General Assembly Races: January Update On Candidates, Filings

District 37: Dorchester, Talbot, Wicomico (Colburn filed)

Filed for Senate: Democrat Cheryl Everman and Republican incumbent Sen. Richard Colburn.

37A: One delegate (Cane filed), Wicomico County Councilwoman Sheree Sample-Hughes, a Democrat, is running for delegate.

District 37B: Two delegates (one open seat), Talbot, Dorchester, Caroline, Wicomico

(Colburn, Eckardt filed, Haddaway-Riccio runs for lieutenant governor)

Attorney Philip Cronan dropped out of the race for delegate because his father has a worsening health condition, reports Josh Bollinger in the Easton Star-Democrat.

Still running are St. Michael’s resident Johnny Mautz, a Republican, and Wicomico County businessman Christopher T. Adams, a Republican.

And recently announced candidates in December include Dorchester County Economic Development Director Keasha Haythe, a Democrat, and southern Eastern Shore cardiologist Dr. Rene Desmarais, a Republican, reports Josh Bollinger in the Easton Star-Democrat. Desmarais focused on health policy in his interview, saying that the General Assembly needs more doctors to help shape the major policy changes that are to come in healthcare. Haythe, the granddaughter of an Eastern Shore waterman, said she would be an advocate for business in the region.

District 38: Somerset, Worcester (Mathias, Otto filed, McDermott filed for Senate)

Del. Mike McDermott, a Republican, filed Sept. 16 for District 38 Senate after being drawn into the same district as another Republican, Del. Charles Otto.

Sen. Jim Mathias is running for re-election and plans to run on a record of helping improve roads and schools and sponsoring bills such as one to help reduce the estate tax for farms, reports Jennifer Shutt in the Salisbury Daily Times. He filed Dec. 11.

District 38A: One delegate Del. Charles James Otto filed July 16 to run in the new single-member District 38A.

District 38B: One delegate, Wicomico (Conway filed)

Delmar Mayor Carl Anderton has announced he will challenge Del. Norman Conway. Anderton, a Republican, is president of the Maryland Municipal League and wants to represent the urban core of Wicomico County, reports Jennifer Shutt in the Salisbury Daily Times.

Conway filed on Dec. 20.

38C: One delegate, Worcester Filed: Democrat Mike Hindi and Republican Mary Beth Carozza.

Judy Davis, a Democrat, filed Nov. 12.

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