The election to choose all elected positions in the counties of Maryland occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The Maryland County Executive Election, 2006, U.S. House election, 2006, U.S. Senate election, 2006, 2006 Maryland gubernatorial election, 2006 Maryland Senate election and 2006 Maryland House of Delegates election were scheduled for the same day. Seven charter counties chose elected officeholders in their county: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and Wicomico County.
The County elected offices include: County Council, State's Attorney, Sheriff, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Probate Judge, and Register of Wills. Please also see Maryland County Executive Election, 2006.
This page will describe notable races and candidates.
Anne Arundel County
Declared Candidates
District 1
Republican
John Edward Lindner
District 2
District 3
District 4
Democrat
G. James ("Jamie") Benoit, Jr.
Andrew Pruski
Walter Kenneth Moody
Devin F. Tucker
Republican
Sid Saab
District 5
Democrat
A. J. ("Tito") Baca
Republican
Cathleen Vitale
District 6
Democrat
Josh Cohen, Annapolis city Alderman; State Parole and Probation Agent; from Annapolis
Classy Hoyel, Annapolis city Alderwoman from Annapolis
Republican
Rene C. Swafford, Attorney-At-Law from Annapolis
District 7
Green Party
Robert L. Tufts - Green Party and environmental activist from Churchton
Republicans
Ed Reilly - Incumbent District 7
Potential Candidates
Republicans
Ron Dillon, Jr. - Incumbent District 3
C. Edward Middlebrooks - Incumbent District 2
Democrats
Greens
Candidate links
Republicans
Campaign Websites
Cathleen Vitale
Other Websites
Attorney Rene C. Swafford
Democrats
Campaign Websites
DevinTucker.com
joshcohen.org
jamiebenoit.com
votepruski.com
AJ Baca
Other Websites
Alderman Joshua J. Cohen
Greens
Campaign Websites
Vote Tufts 2006
Other Websites
Anne Arundel Green Party
Other links
Government Links
Maryland Campaign Finance Report Database
Anne Arundel County Board of Elections
News Articles
Baltimore County
Declared Candidates
Democrats
Republicans
Potential Candidates
Democrats
Republicans
Greens
Jeff Lambert
Harford County
Declared Candidates
Republicans
Democrats
Greens
Potential Candidates
Republicans
Democrats
Greens
Brian Bittner
Howard County
Declared Candidates
Democrats
Republicans
Greens
Potential Candidates
Democrats
Republicans
Greens
Montgomery County
At-Large
Democrats
Tufail Ahmad
Ashley "Hugh" Bailey
Marc Elrich (winner) Reginald "Reggie" Felton Nancy Floreen, incumbent (winner) William "Bill" Jacobs Cary Lamari George Leventhal, incumbent (winner) Robert "Bo" Newsome Donell Peterman Bette Dale Petrides Michael Subin, incumbent Duchy Trachtenberg (winner)
Republicans
Tom Reinheimer
Shelly Skolnick
Amber Gnemi
Adol Owens-Williams
Stephen Abrams, school board member
(note: Adol Owens-Williams resigned from the race so Stephen Abrams could run as a Republican nominee)
District 1
Democrats
Roger Berliner (winner)
Republicans
Howard Denis, incumbent
District 2
Democrats
Sharon Dooley
Mike Knapp, incumbent (winner)
Republicans
Scott Dyer
District 3
Democrats
Phil Andrews, incumbent (winner) Bob Doresy, Rockville City Councilman
Republicans
Henry Maraffa
District 4
Democrats
Mike Jones
Marilyn Praisner, incumbent (winner)
Republicans
Mark Fennel
District 5
Democrats
Valerie Ervin, school board member (winner) Hans Riemer