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Maryland

Maryland in Focus

The 2026 races, the candidates and officials, and the money behind them, from Maryland’s public records. More of the state’s ledgers are on the way.

Maryland’s 2026 races → Candidates & officials
9races on the Nov. 3 ballot covered here: 1 governor, 8 HouseFEC and state election offices
23candidates listed in those racesFEC and state candidate lists
$31.6Mraised by Maryland’s federal candidatesFEC campaign reports, latest filed (through Sept. 30, 2026)
$12.7Mspent by outside groups for or against themFEC independent expenditures, duplicates removed

These figures are different measures from different records and are not added together. Candidate fundraising counts federal candidates only. How the figures were checked →

Maryland’s top topics

Maryland’s 2026 racesEvery federal and governor’s race on Maryland’s ballot, with the money behind each candidate.→
Candidates & officialsWho is on the ballot and who represents Maryland in Congress now, each with a page of their records.→
Gathering data
Where they standEach candidate’s position on the issues. Research has started in Florida.
How they votedRoll calls by Maryland’s members of Congress, grouped by issue.→
Gathering data
Flock & ALPRWhich police agencies use license-plate readers, and their contracts.
AI & data centersLarge data-center projects in Maryland on our map.→
Gathering data
Maryland’s public moneyThe state budget, reserves and debt, what county governments collect and spend, and what local officials are paid.

On the ballot Nov. 3

Every federal race and the governor’s race in Maryland. Pick a race for the money behind each candidate.

All of Maryland’s races →

Maryland has no U.S. Senate race on the 2026 ballot.

Candidates & officials

23 candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot in the races above, and who represents Maryland now.

In Congress now

How they voted, by issue →

Gathering data

State legislators, statewide officers and local officials in Maryland, with their campaign accounts and the money they report, as we have built for Florida.

Your county at a glance

Coming soon

A county map of Maryland: plate readers, local officials’ pay and county budgets, one county at a time.

Maryland stories

Coming soon

Investigations follow one stream of public money from the ledger to the people it reaches. Florida is first; see Florida in Focus for what a state’s Files look like.

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