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2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district election

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The 2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the United States representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district, concurrently with elections for the other U.S. House districts in Maryland and the rest of the country, as well as the 2024 U.S. Senate race in Maryland, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary election was held on May 14, 2024. The 6th district is based in western Maryland and the northwest District of Columbia exurbs and outer suburbs. It takes in all of Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties, as well as portions of Montgomery County. Cities in the district include Cumberland, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Germantown, and Hagerstown.[1]

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district election

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November 5, 2024
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Nominee April McClain Delaney Neil Parrott
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 199,788 175,974
Percentage 53.05% 46.72%

McClain Delaney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Parrott:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

David Trone
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

April McClain Delaney
Democratic

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The incumbent was Democrat David Trone, who was re-elected with 54.7% of the vote in 2022. Trone was first elected in 2018, when Democratic incumbent John Delaney retired to focus on his 2020 presidential campaign. Trone did not seek re-election, instead choosing to run for the U.S. Senate to succeed retiring incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin. A wide field of candidates filed for the race to replace Trone, with over 15 in all. Maryland Matters remarked that both Democrats and Republicans would need to find a candidate with a wide appeal, as the 6th district is largely split between suburban and rural areas.[2] The Washington Post further noted that Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by seven percentage points in the district.[3]

The 6th district is considered the most competitive congressional district in the state of Maryland, despite being a moderately blue largely suburban district with a more sparsely populated rural component. While Republicans typically run up large margins in the state's Western Panhandle (Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties), the district has a slight Democratic lean due to the more heavily populated, strongly Democratic Montgomery County, and the former Republican stronghold of Frederick County, which has trended towards the Democrats in recent elections. Republicans last won the district in 2010, when long-serving Republican Roscoe Bartlett was elected to his final term; he lost re-election to Delaney in 2012 after the district became significantly more favorable to the Democratic Party during redistricting.[2] Democrat Joe Biden won the district with 53.9% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election.[4]

This district was listed on both the National Republican Congressional Committee's Young Guns program[5] and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red-to-Blue program.[6] McClain Delaney won the general election on November 5, 2024, defeating Parrott with 53.05% of the vote.[7]

Democratic primary

George Gluck
Ashwani Jain
Laurie-Anne Sayles
Altimont Wilks

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Peter Choharis, attorney (remained on ballot, endorsed McClain Delaney)[18]
  • Geoffrey Grammer, retired U.S. Army Colonel and physician (remained on ballot, endorsed McClain Delaney)[19]
  • Mia Mason, military veteran and nominee for the 1st district in 2020[8]
  • Stephen McDow, economist and businessman (remained on ballot)[8]
  • Joel Martin Rubin, former vice mayor of Chevy Chase and candidate for the 8th district in 2016 (remained on ballot, endorsed McClain Delaney)[20]

Declined

Endorsements

Ashwani Jain
Organizations
Lesley Lopez
State cabinet officials
State legislators
Organizations
Labor unions
Tekesha Martinez
Organizations
April McClain Delaney
U.S. representatives
State legislators
County officials
Local officials
Party officials
Labor unions
Newspapers
Laurie-Anne Sayles
Organizations
Joe Vogel
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State delegates
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Newspapers
Destiny Drake West
Organizations
Geoffrey Grammer (withdrawn)
U.S. senators
Organizations
Labor unions

Debates and forums

More information No., Date ...
2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district Democratic primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
Gluck Jain Lopez Martinez McClain
Delaney
Sayles Vogel West Wilks Others
1[61] Feb 19, 2024 Washington County Democratic
Central Committee
Kalim Johnson Facebook P P P P P P P P P P[a]
2 Mar 6, 2024 Montgomery County
UpCounty Democrats
Andrew Saundry YouTube P N N P P N N P N –
3 Mar 13, 2024 Jewish Democratic Council
of America
Halie Soifer YouTube A P A A P P P A A P[b]
4[62] Mar 20, 2024 Montgomery County
UpCounty Democrats
Andrew Saundry YouTube N P N N N P P N P P[c]
5[63] Mar 24, 2024 Frederick County Democratic
Central Committee
Bob Kresslein N/A P P P P P P P P P –
6[64] Mar 28, 2024 Garrett County Democratic
Central Committee
Lillia Rose Facebook P P A P P P P P A –
7[65] Apr 6, 2024 Washington County NAACP Eddie Peters Facebook P P P A P P P P P P[d]
8[66] Apr 11, 2024
Apr 16, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
Frederick County League
of Women Voters
Betty Mayfield
Michael Powell
YouTube I
YouTube II
YouTube III
P P P A P P P A A P[e]
9[34] Apr 21, 2024 Association of Black Democrats
of Montgomery County
Latino Democratic Club
of Montgomery County
Cheyanne Daniels Facebook P P P A A P P A A P[f]
10[67] Apr 28, 2024 Montgomery County Women's
Democratic Club
Brian Karem YouTube P P P P P P P A A P[g]
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Fundraising

Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.

