Primary Election Day in Maryland is coming up on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Don’t let this election pass you by in silence – make your voice heard and make a plan to vote!
Make a Plan to Vote
In Maryland, you can vote early, vote by mail, or get in line and vote in person on Primary Election Day, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. However you do it, the most important thing is that you vote. As part of our union family, your voice matters and your opinion matters.
To check your voter registration, locate your polling place, learn more about early voting and voting by mail, visit the Maryland Board of Elections website:
Important Dates
| June 28, 2022 | Deadline to Register to Vote – Learn more about getting registered to vote and updating your registration from the Maryland Board of Elections. |
| July 7-14, 2022 | In-Person Early Voting – You can vote early in person from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. at an early voting center. |
| July 12, 2022 | Deadline to Request a Mail-in Ballot – You must request for a ballot using the online system or by mail by July 12, 2022. If this deadline has passed and you would like to vote a mail-in ballot, please go to your local board of elections. You can pick up your ballot there and either vote and return it then or take your ballot with you and return it by mail or at a ballot drop box. |
| Tuesday, July 19, 2022 | Primary Election Day – Election Day Polling Places are open from 7:00am to 8:00pm. |
| Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | Maryland General Election Day |
UFCW Local 400 Voter Guide: Maryland
While your vote is a personal decision, as your union, it is our job to recommend candidates who will fight to make a better life for our members.
Listed below are the candidates UFCW Local 400 recommends you vote for in this election. Each candidate is recommended only after an exhaustive process of getting to know them, analyzing their records, reviewing their positions on issues impacting our members’ lives, and participating in coordination with other UFCW local unions in Maryland.
Please note that for districts not listed, UFCW Local 400 has made no recommendation.
| Governor | Tom Perez |
| Lieutenant Governor | Shannon Sneed |
| Attorney General | Anthony Brown |
| Comptroller | Brooke Lierman |
| U.S. Senate | Chris Van Hollen |
| U.S. Congress | |
| Congressional District 1 | Heather Mizeur |
| Congressional District 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger |
| Congressional District 3 | John Sarbanes |
| Congressional District 4 | Donna Edwards |
| Congressional District 5 | Steny Hoyer |
| Congressional District 6 | David Trone |
| Congressional District 7 | Kweisi Mfume |
| Congressional District 8 | Jamie Raskin |
| Maryland State Senate | |
| District 14 | Craig Zucker |
| District 15 | Brian Feldman |
| District 16 | Susan Lee |
| District 17 | Cheryl Kagan |
| District 18 | Jeff Waldstreicher |
| District 19 | Ben Kramer |
| District 20 | Will Smith |
| District 21 | Jim Rosapepe |
| District 22 | Paul G. Pinsky |
| District 23 | Raaheela Ahmed |
| District 24 | Joanne Benson |
| District 25 | Melony Griffith |
| District 26 | C. Anthony Muse |
| District 27 | Michael A. Jackson |
| District 28 | Arthur Carr Ellis |
| District 39 | Nancy King |
| District 47 | Malcolm Augustine |
| Maryland State House of Delegates | |
| District 14 | Anne Kaiser Eric Luedtke Pamela Queen |
| District 15 | Linda Foley David Fraser-Hidalgo Lily Qi |
| District 16 | Ariana Kelly Marc Korman Sara Love |
| District 17 | Kumar Barve Julie Palakovich Carr Joe Vogel |
| District 18 | Emily Shetty Jared Soloman |
| District 19 | Charlotte Crutchfield Bonnie Cullison Vaughn Stewart |
| District 20 | Lorig Charkoudian David Moon Jheanelle Wilkins |
| District 21 | Ben Barnes Mary Lehman Joseline Pena–Melnyk |
| District 22 | Anne Healy Alonzo Washington Nicole A. Williams |
| District 23 | Marvin Holmes Januari McKay Kym Taylor |
| District 24 | Andrea Harrison Fletcher Jazz Lewis Christopher Stevenson |
| District 25 | Darryl Barnes Nick Charles Karen Toles |
| District 26 | Veronica Turner Kriselda Valderrama Jamila J. Woods |
| District 27 | 27A: Susie Proctor 27B: Jeffrie E. Long, Jr. |
| District 28 | Debra Davis Edith Patterson C.T. Wilson |
| District 39 | Lesley Lopez Kirill Reznik Clint Sobratti |
| District 47A | Diana Fennell Robert Julian Ivey |
| District 47B | Marlin Jenkins |
Prince George’s County
| Prince George’s County Executive | Angela D. Alsobrooks |
| Prince George’s County State’s Attorney | Aisha Braveboy |
| Prince George’s County Council | |
| At-Large | Calvin Hawkins |
| District 1 | Tom Dernoga |
| District 2 | Wanika Fisher |
| District 3 | Eric Olson |
| District 4 | Ingrid Harrison |
| District 5 | Jolene Ivey |
| District 6 | Wala Blegay |
| District 7 | Krystal Oriadha |
| District 8 | Edward Burroughs III |
Montgomery County
| Montgomery County Executive | Marc Elrich |
| Montgomery County State’s Attorney | John McCarthy |
| Montgomery County Council | |
| At-Large | Evan Glass Tom Hucker Laurie-Ann Sayles (No endorsement for fourth seat) |
| District 2 | William Roberts |
| District 3 | Sidney Katz |
| District 4 | Kate Stewart |
| District 5 | Daniel Koroma |
| District 6 | Natali Fani Gonzalez |
| District 7 | Dawn Luedtke |