County

County Council Member, Prince George's County

At Large

Vote for: 2
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A county council member votes on county laws, the budget, taxes and land-use decisions.

Candidates Compare by issue

Sydney Harrison

Democratic

The gist

Pledges to reduce the property tax burden on homeowners.
Supports maintaining the county's funding commitment to public schools.
Proposes performance metrics and progress reports for schools.
Supports limiting ICE activity and police non-cooperation with ICE.
Supports weighing water and energy impacts of data centers.
Proposes rewriting outdated master plans to attract businesses.
Supported affordable and senior housing projects in District 9.

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Pledges to reduce the property tax burden on homeowners.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“primary focus will be on helping to reduce the real estate tax burden for private homeowners”
Supports maintaining the county's funding commitment to public schools.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“it is important the county maintain the commitment to supporting public education”
Proposes performance metrics and progress reports for schools.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“Performance metrics must be established to help identify and monitor how the system is meeting its educational goals.”
Supports limiting ICE activity and police non-cooperation with ICE.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“I fully support limiting ICE activity. … ensuring local law enforcement does not cooperate with ICE agent operations.”
Supports weighing water and energy impacts of data centers.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“The potential impact on our water and energy supply must be fully considered and understood.”
Proposes rewriting outdated master plans to attract businesses.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“focus on rewriting outdated master plans will provide the appropriate zoning to attract the desired commercial business sectors”
Supported affordable and senior housing projects in District 9.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“In District 9, I supported the newly constructed affordable housing apartments and age-restricted community in Clinton.”

Jolene Ivey

DemocraticIncumbent

The gist

Proposes repealing the county's tax incentives for data centers.
Supports an overlay zone limiting where data centers locate.
Opposes balancing budgets through cuts to educators or students.
Supports scrutinizing tax abatements and improving tax collections.
Supports public school-by-school reporting on measurable goals.
Supports rent stabilization to keep seniors in their homes.
Co-sponsored bills limiting ICE access to county property.In office

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Proposes repealing the county's tax incentives for data centers.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“I have written legislation this year to repeal the 2020 county tax incentive legislation for data centers”
Supports an overlay zone limiting where data centers locate.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“I also believe the council should establish an overlay zone to limit where data centers could be located.”
Opposes balancing budgets through cuts to educators or students.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“I do not support balancing budgets on the backs of educators or students.”
Supports scrutinizing tax abatements and improving tax collections.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“scrutinize tax abatements that erode the base, improve enforcement and collections”
Supports public school-by-school reporting on measurable goals.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“The school board should have regular public reporting tied to specific, measurable goals by individual schools.”
Supports rent stabilization to keep seniors in their homes.
Jolene Ivey
Campaign website · Friends of Jolene Ivey · joleneivey.com
“is currently working to pass rent stabilization legislation to keep seniors and fixed-income residents in their homes”
Co-sponsored bills limiting ICE access to county property.
Prince George's County Council At-Large: 2026 Maryland Voter Guide
Candidate questionnaire · The Banner · thebanner.com
“I co-sponsored a package of bills to protect our neighbors from ICE. … These bills will limit ICE access to county property for staging purposes”

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; 6 issues covered in this race.