2020 Maryland District 5 Democrat Primary Election for Congress Voters Guide
June 2, 2020
2020 District 5 Democrat Primary Election for Congress
We will update our voting guide periodically as candidates make their platforms available.
Maryland Democrat Candidates Guide 5th Congressional District includes campaign emails, social media, and websites of each Maryland District 5 Democrat Primary Congressional Candidate.
Should voters need additional information about their preferred candidate’s profile. An active social media is a good representation of how connected the candidate would be if elected. Vote in Maryland’s Democrat Primary election with ease with kBoulevard’s voting guide for the 2020 Democrat Primary Congressional District 5 Election.
The primary election for the Maryland District 5 Democrat Primary Congressional candidates was on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Top issues for this election include accountability, economic development, and education. Check out kBoulevard’s Maryland Congressional Democrat Candidates for the 5th district candidates’ guide.
Learn more about the Maryland District 5 Democrat Primary Election, visit Maryland Board of Elections.
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Democrat Candidates for Congressional District 5
(Click candidate’s name for website)
Vanessa Marie-Hoffman
- Experience: Sales Associate
- Education: University of Maryland
Steny H. Hoyer
(Winner)
- Experience: U.S. Representative for Maryland CD5
- Experience: House Majority Leader
- Experience: Former Maryland State SenatorÂ
- Education: J.D. from Georgetown Law School
Briana Urbina
- Community Work: Advocates the building the ADA accessible Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Charlotte Hall and satellite facility in St. Mary’s County
- Experience: Served as Chair of the Maryland Democratic Party in 2018 – 2019
- Experience: Legislative Aide for National Urban League and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
- Experience: Legislative Aide for National Urban League and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Education: Ph.D. in Political Science – Purdue University
For the official 2020 Primary Election results for Prince George’s County, check out Maryland Board of Elections.
Maryland’s Democrat Primary Election – Congressional District 5 – is up for election. This candidates’ guide compiles vital sections of each Democrat candidates’ platform, initiative, and social media profiles as well as any pertinent public information. We hope you find our Democrat candidate guide 5th congressional district insightful.
kBoulevard’s candidate guides develop profiles of each candidate for U.S. Representative for Maryland District 5 and their policies, which are categorized by hot issues such as accountability, economic development, foreign policy, and more. This guide offers a summary of critical differences between each candidate on issues that matter most.
Democrat Candidates for Congressional District 5 by Topic
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Criminal Justice Reform
Supports directing the FCC to prohibit the use of predatory prison phone rates, freeing individuals to call family members in prison without severe economic costs
Supports federal grants to state and local prison systems that radically reduce the percentage of their prison population in solitary confinement
Supports federally banning the box that requires job applicants to disclose criminal records
Seeks to pass legislation to expand funding for state and federal prisoner reentry programs, including serves to give inmates educational, mental health, and drug rehabilitation
Supports reforms that place inmates in locations where their families can have better access to them
Supports the First Step Act, addressing some of the breakdown in criminal justice reform
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Government Finance
Supports initially funding the social wealth fund through taxes on wealth, taxes on extremely wealthy estates, taxes on financial transactions, and low-interest government borrowing
Supports a multi-billion-dollar grant program to state and local government programs and agencies with well-developed initiatives to improve citizen satisfaction
Supports repealing the 2010 PAYGO statute, which requires every new dollar of spending be offset by tax increases or spending cuts
- Opposes arbitrary and untargeted spending cuts known as sequestration
- Opposes most recent Federal tax cuts
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Education
Advocates that the federal government should provide matching funds for state higher education appropriations, the commitment would cover student spending on fees and room and board, in addition to tuition
Supports a one-time cancelation of all outstanding student debt is expected to increase GDP by between $861 billion and $1.083 trillion over the next ten years
Supports reforms to federalize education funding and reduce school districts’ reliance on local property taxes
Seeks to pass the Make It In America Jobs Plan, promoting pathways to careers, encourage entrepreneurship, and creates job by repairing infrastructure
Advocates for Full-Service Community Schools, modeled after Judy Centers throughout Maryland
Proponent of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, increasing funding for Pell Grants
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Environment
Supports Centering Coastal Resiliency as a key provision of the Green New Deal through proactive investment to fight both the causes and effects of climate change on coastal communities
Supports mobilizing on a national scale to ensure that, in the next ten years, 100 percent of domestic electricity demand will be supplied by clean, renewable, and zero-emission sources
Supports ensuring that those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change
Secured federal funding to expand the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, Piscataway Park, and Charles County’s Douglas Point Project
Secured federal funding to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent, Potomac, Anacostia, and St. Mary’s Rivers
Secured federal funding to replenish the oyster population of the Chesapeake Bay
Seeks to steer away from overusing coal, natural gas, and oil-based materials to generate energy
Seeks to keep big monopolies from preventing scientifically back regulations
Supports the Green New Deal
- Advocates for more use of renewable energy such as solar and wind power
- Opposes the green deal
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Foreign Policy
Advocates invoking the War Powers Resolution to end American support for the Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen
Advocates requiring American-based companies to pay livable wages and observe safety protections when operating abroad
Supports closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay
Advocates for homegrown production of consumer goods and manufacturing plants, instead of overseas
Opposes pulling from the Iran Nuclear Deal
- Supports pulling from Iran Nuclear Deal
- Supports most recent tariffs on China
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Gun Control
Supports prohibiting of access to firearms to anyone with a history of interpersonal violence, including actual and threatened violence
Supports implementing comprehensive universal background checks including medical history for gun purchases
Supports establishing a two-week waiting period for the purchase of all firearms
Advocates that all state should follow the same laws when it comes to ownership and purchasing of firearms
Opposes gun laws that make it impossible for healthy and responsible people from owning firearms
- Advocates improve background checks, especially at gun shows
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Health and Human Services
Supports creating a universal monthly child allowance. Every family would receive $300 to support each child under the age of 18
Supports authorizing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies
Supports ensuring that mental health is covered under Medicare for All
Supports increased oversight to help protect the health of American consumers, such as improving food safety efforts and FDA regulations on tobacco
Advocates to protect the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare
Advocates to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program
- Advocates FDA should regulate supplements and be treated as prescription and recommended by a licensed doctor, nutritionist, and healer
- Advocates that the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, needs improvement
- Oppose the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare
- Advocates to reduce the opioid epidemic
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Immigration
Supports increasing funding for legal services for undocumented individuals and individuals seeking asylum in the United States
Supports legislation to expand acceptable justifications for seeking asylum to include gang and domestic violence
Supports Abolishing ICE
Supports DACA
- Advocates more enforcement of the laws and policies on illegal immigration
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Veteran Affairs
Advocates for legislation to authorize V.A. doctors to prescribe medical cannabis to veterans suffering from chronic pain and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Supports multi-billion-dollar investments to fill staff vacancies at the V.A., especially nurses, doctors, and other medical professionals
Supports an aggressive congressional oversight of the implementation of the VA MISSION Act to ensure high-quality care standards
Secured funding dedicated to helping address Metro’s capital backlog and improve the safety and reliability of the System
Secured grant funding to support veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Passed the 21st Century GI Bill, funding four years of higher education for all veterans
Democrats for Congressional District 5 on Workers' Rights
- Supports mandating that publicly traded companies using profits for stock buybacks direct a commensurate sum toward wage increases
- Supports removing the subminimum wage exemption which allows the exploitation of American workers with disabilities
- Supports increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 for all workers, including tipped employees
Opposes efforts to target further federal workers’ wages, benefits, and hour reduction
Advocates for fair wages
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