MARYLAND HOME Ficker is a lifelong Marylander. He grew up here. He raised his family here. He started a business here. He owns a farm here. ARMY VETERAN FIGHTING FOR MARYLAND VALUES He knows what it means to serve and is a veteran of the United States Army. PUBLIC SERVANT STANDING UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND He served in the Maryland legislature where he empowered voters throughout Maryland. The Democrats and Washington Post did everything in their power to stop Ficker, but he passed ballot initiatives including limiting property taxes and imposing term limits on county officials. Robin Ficker has fought for 25 such Amendments, which have received over 2.5 Million votes! SMALL BUSINESS OWNER PUSHING FOR JOB GROWTH IN MARYLAND Ficker has started and run successful businesses. He knows what it takes to create jobs, and what the government does to make that harder and harder every day.	”
—Robin Ficker’s campaign website (2024)

2022

Robin Ficker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ficker's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

A lifetime Maryland resident and former elected legislator, I have placed 25 ballot measures which received 2,537, 403 votes to pass Term Limits, property tax revenue increase limits, and to bar the trenching of sewage sludge and operating garbage dumps in residential zones. I spent the summers of 2020 and 2021 meeting residents of all 23 counties of Maryland and Baltimore City on the Ocean City Boardwalk. I have completed 40,000 in all Maryland courts, standing up for the rights of Marylanders, and have overturned 4 state/local laws in federal court, including one last year overturning durational and size restrictions on political signs on the Eastern Shore.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• To give every Marylander a fiscal stimulus every day by cutting the state sales tax 2 cents or $780 per year per household. No state has ever cut its state sales tax. Delaware, with which we share an 85 mile border, has no sales tax. This cut will send a nation-wide message that Maryland is business friendly..
• I will form a Jobs Strikeforce to visit large companies all of which have shunned Maryland while our Maryland Department of Commerce was sleeping. In the last few years Amazon, Apple, Facebook/Meta, Global Foundries, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nucor Steel, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, Tesla and Texas Instruments have built multi-BILLION dollar projects in other states, not Maryland. We’ll reverse Maryland’s passivity and failure to attract major employers.
• Keep schools open. It is inexcusable that Maryland ranked last of all the states in percentage of students participating in actual physical, non-virtual learning. Give parents a big say in whether students are safe, what they are taught, and whether they should be the victim of any mandates.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Taxes. Limit property tax increases. Of my 25 ballot questions, about 16 sought to limit property taxes. In 2008, we were successful in passing a requirement that a 9-member-council unanimous vote was needed to increase property tax revenues more than the rate of inflation. Every elected office holder in Montgomery County (all Democrats) opposed this question but it was passed by the voters. It stopped property tax increases for almost a decade. Peter Sepp, President of the National Taxpayers Union said, “Your victory is a national record to pass a taxpayer protection measure at the local level against such difficult odds.”

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To give every Marylander a fiscal stimulus every day by cutting the state sales tax 2 cents or $780 per year per household. No state has ever cut its state sales tax. Delaware, with which we share an 85 mile border, has no sales tax. This cut will send a nation-wide message that Maryland is business friendly.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

I recommend the "Path to Power," a 4-volume work by Robert Caro.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

To give compassionate, efficient leadership.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Perseverance, focus, honesty

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Get the state up early in the morning, work throughout the day efficiently, and then rest and prepare for the next work day.

What legacy would you like to leave?

He was the best Governor Maryland ever had.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I was 4 years old when I sat on my Dad's shoulders and watched Harry Truman's inaugural parade.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I delivered the Washington Post newspaper to my residential paper route at 5 a.m. every morning--double paper weight on Sunday. I did this for 3 years in elementary school.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Maryland Travel Guide

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

The Gladiator

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

America the Beautiful

A governor is the top executive authority in his or her state. What does that mean do you?

As Harry Truman said, "The buck stops here." Someone needs to be the final arbiter. Thank goodness for someone who can make up his or her mind.

Governors have many responsibilities, which vary from state to state. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your state?

To craft the budget. We have to provide the best services to the voters that we can, while living within our fiscal means, without raising taxes.

Different states require governors to have different degrees of responsibility for the state budgeting process. If it were your choice, what do you believe is the appropriate degree of gubernatorial involvement with this process in your state?

I would like to have strong control over the budgetary process because our state legislature is made up of people of the opposite party who don't seem too concerned with the pocket books of the taxpayers.

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

I would veto expenditures that are of marginal benefit to the voters. No pork-barrel politics in Maryland.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

Very friendly. Never make enemies. Disagree without being disagreeable. Work hard for the people of Maryland from sun-up to sunrise.

What do you love most about your state?

The smart, generous, friendly people,.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

In the last few years Amazon, Apple, Facebook/Meta, Global Foundries, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Nucor Steel, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, Tesla and Texas Instruments have built multi-BILLION dollar projects in other states, not Maryland. We must reverse Maryland’s passivity and failure to attract major employers. I will form a Jobs Strikeforce to visit large companies all of which have shunned Maryland while our Maryland Department of Commerce was sleeping.

Under what circumstances should the governor of your state be able to use emergency powers?

When there are true emergencies. Pandemics lasting 2 to 3 years are not true emergencies.

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Campaign website

Ficker's campaign website stated the following:

“	Robin has placed 25 ballot measures which received 2,537,403 votes to approve Term Limits, Property Tax Revenue Increase Limits, and to keep sewage sludge trenching and garbage dumps from residential zones. Peaceful change is important! Cut the Maryland Sales Tax 2 Cents or $780/yr/household making MD the first state to ever cut its sales tax. Voters will get an annual fiscal stimulus and Maryland will get a business-friendly reputation. They will fight gridlock to improve I-270, 495, 695, 81, 5, 219 and Bay Bridge Capacity. Robin is the only Gubernatorial candidate who will spend the 3rd summer in a row this year on the Ocean City Boardwalk finding out what Marylanders are going through and how he can help them. Every 2 hours there he can meet folks from all 23 Maryland counties plus Baltimore City. They will strive to double the clean electrical energy production at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant to 2 million homes, adding many Maryland jobs. They will increase accessibility to the Governor's Mansion by holding a first come, first served, Open House at 6 am every Monday morning. They will ensure swift endorsement for Chesapeake Bay pollution sources. A clean, healthy Bay is essential!	”
—Robin Ficker

Campaign finance summary

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Robin Ficker campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Maryland District 6	Candidacy Declared primary	$221,679	$221,571
2024	U.S. Senate Maryland	Lost primary	$4,430,740	$4,428,872
2022	Governor of Maryland	Lost primary	$1,223,467	$996,565
Grand total			$5,875,886	$5,647,008
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Issues

Political positions

Ficker is known for proposing anti-tax ballot initiatives. A county initiative he proposed for the November 2008 ballot (Montgomery County Question B (2008)) prevailed by about 5,000 votes. The measure requires the nine-member Montgomery County Council to vote unanimously to raise property tax revenue above the local limit. The victory earned him the Libertarian Party's Free Market Hero of the week award.

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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)