More information Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024, Candidate ...
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
George Gluck (D) $10,291 $10,783 $408
Ashwani Jain (D) $105,164[h] $109,695 $0
Lesley Lopez (D) $193,446 $189,956 $3,490
Tekesha Martinez (D) $628,572[i] $424,360 $70,061
April McClain Delaney (D) $2,974,706[j] $2,757,607 $217,099
Laurie-Anne Sayles (D) $77,074 $74,773 $2,301
Joe Vogel (D) $792,054 $744,766 $47,288
Destiny Drake West (D) $15,880 $16,092 $64
Altimont Wilks (D) $3,375 $3,170 $205
Peter Choharis (D) $109,293[k] $69,612 $39,681
Geoffrey Grammer (D) $551,059[l] $550,661 $0
Joel Martin Rubin (D) $133,133 $133,133 $0
Source: Federal Election Commission[68]
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[m]
Margin
of error
Geoffrey
Grammer
Lesley
Lopez
Tekesha
Martinez
April McClain
Delaney
Joel Martin
Rubin
Joe
Vogel
Other Undecided
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group[69][A] May 6–7, 2024 400 (LV) ± 5.0% – – – 37% – 24% 17% 22%
Public Policy Polling[70][B] April 25–26, 2024 558 (LV) ± 4.2% – 4% 8% 24% – 24% 4% 36%
GBAO[71][C] March 14–17, 2024 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 5% 8% 8% 17% – 10% 4% 48%
RMG Research[72][D] November 14–17, 2023 300 (LV) ± 5.7% 3% 3% 6% 5% 1% 3% 5% 74%
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Results

Results by county
  McClain Delaney
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
More information Party, Candidate ...
Democratic primary results[73]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic April McClain Delaney 22,985 40.4
Democratic Joe Vogel 14,940 26.3
Democratic Ashwani Jain 4,750 8.3
Democratic Tekesha Martinez 3,992 7.0
Democratic Lesley Lopez 2,600 4.6
Democratic Laurie-Anne Sayles 1,845 3.2
Democratic Destiny Drake West 1,086 1.9
Democratic Mohammad Mozumder 1,005 1.7
Democratic Joel Martin Rubin (withdrawn) 820 1.4
Democratic Peter Choharis (withdrawn) 818 1.4
Democratic Geoffrey Grammer (withdrawn) 651 1.1
Democratic George Gluck 437 0.8
Democratic Kiambo White 401 0.7
Democratic Stephen McDow (withdrawn) 246 0.4
Democratic Altimont Wilks 179 0.3
Democratic Adrian Petrus 166 0.3
Total votes 56,921 100.0
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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Heath Barnes, burgess[n] of Woodsboro (2021–present) (endorsed Thiam)[77]
  • Todd Puglisi, grocery store clerk and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[78]

Declined

Endorsements

Neil Parrott
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Organizations
Mariela Roca
U.S. representatives
Tom Royals
Organizations
Newspapers

Debates and forums

More information No., Date ...
2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district Republican primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn O  Not yet entered race
Heath
Barnes
Dan
Cox
Chris
Hyser
Neil
Parrott
Todd
Puglisi
Mariela
Roca
Tom
Royals
Brenda
Thiam
1[84] Sept 20, 2023 Upper Montgomery
Republican Women's Club
David Bossie YouTube P O P O P P P P
2[85] Feb 12, 2024 Frederick County
Conservative Club
Matthew Foldi
Jonathan Jenkins
N/A W P P O W A P P
3[86] Feb 15, 2024 Legislative District 15
Republican Club
Dan Cuda[87] N/A W P P P W P P P
4[88] Feb 17, 2024 Garrett County Republican
Central Committee
Garrett County Republican
Women's Club
Dirk Haire YouTube W P P P W P P P
5[65] Apr 6, 2024 Washington County NAACP Eddie Peters Facebook W A P A W A A P
6[66] Apr 18, 2024 Frederick County League
of Women Voters
Betty Mayfield YouTube W A P A W P A P
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Fundraising

Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.

