School Board Election: Meet Candidates For Anne Arundel County

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Voters will decide their next Anne Arundel County Board of Education members in the Nov. 5 election.

The board has seven adult seats, which are all up for election this year. Four incumbents are seeking re-election. Adult members serve four-year terms and have a two-term limit.

School board districts are the same as County Council districts. Voters can use this tool to check their councilmanic district.

The board also has a student member, who is elected by students annually and appointed by the governor. The student member serves a single one-year term and is the only student school board member in the nation who has full voting rights equal to their adult colleagues. Crofton High senior Hafsa Hamdaoui, is this year's student member of the board, or SMOB.

School board races are nonpartisan. The candidates are not running with political parties.

If a district had one or two candidates in the primary, they automatically advanced to the General Election. If the race had three or more candidates, the top two vote-getters from the primary advanced.

In District 1, Sarah F. Lacey suspended her campaign before the primary but never officially removed her name from the ballot. Lacey won enough votes to advance to the General Election, but she declined the nomination and dropped out. She is not eligible to win the General Election, so Dent is the only candidate with an active campaign.

Districts 2 and 7 have write-in candidates. Voters must write the write-in candidate's full name in the blank space provided to vote for them.

Here are the candidates in each district. Incumbents have an asterisk beside their name. Click any candidate's name to learn more about them.

District 1

• Gloria D. Dent*

District 2

• Robert A. Silkworth*
• John Grasso (Write-In Candidate)

District 3

• Erica McFarland
• Chuck Yocum

District 4

• Sarah J. McDermott
• Stephanie Mutchler

District 5

• LaToya Nkongolo
• Dana Schallheim*

District 6

• Edilene Barros
• Joanna Bache Tobin*

District 7

• Dawn Pulliam
• Jeremy York
• Maisie T. Howard (Write-In Candidate)

How To Vote

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents must vote at their assigned polling place on Election Day.

Marylanders can learn how to vote by mail or dropbox here.