Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Maryland

Rushern Baker

Democrat Not on the November ballot

Not on the November ballot

Baker is not on the November ballot for this seat. Adrian Boafo, Chris Chaffee and Mildred Marie Hall are.

Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Baker's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

8%from small donors

Small donors: 8%$29K
Large donors: 80%$297K
PACs: <1%$2K
Party: --
Self-funding: 11%$42K
Other: --

Separately, $136K in independent expenditures was reported supporting this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through June 3, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Maryland

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People: 791K
Median household income: $131K
Unemployment: 4.5%
Living below the poverty line: 5.7%
Without health insurance: 4.4%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing. Showing 7 of the 15 campaigns that hold the seat, are on the ballot, or have $25,000 raised or outside spending; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$136K

Servant-Leader Fund$136K

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Baker does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Rushern Baker: Maryland House candidate, 2026." Sources: Federal Election Commission candidate and committee filings; National Conference of State Legislatures election dates and voter-registration rules; Maryland State Board of Elections ballot records; U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-MD-05/H6MD05404

The citation names the source data used for this record.