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2022 Primary Election Voters Guide

2022 Primary Election Voters Guide

The Maryland Primary Election was on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Several key offices at the State and County level are up for election. Top issues for this election includes accountability, development, community service, and taxes. Our voting guides compile vital sections of each candidate's platform, initiative, social media profile, and pertinent public information.

Vote in the 2022 Primary Election with ease with kBoulevard's voting guide for Prince George's County Election.

The Maryland Primary Election was on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Several key offices at the State and County level are up for election.

Top issues for this election includes accountability, development, community service, and taxes. Our voting guides compile vital sections of each candidate's platform, initiative, social media profile, and pertinent public information.

Vote in the 2022 Primary Election with ease with kBoulevard's voting guide for Prince George's County Election.

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2022 Prince George's County Primary Election

2022 Prince George's County Primary Election

The Prince George's County government is responsible for determining policies, setting ordinances, approving the annual budget, establishing the tax rate, public improvements, public health, safety, and welfare of the community, and developing goals and vision for the county. All councilmembers are elected at once.

Visit Prince George's County official homepage and social media for additional up-to-date information.

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Candidates for Prince George's County Executive

Candidates for Prince George's County Executive

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Angela D. Alsobrooks

Winner

  • Increased education funding
  • Allowing reductions in class size and support for almost 5,000 Pre-K students
  • Added additional personnel to agencies and upgraded technology across government to ensure efficiency
  • Created the Police Reform Work Group to conduct a thorough study and review of the County Police Department
  • Accepted 46 recommendations from community advocates and public officials with backgrounds in law enforcement and civil rights
  • As State’s Attorney, created the Special Prosecutions Unit, the first of its kind in the office to investigate and prosecute police and official misconduct
  • Sought to reallocate $20 million from a public safety training facility to build a behavioral health facility for mental health and addiction services
  • To alleviate growing food insecurity, created the Stand Up & Deliver program that provides weekly distributions of groceries and meals to residents

Billy W. Bridges

Challenger

  • Lay Foundation for Excellence in Education
  • Bring Prayer Opportunities back to Public Schools
  • Enforce Full Accountability to All Departments
  • Implement Financial Responsibility for Government
  • Enhance Safety in All Communities
  • Integrate Law Enforcement Closer to Communities

Sherman R. Hardy

Challenger

  • Expanding Trade & Career Tech Training
  • PGCPS deserves a fully elected school board that selects their leadership
  • Capitalize on the usage of virtual learning, enabling smaller class sizes, flexibility, and usage of remote educators
  • Conduct county department-wide desk audit to strategically reorganize county government
  • Create an independent and autonomous Office of Inspector General to investigate fraud, waste, and abuse
  • Create the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, which will work to combat unfair and deceptive business acts and ensure a fair marketplace for consumers and businesses
  • Employ enhanced focused deterrence policing and strengthen violent crime laws
  • Create Public Service Aids to respond to write reports and respond to non-emergency calls
  • Called for County Executive to reexamine the officers’ training and use of force – resulting in a review of the taskforce

Angela D. Alsobrooks

Winner

  • Increased education funding
  • Allowing reductions in class size and support for almost 5,000 Pre-K students
  • Added additional personnel to agencies and upgraded technology across government to ensure efficiency
  • Created the Police Reform Work Group to conduct a thorough study and review of the County Police Department
  • Accepted 46 recommendations from community advocates and public officials with backgrounds in law enforcement and civil rights
  • As State’s Attorney, created the Special Prosecutions Unit, the first of its kind in the office to investigate and prosecute police and official misconduct
  • Sought to reallocate $20 million from a public safety training facility to build a behavioral health facility for mental health and addiction services
  • To alleviate growing food insecurity, created the Stand Up & Deliver program that provides weekly distributions of groceries and meals to residents

Billy W. Bridges

Challenger

  • Lay Foundation for Excellence in Education
  • Bring Prayer Opportunities back to Public Schools
  • Enforce Full Accountability to All Departments
  • Implement Financial Responsibility for Government
  • Enhance Safety in All Communities
  • Integrate Law Enforcement Closer to Communities

Sherman R. Hardy

Challenger

  • Expanding Trade & Career Tech Training
  • PGCPS deserves a fully elected school board that selects their leadership
  • Capitalize on the usage of virtual learning, enabling smaller class sizes, flexibility, and usage of remote educators
  • Conduct county department-wide desk audit to strategically reorganize county government
  • Create an independent and autonomous Office of Inspector General to investigate fraud, waste, and abuse
  • Create the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, which will work to combat unfair and deceptive business acts and ensure a fair marketplace for consumers and businesses
  • Employ enhanced focused deterrence policing and strengthen violent crime laws
  • Create Public Service Aids to respond to write reports and respond to non-emergency calls
  • Called for County Executive to reexamine the officers’ training and use of force – resulting in a review of the taskforce

Candidates for Prince George's County Council At-Large

Candidates for Prince George's County Council At-Large

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Calvin Hawkins

Winner

  • A strong supporter of progressive initiatives for working families
  • Lead sponsor on the Re-entry Advisory Board tasked with realigning partnerships with County agencies, nonprofits, law enforcement and faith-based organizations

