The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Berney Flowers (Republican) and Robert L. Coffman (Republican, write-in).
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. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
Sarah Elfreth
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 38
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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 · 74,666 votes
- Sarah Elfreth Won: 74.7% 55,784
- Austin Dyches: 10.7% 7,999
- Jennifer Cross: 8.3% 6,178
- Sean Hammond: 3.7% 2,744
- Robert Gerald Morrison: 2.6% 1,961
Primary source: Maryland State Board of Elections certified Democratic congressional results. Certified July 23, 2026.
The primary · 21,316 votes
- Berney Flowers Won: 48.9% 10,428
- John White: 25.8% 5,491
- Ray Bly: 15.2% 3,241
- Felix M. Seier: 10.1% 2,156
Primary source: Maryland State Board of Elections certified Republican 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
- $1.2M
- Outside money
- $1.6K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
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
3 filedNone of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.
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.
How this seat voted last time
D+21 in 2024
- Sarah Elfreth Won: 59.3%
- Robert J. Steinberger: 37.9%
399,200 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 2.8%. 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.
The district
Census context- People
- 781K
- Median household income
- $133K
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 5.6%
- Without health insurance
- 4.5%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
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.