State
House of Delegates, District 31
- Vote for
- 3
- Term
- 4 years
- Candidates
- 6
- Election
- Nov 3, 2026
What this office does: A delegate votes on Maryland laws and the state budget in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Taxes & budget
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
No documented position found.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
- Supports prioritizing education and health care in the budget.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
No documented position found.
Mike JacobsRepublican
- Pledges to reduce the tax burden on taxpayers.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
- Supports audits to find fraud, waste and abuse.
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
- Supports auditing spending and prioritizing safety, roads and schools.
Public safety
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
- Supports the Community Trust Act limiting police immigration enforcement.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
- Supports protecting immigrants' constitutional rights.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
- Opposes using state resources for federal immigration enforcement.
Mike JacobsRepublican
- Supports immigration only if legal and vetted.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
- Supports prioritizing public services for citizens and legal residents.
- Sponsored a public domestic violence offender registry.In office
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
No documented position found.
Education
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
- Supports the Blueprint with strict local oversight.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
No documented position found.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
No documented position found.
Mike JacobsRepublican
No documented position found.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
No documented position found.
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
No documented position found.
Economy & jobs
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
- Proposes making data centers pay for grid upgrades they require.
- Supports the ENOUGH Initiative anti-poverty program.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
- Supports increasing and diversifying Maryland's energy generation.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
- Proposes a consumption fee on data centers' peak grid use.
Mike JacobsRepublican
No documented position found.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
No documented position found.
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
- Sponsored repeal of an energy-conservation surcharge on utility bills.In office
Roads & infrastructure
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
- Supports transit-oriented development near stations.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
- Supports improving public transportation statewide.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
- Supports expanding transit in suburban and rural corridors.
Mike JacobsRepublican
- Opposes closing power plants without replacement generation.
- Opposes transit spending at the expense of other infrastructure.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
- Supports reopening power plants to lower energy costs.
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
- Supports restoring in-state power generation and rolling back mandates.
- Supports targeted transit expansion where demand is strong.
Environment & parks
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
No documented position found.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
- Supports making data centers pay their own power costs.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
- Supports accelerating solar and renewable buildout on state property.
Mike JacobsRepublican
- Supports requiring data centers to produce their own electricity.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
- Supports requiring data centers to supply their own power.
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
- Opposes new data centers unless grid and ratepayers are protected.
- Sponsored withdrawing Maryland from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.In office
Health & human services
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
- Supports expanding the Maryland Access to Care Act.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
No documented position found.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
No documented position found.
Mike JacobsRepublican
No documented position found.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
- Pledges to protect Developmental Disabilities Administration funding.
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
No documented position found.
Government & transparency
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
No documented position found.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
No documented position found.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
- Proposes restructuring legislative compensation and oversight.
Mike JacobsRepublican
No documented position found.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
No documented position found.
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
No documented position found.
Courts & justice
Joan Barone ColeDemocratic
No documented position found.
Heidi Buchanan SchmidtDemocratic
No documented position found.
Ryan Kelly ShabanDemocratic
- Supports trades training for workforce reentry.
Mike JacobsRepublican
No documented position found.
LaToya Marie Caldwell-NkongoloRepublican
- Sponsored criminalizing coerced ingestion of abortion drugs.In office
Brian A. ChisholmRepublican
No documented position found.
Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 9 issues covered in this race.