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2026 Maryland House race, District 2

Johnny Olszewski (Democrat) and Dave Wallace (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Maryland District 2, as recorded September 21, 2026.

The November ballot

Olszewski
$1.0M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Dave Wallace (Republican).

Official candidate list: Maryland State Board of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Johnny Olszewski

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2025 · Age 44

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Maryland

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 21 days before, or same-day during early voting and on Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 77,665 votes

  • Johnny Olszewski Won: 84.5% 65,646
  • Clint Spellman, Jr.: 15.5% 12,019

Primary source: Maryland State Board of Elections certified Democratic congressional results. Certified July 23, 2026.

Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.1M
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Olszewski$10
Opposing Olszewski-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

2%$26KSmall donors$3.3K16%
65%$672KLarge donors$16K78%
32%$334KPACs--
--Self-funding$1.2K6%
<1%$7.7KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
771K
Median household income
$100K
Unemployment
4.5%
Living below the poverty line
8.2%
Without health insurance
4.4%

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

How this seat voted last time

D+19 in 2024

  • John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. Won: 58.2%
  • Kim Klacik: 39.5%

384,794 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.3%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.