Leo Bachi Eyombo

Challenger

  • Increase teachers’ salaries to be competitive with neighboring counties
  • Prince George County citizens and students deserve a duly elected school board
  • Proposes to actively recruit high-quality teachers from all academic backgrounds
  • Opposes how traffic cameras are implemented and cited them as a punitive tax on the poor
  • Increased community Policing should be the key to building a bridge in our Prince Georges Community
  • Should be a well-defined process to approve or disapprove traffic cameras using scientific data, and fines should be capped

Calvin Hawkins

Winner

  • A strong supporter of progressive initiatives for working families
  • Lead sponsor on the Re-entry Advisory Board tasked with realigning partnerships with County agencies, nonprofits, law enforcement and faith-based organizations

Leo Bachi Eyombo

Challenger

  • Increase teachers’ salaries to be competitive with neighboring counties
  • Prince George County citizens and students deserve a duly elected school board
  • Proposes to actively recruit high-quality teachers from all academic backgrounds
  • Opposes how traffic cameras are implemented and cited them as a punitive tax on the poor
  • Increased community Policing should be the key to building a bridge in our Prince Georges Community
  • Should be a well-defined process to approve or disapprove traffic cameras using scientific data, and fines should be capped

Stanford Fraser

Challenger

  • Advocates against that proposal, and he will continue to advocate against property tax increases as a council member
  • A proponent of Council Participatory Budgeting, a citizen engagement process through which community members decide how to allocate a portion of a public budget
  • Will help create and expand health-based first responders here in Prince George’s
  • Committed to creating a County that is safe for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians alike 395

Sam Elira Sr.

Challenger

  • Proposes an increase in pay for teachers
  • High property tax is a concern in Prince George’s County compared to other counties in the state
  • To combat high crime rates, we need effective law enforcement – efficiency in which investigations are conducted, transparency, and accountability

Stanford Fraser

Challenger

  • Advocates against that proposal, and he will continue to advocate against property tax increases as a council member
  • A proponent of Council Participatory Budgeting, a citizen engagement process through which community members decide how to allocate a portion of a public budget
  • Will help create and expand health-based first responders here in Prince George’s
  • Committed to creating a County that is safe for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians alike 395

Sam Elira Sr.

Challenger

  • Proposes an increase in pay for teachers
  • High property tax is a concern in Prince George’s County compared to other counties in the state
  • To combat high crime rates, we need effective law enforcement – efficiency in which investigations are conducted, transparency, and accountability

Rudy D. Anthony

Challenger

  • Supports increasing educators’ pay and providing resources necessary for 21st century learning
  • Supports mental health clinicians in school
  • Proponent of full day Pre-K
  • Will advocate that Maryland sends its fair share of state funding to our county
  • Will not vote to increase property taxes
  • Want to see increased resources to take care of our veterans, such as: grant funding for Vet owned businesses, increased resources at the local Department of Veteran Affairs, and a continued effort to prevent homelessness

Mel Franklin

Winner

  • Approved millions in funding for new construction and renovation of Accokeek Academy and funding for the renovation and expansion of Clinton Grove Elementary and Stephen Decatur Middle schools
  • Worked to prepare residents of all ages to compete in the 21st Century Economy in addition to confronting the challenges of college and career readiness facing our high school graduates
  • Proposed and obtained funding for a new athletic turf field for Gwynn Park High School
  • Proposed and established requirements that 24-hour convenience stores provide more security and less money in cash registers between 11PM and 6AM to reduce robberies
  • Obtained $4.1 million in funding for the construction of District VII Police Station, which shall serve much of District 9 and reduce response times
  • Obtained $6 million in funding for the construction of a new Brandywine Fire Station
  • Proposed and established a quicker, more reliable planning & development review process for mixed-use development within a ½ mile radius of a metro station, especially when a federal government tenant is involved
  • Approved a tax incentive for the expansion of Brandywine Crossing Shopping Center, including a new movie theater and restaurants
  • Established a new county bus service, Route 36 on the MD5/US301 corridor, for District 9 residents

Rudy D. Anthony

Challenger

  • Supports increasing educators’ pay and providing resources necessary for 21st century learning
  • Supports mental health clinicians in school
  • Proponent of full day Pre-K
  • Will advocate that Maryland sends its fair share of state funding to our county
  • Will not vote to increase property taxes
  • Want to see increased resources to take care of our veterans, such as: grant funding for Vet owned businesses, increased resources at the local Department of Veteran Affairs, and a continued effort to prevent homelessness

Mel Franklin

Winner

  • Approved millions in funding for new construction and renovation of Accokeek Academy and funding for the renovation and expansion of Clinton Grove Elementary and Stephen Decatur Middle schools
  • Worked to prepare residents of all ages to compete in the 21st Century Economy in addition to confronting the challenges of college and career readiness facing our high school graduates
  • Proposed and obtained funding for a new athletic turf field for Gwynn Park High School
  • Proposed and established requirements that 24-hour convenience stores provide more security and less money in cash registers between 11PM and 6AM to reduce robberies
  • Obtained $4.1 million in funding for the construction of District VII Police Station, which shall serve much of District 9 and reduce response times
  • Obtained $6 million in funding for the construction of a new Brandywine Fire Station
  • Proposed and established a quicker, more reliable planning & development review process for mixed-use development within a ½ mile radius of a metro station, especially when a federal government tenant is involved
  • Approved a tax incentive for the expansion of Brandywine Crossing Shopping Center, including a new movie theater and restaurants
  • Established a new county bus service, Route 36 on the MD5/US301 corridor, for District 9 residents

