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Executive Race Tops Full Ballot
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Four candidates are vying for three delegate seats in the 47th District. Three are incumbents. The fourth is a newcomer, Jolene Ivey. Sen. Gwendolyn T. Britt (D-Prince George's) is facing a challenge from George Seymore for the Democratic nomination.
Residents will also be asked to pick among a field of 46 candidates for nine Board of Education seats. This is the first time residents have had a chance to vote for the board since 2000, because state lawmakers dismissed the last elected board and replaced it with a caretaker appointed body in 2002.
From the field of 46, voters on Sept. 12 will nominate 18 candidates for the nonpartisan school board -- 10 from districts and eight at large. The nominees will compete countywide Nov. 7 for nine seats.
Two of the candidates, Vice Chairman Howard W. Stone Jr. (Mitchellville) and Judy Mickens-Murray (Upper Marlboro), are members of that appointed board now asking the public to elect them to serve. The other candidates include a former school board chairman, a county corrections officer, a former student member of the state Board of Education, a public health nurse and numerous parent and community activists.
Perhaps the best-known candidate, Lawlah, withdrew from the race in early August, though her name will remain on the ballot.
For the county's two top law enforcement jobs, incumbents are running unopposed: State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey and Sheriff Michael Jackson.
Sheriff's office employee Cereta Lee is challenging incumbent Lynn Skerpon for register of wills. Three candidates are running to replace Rosalyn E. Pugh as clerk of the circuit court.
Five men and women are also running for the three positions as judge of the Orphans' Court, which deals with contested estates.
