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Thiru Vignarajah
Thiru Vignarajah (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Baltimore in Maryland. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 14, 2024. Vignarajah unofficially withdrew from the race but appeared on the primary election ballot on May 14, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Baltimore
Incumbent Brandon Scott defeated Shannon Wright in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brandon Scott (D) | 82.1 | 179,732 |
 | Shannon Wright (R) | 16.7 | 36,484 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 2,574 | ||
| Total votes: 218,790 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chukwuemeka Egwu (Unaffiliated)
- Timothy Sewell (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Scott | 52.8 | 48,806 |
 | Sheila Dixon | 38.9 | 35,947 | |
 | Thiru Vignarajah (Unofficially withdrew) | 3.7 | 3,379 | |
 | Bob Wallace | 3.1 | 2,823 | |
 | Wendy Bozel | 0.4 | 338 | |
 | Kevin P. Harris | 0.3 | 248 | |
 | Yolanda Pulley | 0.3 | 238 | |
 | Wayne Baker | 0.2 | 210 | |
| Joseph Scott | 0.1 | 115 | ||
 | Keith Scott | 0.1 | 108 | |
 | Wendell Hill-Freeman | 0.1 | 98 | |
 | Yasaun Young (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.1 | 92 | |
 | Texas Brown | 0.1 | 60 | |
| Total votes: 92,462 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore
Shannon Wright defeated Michael Moore and Donald Scoggins in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shannon Wright | 40.1 | 1,468 |
 | Michael Moore | 35.6 | 1,304 | |
 | Donald Scoggins | 24.2 | 887 | |
| Total votes: 3,659 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Vignarajah in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in Baltimore, Maryland (2022)
General election
General election for Baltimore State's Attorney
Ivan Bates won election in the general election for Baltimore State's Attorney on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ivan Bates (D) | 98.2 | 129,961 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.8 | 2,417 | ||
| Total votes: 132,378 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Roya Hanna (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Baltimore State's Attorney
Ivan Bates defeated Thiru Vignarajah and incumbent Marilyn Mosby in the Democratic primary for Baltimore State's Attorney on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ivan Bates | 40.9 | 34,684 |
| Thiru Vignarajah | 30.3 | 25,685 | |
 | Marilyn Mosby | 28.8 | 24,415 | |
| Total votes: 84,784 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Roya Hanna (D)
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland (2020)
General election
General election for Mayor of Baltimore
Brandon Scott defeated Bob Wallace, Shannon Wright, and David Harding in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Scott (D) | 70.5 | 164,661 |
| Bob Wallace (Independent) | 20.2 | 47,275 | |
| Shannon Wright (R) | 7.1 | 16,664 | |
 | David Harding (Working Class Party) | 1.7 | 3,973 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,006 | ||
| Total votes: 233,579 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kahan Singh Dhillon Jr. (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brandon Scott | 29.6 | 43,927 |
| Sheila Dixon | 27.5 | 40,782 | |
| Mary Miller | 15.6 | 23,193 | ||
| Thiru Vignarajah | 11.5 | 17,080 | |
 | Jack Young | 6.2 | 9,256 | |
| T.J. Smith | 5.8 | 8,593 | ||
| Carlmichael Stokey Cannady | 1.7 | 2,473 | ||
 | Mary Washington (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.7 | 1,028 | |
 | Valerie Cunningham | 0.2 | 339 | |
| Keith Scott | 0.2 | 303 | |
| Yasaun Young | 0.1 | 188 | |
| Ralph Johnson Jr. | 0.1 | 177 | ||
| Yolanda Pulley | 0.1 | 152 | |
| Lou Catelli | 0.1 | 151 | ||
| Dante Swinton | 0.1 | 143 | ||
| Michael Douglas Jenson | 0.1 | 131 | ||
| Brian Salsberry | 0.1 | 129 | ||
| Rikki Vaughn | 0.1 | 116 | ||
| Liri Fusha | 0.0 | 57 | ||
| Terry Jay McCready | 0.0 | 46 | ||
| Sean Bernard Gresh | 0.0 | 45 | ||
| James Jones | 0.0 | 33 | ||
 | Erik Powery | 0.0 | 32 | |
| Frederick D. Ware-Newsome | 0.0 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 148,405 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shannon Wright | 29.1 | 1,630 |
| Catalina Byrd | 19.0 | 1,068 | ||
| William Herd | 13.5 | 757 | ||
| David Anthony Wiggins | 13.0 | 729 | ||
| Ivan Gonzalez | 12.0 | 671 | ||
 | Zulieka Baysmore | 11.4 | 641 | |
| Collins Otonna | 2.0 | 112 | ||
| Total votes: 5,608 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Baltimore State's Attorney
Incumbent Marilyn Mosby won election in the general election for Baltimore State's Attorney on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Mosby (D) | 93.7 | 146,181 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 6.3 | 9,770 | ||
| Total votes: 155,951 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Baltimore State's Attorney
Incumbent Marilyn Mosby defeated Ivan Bates and Thiru Vignarajah in the Democratic primary for Baltimore State's Attorney on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Mosby | 49.4 | 39,766 |
| Ivan Bates | 28.1 | 22,619 | |
| Thiru Vignarajah | 22.5 | 18,130 | |
| Total votes: 80,515 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thiru Vignarajah did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Thiru Vignarajah did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Thiru Vignarajah did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
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