Jonahthan White

Challenger

No Profile Available

Jonahthan White

Challenger

No Profile Available

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 1

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 1

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Tom Dernoga

Winner

  • Prioritize education funding to the classroom instead of administration
  • Advocates reducing the salary and other perks for county council members, including personal use of county vehicles and will not accept the use of a county vehicle
  • Property standards enforcement ebbs and flows, and lack of enforcement creates negative community impacts and will demand that county agencies protect the livability of our communities
  • Developing our Metro stations is long overdue and will ensure that developers pay their fair share of infrastructure costs, and that development is sustainable and environmentally responsible

Uncontested

Tom Dernoga

Winner

  • Prioritize education funding to the classroom instead of administration
  • Advocates reducing the salary and other perks for county council members, including personal use of county vehicles and will not accept the use of a county vehicle
  • Property standards enforcement ebbs and flows, and lack of enforcement creates negative community impacts and will demand that county agencies protect the livability of our communities
  • Developing our Metro stations is long overdue and will ensure that developers pay their fair share of infrastructure costs, and that development is sustainable and environmentally responsible

Uncontested

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 2

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 2

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Victor Ramirez

Challenger

  • Will advocate for vocational and STEM programs
  • Build new schools and renovate the ones that need up keeping
  • Will push for early childhood initiatives and learning hubs, so every child begins school ready to learn and receives the proper help they deserve
  • Greater transparency in government will lead to improvement in services
  • Passing legislation to allow police officers to wear body cameras while on duty
  • Priority to advocate for laws to protect victims of domestic violence

Raymond Nevo

Challenger

  • Build additional, and update existing school facilities to reduce overcrowding
  • Hire staff, faculty, and administrators that are representative of the student population
  • Advocate for an updated system for police accountability
  • Encourage civic participation from all residents by honoring transparency and improving language, digital, and physical accessibility to services and officials
  • Increase accessibility to quality healthcare, and ensure providers represent the communities they serve
  • Refund the community with mental health resources, increase access to information, and improve broadband signals

Wanika Fisher

Winner

  • Sponsored SB494 – Senate Bill 494 ends juvenile life sentences without parole; individuals who were convicted as adults for an offense committed as a minor can be considered for parole after being imprisoned for at least 20 years for the offense
  • Sponsored – SB178 – Provides the public with access to police disciplinary records. Additionally, the bill puts greater restrictions on how and when no-knock warrants can be served
  • Sponsored – HB670 – Overhauls the police disciplinary process to make Maryland the first state in the Nation to repeal the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights fully. It replaces it with a civilian–driven, public-facing approach to police discipline
  • Sponsored – HB16 – Dignity Trust Act: Bans private immigration prisons in Maryland, stopping new detention center contracts and grandfathers its three existing detention centers
  • Sponsored – SB218 – The House passed SB218 to expand Maryland’s $1.5B relief package to eligible Marylanders with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Without SB218, nearly 86,000 immigrant taxpayers would be excluded from the RELIEF Act

Victor Ramirez

Challenger

  • Will advocate for vocational and STEM programs
  • Build new schools and renovate the ones that need up keeping
  • Will push for early childhood initiatives and learning hubs, so every child begins school ready to learn and receives the proper help they deserve
  • Greater transparency in government will lead to improvement in services
  • Passing legislation to allow police officers to wear body cameras while on duty
  • Priority to advocate for laws to protect victims of domestic violence

Raymond Nevo

Challenger

  • Build additional, and update existing school facilities to reduce overcrowding
  • Hire staff, faculty, and administrators that are representative of the student population
  • Advocate for an updated system for police accountability
  • Encourage civic participation from all residents by honoring transparency and improving language, digital, and physical accessibility to services and officials
  • Increase accessibility to quality healthcare, and ensure providers represent the communities they serve
  • Refund the community with mental health resources, increase access to information, and improve broadband signals

Wanika Fisher

Winner

  • Sponsored SB494 – Senate Bill 494 ends juvenile life sentences without parole; individuals who were convicted as adults for an offense committed as a minor can be considered for parole after being imprisoned for at least 20 years for the offense
  • Sponsored – SB178 – Provides the public with access to police disciplinary records. Additionally, the bill puts greater restrictions on how and when no-knock warrants can be served
  • Sponsored – HB670 – Overhauls the police disciplinary process to make Maryland the first state in the Nation to repeal the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights fully. It replaces it with a civilian–driven, public-facing approach to police discipline
  • Sponsored – HB16 – Dignity Trust Act: Bans private immigration prisons in Maryland, stopping new detention center contracts and grandfathers its three existing detention centers
  • Sponsored – SB218 – The House passed SB218 to expand Maryland’s $1.5B relief package to eligible Marylanders with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Without SB218, nearly 86,000 immigrant taxpayers would be excluded from the RELIEF Act

