Jim Adkins
Candidate for County Council Member, Wicomico County, District 2
Background
- Occupation
- Retired UPS business manager
- Lives in
- Mardela Springs
- Campaign website
- jimadkins4wicomico.com
Retired United Parcel Service business manager and former small business owner from Mardela Springs. A former Wicomico County 911 call operator and a member of the Mardela Springs Volunteer Fire Company for more than 20 years; first run for office.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Opposes raising or breaking the county's revenue cap
ReportJim Adkins for Wicomico County Council District 2 (campaign site)Campaign website · Friends To Elect Jim Adkins · jimadkins4wicomico.com
“Would not agree to raise or bust the tax cap.”
Public safety
Supports adding paid staff to volunteer fire and EMS
ReportJim Adkins for Wicomico County Council District 2 (campaign site)Campaign website · Friends To Elect Jim Adkins · jimadkins4wicomico.com
“our volunteer fire and ems stations are lagging behind. They need to be supplemented with paid staffing.”
Economy & jobs
Supported the county's one-year data center moratorium
ReportWicomico County Council candidates, in their own wordsCandidate questionnaire · The Daily Times (Salisbury), via Yahoo News · Sep 22, 2026 · yahoo.com
“I am in favor of and proactively campaigned for the one-year moratorium”
Roads & infrastructure
Supports making developers pay for roads and public safety
ReportJim Adkins for Wicomico County Council District 2 (campaign site)Campaign website · Friends To Elect Jim Adkins · jimadkins4wicomico.com
“ensure developers pay their fair share for roads, EMS, and police protection”
Supports connecting septic-dependent homes to public water and sewer
ReportWicomico County Council 2026 election candidate profiles (voter guide questionnaire)Candidate questionnaire · The Baltimore Sun · May 20, 2026 · baltimoresun.com
“These properties need to be connected to a municipal water and sewage system.”
Environment & parks
Supports solar on rooftops and parking lots, not farmland
ReportJim Adkins for Wicomico County Council District 2 (campaign site)Campaign website · Friends To Elect Jim Adkins · jimadkins4wicomico.com
“placed on roofs and parking lots, not exhausting our valuable agricultural land”
All sources (5)
- 2026 Gubernatorial General Election Local Candidates List (all counties)
Election filing · Maryland State Board of Elections · elections.maryland.gov
- Certified ballots, 2026 Gubernatorial General Election: Wicomico County (every ballot style)
Election filing · Maryland State Board of Elections · elections.maryland.gov
- Jim Adkins for Wicomico County Council District 2 (campaign site)
Campaign website · Friends To Elect Jim Adkins · jimadkins4wicomico.com
- Wicomico County Council candidates, in their own words
Candidate questionnaire · The Daily Times (Salisbury), via Yahoo News · Sep 22, 2026 · yahoo.com
- Wicomico County Council 2026 election candidate profiles (voter guide questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · The Baltimore Sun · May 20, 2026 · baltimoresun.com
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