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Prince George’s special election lineup set – and the lineup is long – Maryland Matters
Prince George’s County voters will have plenty of people to choose from in a pair of March 4 special primary elections.
Twelve people had filed paperwork by Friday’s deadline to seek the county executive position and another seven signed up for the vacant County Council District 5 seat.
The winners of those races will face off in a special general election on June 3. Board of Elections Administrator Wendy Honesty-Bey said in a brief interview Monday that the State Board of Elections moved the general election date back a week from the originally scheduled May 27 to allow county election officials and workers more time to process ballots and handle other administrative duties.
At least five high-profile Democrats are seeking the county executive position. They are former County Executive Rushern L. Baker III, State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy, At-Large County Councilmember Calvin Hawkins, County Council Chair Jolene Ivey and state Sen. Alonzo Washington.
The other four Democratic candidates are Marcellus Crews, Ron Hunt, Albert Slocum and Tonya Sweat. The three Republicans have all sought public office before: George E. McDermott, Jesse Peed and Jonathan White.
The county executive seat became open after the Dec. 2 resignation of former Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who is leaving to be sworn in to a U.S. Senate seat on Jan. 3, after winning the election in November.
The county’s chief administrative officer, Tara H. Jackson, is serving as acting county executive in the interim, but has said she doesn’t plan to seek the position permanently.
Meanwhile, seven people will seek the County Council District 5 seat to represent the area that include the municipalities of Cheverly, Fairmount Heights and Glenarden.
The seat became vacant after Ivey vacated the seat to run for one of the two at-large seats on council, which she won in yet another special election — to fill the seat vacated by former County Councilmember Mel Franklin, who was sentenced Nov. 13 to a year in jail for theft of campaign funds. Ivey won an August primary for the seat, which she won in a special general election.
Six of the candidates for the District 5 seat are registered Democrats – Shayla Adams-Stafford, longtime educator and activist Theresa Mitchell Dudley, Kendal Gray, Ryan Middleton, Kayce Munyeneh and Christopher Wade.
The only Republican in the special election is Fred Price Jr. of Cheverly, a Marine Corps veteran. While that likely assures Price of the nomination, the odds get much steeper for him — and for the winner of the county executive primary — running as a Republican in Prince George’s County, where the vast majority of voters are registered Democrats.
The winners of the county executive and County Council seats will complete the remaining two years left on those terms.
According to the county Board of Elections, early voting for the special primary election will be from Feb. 26 to March 3. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., but 12-6 p.m. on that Sunday.
Early voting for the special general election will take place May 28 to June 2. Polls will open at the same times as the primary.
Polls on Election Day for the primary and general elections will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voters will also be able to place mail-in ballots at drop boxes, but the locations of those have not been announced.
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Md. Gov. Moore touts public safety funding increase, even with crime continuing to drop – WTOP News
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore noted the continuing decrease in crime across the state and shared a proposal to spend $124.1 million on public safety in the next fiscal year budget.
Executive Aisha Braveboy and Police Chief George Nader(WTOP/John Domen)
Maryland lawmakers return to Annapolis next week, and plugging a roughly $1 billion budget hole will be one of many items on their agenda as the 2026 session gets underway.
This week, Gov. Wes Moore has been touting parts of the budget he’ll be unveiling, to go with legislation he intends to champion in Annapolis.
On Thursday, he stood in front of a huge gathering of police, federal law enforcement and prosecutors at the Maryland State Police Barracks in College Park to talk about the continuing decrease in crime and share a proposal to spend $124.1 million on public safety in the next budget.
“That is the highest level of funding in our state’s history, and a $2.3 million increase over last year’s budget,” Moore said. “These are real resources for local police departments all throughout the state of Maryland.”
He said the funding will support overtime patrolling and new equipment that “officers need to make sure they are doing their job safely and that they can get home to their families.”
Moore also took issue with the premise, often posed to Democrats, that you have to choose between siding with law enforcement or siding with “the community,” arguing that he does both “unapologetically.” He also promised that his plan for public safety is both urgent and strategic.
“This is backed by data and built on three core pillars,” Moore said. “Provide the resources and the support that law enforcement needs; build stronger, more vibrant communities that leave no one behind; and coordinate all aspects of government and community to make sure that our streets are safer.”
As he enters the final year of his term, Moore highlighted a 25% reduction in homicides around the state, to a number he said is the lowest in 40 years. He also touted a 50% violent crime reduction and a sharp drop in non-fatal shootings.
“This is not trends or vibes. It happens because we made smart investments, and it happened because we chose to do something really unique — work together,” Moore said. “We are standing here coordinated, bipartisan, nonpartisan, knowing that community safety does not have a partisan bend and protecting our neighbors does not have a political affiliation.”
At the same time, Moore said he wasn’t taking a victory lap about the heartening trends in crime just yet.
“We are making progress, yes, but we will not rest until everybody and all of our communities feel safe,” he said. “Too often, false choices will dominate the public safety debate. Do we want to hold criminals accountable, or do we want to focus on rehabilitation? We’re told to pick a side without understanding that’s not how people live.”
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