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 3

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 3

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Eve T. Shuman

Challenger

  • Opposes the MAGLEV or the Superconducting MAGLEV (SCMAGLEV)
  • Install cameras that not only catch speeding vehicles but that also capture instances of distracted driving, such as texting
  • Create a fund for homeowners who experience significant property damage
  • Retrofit our existing infrastructure to become more resilient to these increasingly damaging natural disasters
  • Work with our state and federal partners to widen sidewalks and narrow multi-lane highways that bisect residential areas

Eric C. Olsen

Winner

  • Proposed legislation to prevent elected officials from receiving cost of living increases unless employees do
  • Passed prohibitions on adult businesses adjacent to neighborhoods, restrictions on pawn shops, greater security at all-night businesses, and stronger nuisance abatement and code enforcement
  • For developers to pay for more paths and sidewalks
  • Rebuilding Baltimore Avenue into a safer boulevard for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists

Sia Finoh

Challenger

  • Root out corruption in county zoning and other county business
  • Build a 21st-century government, business, and technology system in the County
  • Ensure that our senior citizens are safe by improving our public safety
  • Reinforce an educational system that empowers students to go into skilled trades and skilled tech trades for high paying jobs

Eve T. Shuman

Challenger

  • Opposes the MAGLEV or the Superconducting MAGLEV (SCMAGLEV)
  • Install cameras that not only catch speeding vehicles but that also capture instances of distracted driving, such as texting
  • Create a fund for homeowners who experience significant property damage
  • Retrofit our existing infrastructure to become more resilient to these increasingly damaging natural disasters
  • Work with our state and federal partners to widen sidewalks and narrow multi-lane highways that bisect residential areas

Eric C. Olsen

Winner

  • Proposed legislation to prevent elected officials from receiving cost of living increases unless employees do
  • Passed prohibitions on adult businesses adjacent to neighborhoods, restrictions on pawn shops, greater security at all-night businesses, and stronger nuisance abatement and code enforcement
  • For developers to pay for more paths and sidewalks
  • Rebuilding Baltimore Avenue into a safer boulevard for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists

Sia Finoh

Challenger

  • Root out corruption in county zoning and other county business
  • Build a 21st-century government, business, and technology system in the County
  • Ensure that our senior citizens are safe by improving our public safety
  • Reinforce an educational system that empowers students to go into skilled trades and skilled tech trades for high paying jobs

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 4

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 4

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Ingrid S. Harrison

Winner

  • Work to ensure our infrastructure is commensurate with our current and future needs.
  • Support the business community by staying engaged and bridging the gap between business and government.
  • Work to expand growth opportunities by expanding our commercial tax base with businesses that make our community more viable and attractive.
  • Work to provide quality job training for middle and high school students
  • Support our local colleges and universities, Prince George’s Community College, Bowie State University, and the University of Maryland
  • Support our PGCPS CEO and the Board of Education on plans regarding the ongoing effects of the pandemic on student’s mental health, vaccine access, and education and disparities in academic achievement
  • Reduce the County’s carbon footprint and support the state’s goal to reach zero emissions by 2045
  • Support and take the lead on some of the efforts outlined in the County’s sustainability action plan to bring positive environmental impact, reduced energy consumption, job creation, and economic development

Michael Esteve

Challenger

  • Teachers who have the resources and support they need to do their jobs effectively
  • Students deserve quality facilities with reasonable classroom sizes and access to counseling
  • Too many students are in schools without A.C., functioning bathrooms, or reliable bus transportation
  • Our County deserves responsive, well-trained, community-oriented law enforcement
  • Development should focus on existing mass transit areas

Ingrid S. Harrison

Winner

  • Work to ensure our infrastructure is commensurate with our current and future needs.
  • Support the business community by staying engaged and bridging the gap between business and government.
  • Work to expand growth opportunities by expanding our commercial tax base with businesses that make our community more viable and attractive.
  • Work to provide quality job training for middle and high school students
  • Support our local colleges and universities, Prince George’s Community College, Bowie State University, and the University of Maryland
  • Support our PGCPS CEO and the Board of Education on plans regarding the ongoing effects of the pandemic on student’s mental health, vaccine access, and education and disparities in academic achievement
  • Reduce the County’s carbon footprint and support the state’s goal to reach zero emissions by 2045
  • Support and take the lead on some of the efforts outlined in the County’s sustainability action plan to bring positive environmental impact, reduced energy consumption, job creation, and economic development

Michael Esteve

Challenger

  • Teachers who have the resources and support they need to do their jobs effectively
  • Students deserve quality facilities with reasonable classroom sizes and access to counseling
  • Too many students are in schools without A.C., functioning bathrooms, or reliable bus transportation
  • Our County deserves responsive, well-trained, community-oriented law enforcement
  • Development should focus on existing mass transit areas

Patrice Murray

Challenger

  • Worked to increase opportunities for small businesses to fill vacant storefronts at Pointer Ridge shopping center
  • Challenged state officials to change their capital improvement plans, which led to the repaving of Maryland 214, installation of new lighting and traffic signals
  • Fought to reduce traffic accidents by working with neighbors and officials to conduct a traffic study which led to infrastructure improvements that made travel within the community safer
  • Supports expansion of mail-in ballots
  • Pushed for the advancement of voting rights to better support traditionally disenfranchised and marginalized
  • Supported Early Voting in Maryland elections, making it easier for working families to participate in local, County, and State decision-making

