2020 Baltimore mayoral election
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The 2020 Baltimore mayoral election will be held November 3, 2020 concurrent with the General Election. The current mayor Bernard C. Young (D) is eligible for reelection.
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Background and candidates
Incumbent Mayor Bernard C. Young, took office on May 2, 2019 following the resignation of Mayor Catherine Pugh over the Healthy Holly book scandal with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente. Young has stated that he is not interested in running for mayor in 2020 after completing the remainder of Pugh's term.[1] Notable events since the 2016 election include an escalation of crime following the Death of Freddie Gray in April 2015, the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in 2017, the 2018 rebranding and launch of the BaltimoreLink bus system following Governor Larry Hogan's cancellation of the Red Line, and the Healthy Holly scandal involving former Mayor Catherine Pugh resulting in her resignation in 2019.
Democratic primary
The primary election will be held on April 28, 2020 with early voting from April 16 to April 23.[2]
Declared candidates
- Lou Catelli (Will Bauer), unofficial "Mayor of Hampden"
- Ralph E. Johnson Jr., Founder of Johnson REJ Publications
- Thiru Vignarajah, former Maryland Deputy Attorney General
Declined candidates
- Bernard C. Young, incumber Mayor of Baltimore[3]
Potential candidates
- Kristerfer Burnett, Baltimore City Councilmember
- Jill P. Carter, Maryland State Senator for District 41
- Zeke Cohen, Baltimore City Councilmember
- Sheila Dixon, former Mayor of Baltimore and 2016 mayoral candidate
- Ryan Dorsey, Baltimore City Councilmember
- Bill Ferguson, Maryland State Senator for District 46
- Antonio Hayes, Maryland State Delegate for District 40
- Ben Jealous, Former Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and 2018 Maryland gubernatorial candidate
- Cory McCray, Maryland State Delegate for District 45
- Leon Pinkett, Baltimore City Councilmember
- Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore City Councilmember
- T.J. Smith, Baltimore County Press Secretary and former Baltimore City Police Spokesperson
- Shannon Sneed, Baltimore City Councilmember
- David Warnock, Businessman and 2016 mayoral candidate
- Mary Washington, Maryland State Delegate for District 43