More information Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024, Candidate ...
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Dan Cox (R) $160,715[o] $160,684 $30
Chris Hyser (R) $167,256[p] $43,353 $123,902
Neil Parrott (R) $630,004 $465,867 $222,395
Mariela Roca (R) $289,671 $283,146 $6,551
Tom Royals (R) $558,497 $553,752 $4,745
Brenda Thiam (R) $49,520[q] $35,474 $14,046
Heath Barnes (R) $34,373 $34,373 $0
Source: Federal Election Commission[68]
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Results

Results by county
  Parrott
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
More information Party, Candidate ...
Republican primary results[73]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Neil Parrott 22,604 45.9
Republican Dan Cox 14,797 30.1
Republican Mariela Roca 6,071 12.3
Republican Tom Royals 2,060 4.2
Republican Chris Hyser 1,625 3.3
Republican Brenda Thiam 1,607 3.3
Republican Todd Puglisi (withdrawn) 446 0.9
Total votes 49,210 100.0
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Third-party and independent candidates

Candidates

Failed to qualify

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[90] Lean D November 1, 2024
Inside Elections[91] Lean D October 31, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[92] Lean D November 4, 2024
Elections Daily[93] Safe D October 5, 2023
CNalysis[94] Very Likely D November 16, 2023
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Post-primary endorsements

April McClain Delaney (D)
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
County officials
Local officials
Individuals
Party officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Neil Parrott (R)
U.S. representatives
State legislators
County officials
Individuals
Organizations

Debates and forums

More information No., Date ...
2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district general election debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee   W  Withdrawn
McClain Delaney Parrott
1[126] Oct 6, 2024 Frederick County
League of Women Voters
Hood College
Sara Malec YouTube P P
2[127] Oct 15, 2024 WJLA-TV Scott Thuman Video A P
3[128] Oct 16, 2024 Washington County
Chamber of Commerce
Richard Willson YouTube P P
4[129] Oct 29, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
JCRC of Greater Washington Deborah Miller YouTube I
YouTube II
P P
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Fundraising

More information Campaign finance reports as of November 25, 2024, Candidate ...
Campaign finance reports as of November 25, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
April McClain Delaney (D) $5,937,425[r] $5,844,391 $93,034
Neil Parrott (R) $1,056,387 $1,083,843 $2,914
Source: Federal Election Commission[68]
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[m]
Margin
of error
April McClain
Delaney (D)
Neil
Parrott (R)
Other Undecided
DecipherAi (R)[130][E] October 14–16, 2024 700 (LV) ± 4.0% 41% 45% – 14%
Gonzales Research[131] August 24–31, 2024 317 (RV) ± 5.6% 39% 41% – 20%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[132][E] August 6–11, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 42% 40% 4% 13%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
2024 Maryland's 6th congressional district election[133]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic April McClain Delaney 199,788 53.05% −1.67%
Republican Neil Parrott 175,974 46.72% +1.57%
Write-in 862 0.23% +0.10%
Total votes 376,624 100.00%
Democratic hold
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By county

More information County, April Delaney Democratic ...
County April Delaney
Democratic
Neil Parrott
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Allegany 9,785 32.0% 20,668 67.7% 78 0.3% -10,883 -35.7% 30,531
Frederick 82,054 54.3% 68,828 45.5% 327 0.2% 13,226 8.8% 151,209
Garrett 3,461 22.5% 11,908 77.4% 17 0.1% -8,447 -54.9% 15,386
Montgomery (part) 76,924 70.9% 31,300 28.8% 301 0.3% 45,624 42.1% 108,525
Washington 27,564 38.8% 43,270 61.0% 139 0.2% -15,706 -22.2% 70,973
Totals199,78853.0%175,97446.7%8620.2%23,8146.3%376,624
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Notes

  1. Geoffrey Grammer and Joel Martin Rubin
  2. Geoffrey Grammer
  3. Mohammad Mozumder and Kiambo White
  4. Peter Choharis and Mohammad Mozumder
  5. Peter Choharis and Kiambo White
  6. Peter Choharis
  7. Peter Choharis and Mohammad Mozumder
  8. $30,000 of this total was self-funded by Jain
  9. $4,908 of this total was self-funded by Martinez
  10. $1,875,000 of this total was self-funded by McClain Delaney
  11. $25,000 of this total was self-funded by Choharis
  12. $439,689 of this total was self-funded by Grammer
  13. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  14. Mayor
  15. $12,225 of this total was self-funded by Cox
  16. $132,268 of this total was self-funded by Hyser
  17. $30,670 of this total was self-funded by Thiam
  18. $3,873,000 of this total was self-funded by McClain Delaney

Partisan clients

  1. Poll sponsored by McClain Delaney's campaign
  2. Poll sponsored by Equality PAC, which supports Vogel.
  3. Poll sponsored by Vogel's campaign.
  4. Poll sponsored by U.S. Term Limits. Vogel has signed the group's term-limit pledge.
  5. Poll sponsored by Parrott's campaign and the National Republican Congressional Committee

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