Trance A. Washington

Challenger

  • Committed to Economic Development/Transit-Oriented Development for the benefit of all Prince George County residents
  • Committed to encouraging a more business-friendly Prince George’s County by expanding growth opportunities and commercial development

  • Devoting particular attention to policing needs and fire prevention

  • He has done many pro bono community hours by helping his community with various legal and military matters Military veteran who served in the United States Army

Patrice Murray

Challenger

  • Worked to increase opportunities for small businesses to fill vacant storefronts at Pointer Ridge shopping center
  • Challenged state officials to change their capital improvement plans, which led to the repaving of Maryland 214, installation of new lighting and traffic signals
  • Fought to reduce traffic accidents by working with neighbors and officials to conduct a traffic study which led to infrastructure improvements that made travel within the community safer
  • Supports expansion of mail-in ballots
  • Pushed for the advancement of voting rights to better support traditionally disenfranchised and marginalized
  • Supported Early Voting in Maryland elections, making it easier for working families to participate in local, County, and State decision-making

Trance A. Washington

Challenger

  • Committed to Economic Development/Transit-Oriented Development for the benefit of all Prince George County residents
  • Committed to encouraging a more business-friendly Prince George’s County by expanding growth opportunities and commercial development

  • Devoting particular attention to policing needs and fire prevention

  • He has done many pro bono community hours by helping his community with various legal and military matters Military veteran who served in the United States Army

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 5

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 5

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Jolen Ivey

Winner

  • Brought an additional $41 million in education funding to Prince George’s schools
  • Giving more of our kids access to high-quality preschool and other early learning programs
  • Expand the home visiting programs like Healthy Families Prince George’s, helping parents get the tools they need to help their kids succeed
  • Greater transparency in government will lead to improvement in services
  • While also working for stronger protections for domestic violence victims

Uncontested

Jolen Ivey

Winner

  • Brought an additional $41 million in education funding to Prince George’s schools
  • Giving more of our kids access to high-quality preschool and other early learning programs
  • Expand the home visiting programs like Healthy Families Prince George’s, helping parents get the tools they need to help their kids succeed
  • Greater transparency in government will lead to improvement in services
  • While also working for stronger protections for domestic violence victims

Uncontested

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 6

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 6

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Nakia R. Wright

Challenger

  • Address Physical and Mental Health of Residents
  • Health and Human Services Funding POST Pandemic
  • Advocates for Transit-Oriented Communities
  • Creating Jobs as well as Economic and Community Development

Denise G. Smith

Challenger

  • Advocating for the highest quality of emergency and medical services, and community outreach programs
  • Support quality health care, healthy lifestyles, and holistic wellness and partner with health-focused organizations to facilitate access to quality healthcare options
  • Increased the County’s Supplier Diversity customer base by over 30% from 2009 to 2018, achieved during a distressed economic environment
  • Established Prince George’s County’s supplier diversity outreach program and trained over 16,000 businesses on obtaining and leveraging their business certification
  • Developed, designed, and produce the quarterly business magazine, “THE PULSE,” which serves as a resource for the most relevant and up-to-date opportunities in Prince George’s County
  • Supporting the work that small businesses do for the betterment of our economy by expanding the “Jobs First Act,” designed to create equitable opportunities for small minority and black-owned businesses to secure resources

Wala Blegay

Winner

  • Coordinated and accessible healthcare services
  • Excited about transit-oriented development done right, and they provide options to residents without cars
  • Support Small Businesses: Critical in that formula is supporting the products and services of County business owners and County minority business owners by creating business incubator programs and cultivating an intentional pathway for them to do business

Nakia R. Wright

Challenger

  • Address Physical and Mental Health of Residents
  • Health and Human Services Funding POST Pandemic
  • Advocates for Transit-Oriented Communities
  • Creating Jobs as well as Economic and Community Development

Denise G. Smith

Challenger

  • Advocating for the highest quality of emergency and medical services, and community outreach programs
  • Support quality health care, healthy lifestyles, and holistic wellness and partner with health-focused organizations to facilitate access to quality healthcare options
  • Increased the County’s Supplier Diversity customer base by over 30% from 2009 to 2018, achieved during a distressed economic environment
  • Established Prince George’s County’s supplier diversity outreach program and trained over 16,000 businesses on obtaining and leveraging their business certification
  • Developed, designed, and produce the quarterly business magazine, “THE PULSE,” which serves as a resource for the most relevant and up-to-date opportunities in Prince George’s County
  • Supporting the work that small businesses do for the betterment of our economy by expanding the “Jobs First Act,” designed to create equitable opportunities for small minority and black-owned businesses to secure resources

Wala Blegay

Winner

  • Coordinated and accessible healthcare services
  • Excited about transit-oriented development done right, and they provide options to residents without cars
  • Support Small Businesses: Critical in that formula is supporting the products and services of County business owners and County minority business owners by creating business incubator programs and cultivating an intentional pathway for them to do business

Barbara Holt Streeter

Challenger

No Profile Available

Belinda Queen

Challenger

No Profile Available

Barbara Holt Streeter

Challenger

No Profile Available

Belinda Queen

Challenger

No Profile Available

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 7

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 7

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Krystal Oriadha

Winner

  • Safeguard our communities from gentrification
  • Ensure development is done from a community-centered lens
  • Focus on rebuilding, revitalizing, and reinvesting in our local businessesa
  • Advocates for teachers and other school personnel to be properly compensated
  • Will support expanding or reevaluating our education budget so that our schools are better equipped
  • Seniors should have access to quality healthcare programs and facilities

Anita G. Naves

Challenger

No Profile Available

Rodney Colvin Streeter

Incumbent

No Profile Available

Krystal Oriadha

Winner

  • Safeguard our communities from gentrification
  • Ensure development is done from a community-centered lens
  • Focus on rebuilding, revitalizing, and reinvesting in our local businessesa
  • Advocates for teachers and other school personnel to be properly compensated
  • Will support expanding or reevaluating our education budget so that our schools are better equipped
  • Seniors should have access to quality healthcare programs and facilities

Anita G. Naves

Challenger

No Profile Available

Rodney Colvin Streeter

Incumbent

No Profile Available

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 8

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 8

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Jerry J. Mathis

Challenger

  • Promote increased school security for teachers and students
  • Return the current hybrid school board to an elected school board
  • Advocate for funding of the Thornton and Kirwan Commission initiatives
  • Promote economic self-empowerment
  • Promote and increase local and minority contracting opportunities
  • Advocate for and support managed growth in the developed and developing tiers
  • Promote community-based policing
  • Support and fund crime reduction initiatives
  • Fund body cameras for the entire police force

Edward Burroughs III

Incumbent

  • Promote school infrastructure is modernized
  • Teachers are paid salaries competitive with surrounding counties
  • Promote innovative strategies so that students can succeed in the modern economy
  • Advocate for policies to attract quality employers to our community and require County contractors to prioritize local hiring and paying family-supporting wages
  • An advocate of open government and transparency as good public policy
  • Recently appointed Edward to his current position as Director of Legislative Affairs, where he plays a key role in the development of crime prevention policies to keep our communities safe

Jerry J. Mathis

Challenger

  • Promote increased school security for teachers and students
  • Return the current hybrid school board to an elected school board
  • Advocate for funding of the Thornton and Kirwan Commission initiatives
  • Promote economic self-empowerment
  • Promote and increase local and minority contracting opportunities
  • Advocate for and support managed growth in the developed and developing tiers
  • Promote community-based policing
  • Support and fund crime reduction initiatives
  • Fund body cameras for the entire police force

Edward Burroughs III

Incumbent

  • Promote school infrastructure is modernized
  • Teachers are paid salaries competitive with surrounding counties
  • Promote innovative strategies so that students can succeed in the modern economy
  • Advocate for policies to attract quality employers to our community and require County contractors to prioritize local hiring and paying family-supporting wages
  • An advocate of open government and transparency as good public policy
  • Recently appointed Edward to his current position as Director of Legislative Affairs, where he plays a key role in the development of crime prevention policies to keep our communities safe

Tony Knotts

Incumbent

  • Secured $160,000 in scholarship funds at the State level for young scholars
  • Secured and awarded $450,000 in scholarship funds at the County level for deserving students
  • In collaboration with Prince George’s Community College, Designed the Team Builders Academy
  • Acquired funding for the Prince George’s County District 7
  • Secured $9.5 million for the development of the Southern Regional Technology & Recreation Complex
  • Secured funding for the development and construction of our County’s signature economic development achievement, the National harbor
  • Sponsors Annual Picnic for senior citizens
  • Launched the Annual Senior Citizens Boat Ride on the Potomac

Vernon Wade

Challenger

  • Develop nonprofit community incubators in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math (STEAM)
  • First African American Male Parent Board President at Bishop McNamara College Preparatory High School
  • Was the President and Executive Board Member of the Oxon Hill Middle School and Crossland High School PTSA
  • Reduce our carbon footprint, and reuse and recycle
  • Advocated for environmental safety and sustainability for more than twenty years
  • Create affordable housing policies and thriving Active Adult Care communities for independent living

Tony Knotts

Incumbent

  • Secured $160,000 in scholarship funds at the State level for young scholars
  • Secured and awarded $450,000 in scholarship funds at the County level for deserving students
  • In collaboration with Prince George’s Community College, Designed the Team Builders Academy
  • Acquired funding for the Prince George’s County District 7
  • Secured $9.5 million for the development of the Southern Regional Technology & Recreation Complex
  • Secured funding for the development and construction of our County’s signature economic development achievement, the National harbor
  • Sponsors Annual Picnic for senior citizens
  • Launched the Annual Senior Citizens Boat Ride on the Potomac

Vernon Wade

Challenger

  • Develop nonprofit community incubators in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math (STEAM)
  • First African American Male Parent Board President at Bishop McNamara College Preparatory High School
  • Was the President and Executive Board Member of the Oxon Hill Middle School and Crossland High School PTSA
  • Reduce our carbon footprint, and reuse and recycle
  • Advocated for environmental safety and sustainability for more than twenty years
  • Create affordable housing policies and thriving Active Adult Care communities for independent living

Dania Lofton

Challenger

No Profile Available

Dania Lofton

Challenger

No Profile Available

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 9

Candidates for Prince George's County Council District 9

Click topics to see each candidates' initiatives.

Lisa Burnam

Challenger

  • Develop quality affordable homes to purchase at off-market rates
  • Develop county-owned off-market apartments in areas with the highest need
  • Limit rent increases to once a year and provide tenants a 6-month notice of the increase
  • Eliminate the money bail system
  • Ensure incarcerated people in Prince George’s County have full access to comprehensive health care
  • Greater investment in community service programming that exposes juvenile offenders to farming, emergency service support, and the arts as an alternative to incarceration
  • Advocate for ranked-choice voting and open primaries
  • Create a citizen oversight board to participate in disciplinary reviews of police who’ve engaged in abuse and misconduct
  • Develop stronger accountability and civic participation mechanisms by creating resident commissions in each city and unincorporated area in District 9

Sydney Harrison

Winner

Lisa Burnam

Challenger

  • Develop quality affordable homes to purchase at off-market rates
  • Develop county-owned off-market apartments in areas with the highest need
  • Limit rent increases to once a year and provide tenants a 6-month notice of the increase
  • Eliminate the money bail system
  • Ensure incarcerated people in Prince George’s County have full access to comprehensive health care
  • Greater investment in community service programming that exposes juvenile offenders to farming, emergency service support, and the arts as an alternative to incarceration
  • Advocate for ranked-choice voting and open primaries
  • Create a citizen oversight board to participate in disciplinary reviews of police who’ve engaged in abuse and misconduct
  • Develop stronger accountability and civic participation mechanisms by creating resident commissions in each city and unincorporated area in District 9

Sydney Harrison

Winner

Ernest Canlas

Challenger

Dorian Sibedwo

Challenger

Ernest Canlas

Challenger

Dorian Sibedwo

Challenger

2022 Prince George's Primary Election by Topic

2022 Prince George's Primary Election by Topic

Candidates sometimes campaign on initiatives that may not be relevant for the office they are running for. kBoulevard provides a more in-depth look at each candidates' platform, categorizing initiatives, giving you the opportunity to pick the candidates that share your values.

It is important to note we only reference what candidates cite from their own platforms and reputable publishers. Candidates typically do not run similar campaigns and races may seem lop-sided. The depth of a candidate's platform can serve as a good indicator of their qualifications for office.

Candidates on PG County Affordable Housing

Initiatives centered on stabilizing cost of living. Policies centered on buyers incentives and mortgage programs are highlighted in this section.

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Coordinate with community groups to have Harvard Law students provide legal advice at community meetings
  • Volunteer with Community Legal Services of Prince George’s County and has participated in numerous criminal record expungement fairs throughout the County

  • Serves as a mentor in the Prince George’s County Public Schools P-Tech Program and hosts Community Uplift

     

  • TV Host of “Level Up,” a business show dedicated to helping entrepreneurs start, manage and grow their businesses

  • Vice President of Villages of Marlborough Community Association includes overseeing the budget, Community Appreciation Day, winter festivities, and Community Grant Fund for 1,900 unit owners
  • Written several articles on civil rights, health care, and education issues
  • Talk show host for the Chat with a Lawyer TV Show, which provides free legal advice to the residents of Prince George’s County
  • Volunteered with Family and Friends of Incarcerated People to execute an annual summer event to bring together communities impacted by incarceration, to heal and reconnect
  • Helped develop the communications materials to promote the five days of education and lobbying events for the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five

Candidates on PG County Environment

Environmental policy can include laws and policies addressing water and air pollution, chemical and oil spills, smog, drinking water quality, land conservation and management, wildlife, and agriculture protection.

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • For passage of the strongest stormwater regulations in the state
  • Ed successful efforts to provide incentives for homeowners to convert to clean energy
  • Support renewable energy efforts to protect the environment
  • Reduce the County’s carbon footprint and support the state’s goal to reach zero emissions by 2045
  • Support and take the lead on some of the efforts outlined in the County’s sustainability action plan to bring positive environmental impact, reduced energy consumption, job creation, and economic development
  • Green and open spaces should be protected

Candidates PG County Finances & Taxes

Initiatives centered on fiscal policy, property taxes, property assessments, and government revenue matters are highlighted in this section.

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Advocates against property tax increases as a council member
  • A proponent of Council Participatory Budgeting, a citizen engagement process through which community members decide how to allocate a portion of a public budget
  • Sponsored SB496 – The House of Delegates passed the bipartisan RELIEF Act providing over $1.5 billion in pandemic relief. The RELIEF Act infuses the state’s economy with $509.0 million in spending and provides over $1.0 billion in tax
  • Reduce real estate property taxes
  • Eliminate biased property appraisal inequities
  • Eliminate corporate tax breaks at the county level, including tax increment financing tools
  • Develop needs assessment criteria and strategy and create a relief fund by the next budget cycle

Candidates on PG County Government Accountability

Topics focused on community engagement, government transparency, and government services are highlighted in this section.

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Eliminate secret zoning amendments
  • Against the County’s redistricting plan
  • Address county lawsuits and civil settlements
  • Advocate for an updated system for police accountability
  • Encourage civic participation from all residents by honoring transparency and improving language, digital, and physical accessibility to services and officials
  • Root out corruption in county zoning and other county business
  • Build a 21st-century government, business, and technology system in the County
  • Advocate for ranked-choice voting and open primaries
  • Create a citizen oversight board to participate in disciplinary reviews of police who’ve engaged in abuse and misconduct
  • Develop stronger accountability and civic participation mechanisms by creating resident commissions in each city and unincorporated area in District 9

Candidates on PG County Health and Human Service

Health and Human Services include initiatives that allocate resources to help safely reopen and sustain the safe operation within the County, including the impacts of COVID-19.

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Increase accessibility to quality healthcare, and ensure providers represent the communities they serve
  • Refund the community with mental health resources, increase access to information, and improve broadband signals
  • Supported upgrades at Doctors Community Hospital
  • Collaborated with state and county leaders to overcome decades of challenges to Prince George’s Hospital Center and to reach agreement on a new University of Maryland Medical System hospital in the County
  • Address Physical and Mental Health of Residents
  • Health and Human Services Funding POST Pandemic
  • Advocating for the highest quality of emergency and medical services, and community outreach programs
  • Support quality health care, healthy lifestyles, and holistic wellness and partner with health-focused organizations to facilitate access to quality healthcare options

Candidates on PG County Inclusion and Diversity

Initiatives highlighted here center on policies regarding people with disabilities and addressing social and racial injustices. 

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Working to improve the lives of autistic individuals and their families through community-building, advocacy, and education
  • An advocate who has fought for Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, and Workers’ Rights
  • Increase resources to improve medical services, including families with mental health or disabilities

Candidates on PG County Public Safety & Works

Topics on crime reduction, waste disposal policies, and utility management are highlighted in this section. 

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Increased community Policing should be the key to building a bridge in our Prince Georges Community
  • Should be a well-defined process to approve or disapprove traffic cameras using scientific data, and fines should be capped
  • Priority to advocate for laws to protect victims of domestic violence
  • Support all measures to keep our community healthy and safe.
  • Work to strengthen the critical linkage between the police and our community.
  • Work with our faith-based community and nonprofits to help families learn how to build generational wealth through investing, owning a business, purchasing property, and higher education.
  • Promote community-based policing
  • Support and fund crime reduction initiatives
  • Fund body cameras for the entire police force

Candidates on PG County Transportation

Initiatives highlighted here center on traffic alleviation, public transportation initiatives, and pedestrian-focused policies.

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Property standards enforcement ebbs and flows, and lack of enforcement creates negative community impacts and will demand that county agencies protect the livability of our communities
  • Developing our Metro stations is long overdue and will ensure that developers pay their fair share of infrastructure costs, and that development is sustainable and environmentally responsible
  • Championed the Purple Line light rail
  • Added bus transit, passed legislation for complete and green streets
  • Challenged state officials to change their capital improvement plans, which led to the repaving of Maryland 214, installation of new lighting and traffic signals
  • Fought to reduce traffic accidents by working with neighbors and officials to conduct a traffic study which led to infrastructure improvements that made travel within the community safer
  • Advocates for Transit-Oriented Communities

Candidates on PG County Youth & Senior Services

Municipals oversee youth programs, summer camps, learning equipment, senior events, and policies relevant to the senior community.

Click each candidate's name to see their position on the issue.
  • Sponsored legislation to advocate on behalf of our seniors
  • Ensuring that Prince George’s County seniors have a chance to live their best life in our County
  • Providing financial relief to families with young children
  • Committed to investing in families by incentivizing childcare centers to open in the district
  • Team Mom, Kettering Largo Mitchellville Boys and Girls Club
  • Founder, “Speak Up,” a comprehensive public speaking program designed to help school-aged children develop strong communication and life skills and build confidence
  • Develop affordable senior citizens’ housing
  • Establish health care and recreational centers for seniors

Prince George's County Agenda FY2022-2027

Townhalls, community meetings, and government newsletters are a great way to keep abreast of your local government affairs and priorities. We know sometimes it’s hard to make those evening and weekend meetups, but you still want to participate in your town election.

kBoulevard provides a more in-depth look at Prince George’s strategic planning and budget appropriations, giving you the insight you need to catch up with your community leaders and the town’s future plans. City agendas are the best way to determine if the current administration understands their constituents’ needs.

Townhalls, community meetings, and government newsletters are a great way to keep abreast of your local government affairs and priorities. We know sometimes it’s hard to make those evening and weekend meetups, but you still want to participate in your city election.

City agendas are the best way to determine if the current administration understands their constituents’ needs.

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Prince George's County Profile

Here we provide a sample of regional statistics that correlate directly with offices up for election.

910,551
PG County Pop. 2020

483,654
PG County Employed Pop.

$1,600
Average Gross Rent

$319,600
5.5% increase in property value

8.5%
1.3% increase in poverty rate

$86,994
2.4% increase in median household income

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