State Senator, 37th District · Maryland 2026 Gubernatorial General Election

Katie G. Clendaniel

Democratic

Community development professional · Dorchester County

The gist

Pledges to fight rising utility bills.
Supports expanding registered apprenticeships.
Supports abortion rights.
Pledges to protect rural hospitals and access to providers.
Supports investing in roads, bridges, broadband and water systems.

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Pledges to fight rising utility bills.
Issues
Campaign website · Friends of Kathleen Clendaniel · katieclendaniel.com
“Fight rising utility bills, demand transparency, and put families before powerful interests.”
Supports expanding registered apprenticeships.
Issues
Campaign website · Friends of Kathleen Clendaniel · katieclendaniel.com
“Katie will build more paths into skilled, good paying careers.”
Supports abortion rights.
Issues
Campaign website · Friends of Kathleen Clendaniel · katieclendaniel.com
“Protect reproductive freedom, civil rights, and every resident's ability to live with dignity and make personal decisions.”
Pledges to protect rural hospitals and access to providers.
Issues
Campaign website · Friends of Kathleen Clendaniel · katieclendaniel.com
“Protect hospitals, expand access to providers, and make quality care easier to reach in every county.”
Supports investing in roads, bridges, broadband and water systems.
Issues
Campaign website · Friends of Kathleen Clendaniel · katieclendaniel.com
“Invest in roads, bridges, broadband, water systems, and practical resilience for towns, farms, and businesses.”

Johnny Mautz

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; restaurant owner · St. Michaels

The gist

Opposes new fees and borrowing to balance the budget.
Opposed the 2026 mid-decade congressional redistricting bill.
Led a push for emergency relief for watermen.
Opposed cuts to developmental disability self-directed care.
Sponsored a ban on weather engineering.In office
Sponsored insurance coverage for long-term Lyme disease treatment.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Opposes new fees and borrowing to balance the budget.
State Senator Johnny Mautz | Maryland District 37
Campaign website · Friends of Johnny Mautz · johnnymautz.com
“Annapolis keeps reaching into your pocket: higher energy bills, new fees, a budget balanced with borrowed money.”
Opposed the 2026 mid-decade congressional redistricting bill.
News
Campaign website · Friends of Johnny Mautz · johnnymautz.com
“When Annapolis Democrats rammed through a mid-decade redistricting bill aimed at flipping Maryland's only Republican congressional seat, Senator Johnny called it out”
Led a push for emergency relief for watermen.
News
Campaign website · Friends of Johnny Mautz · johnnymautz.com
“Senator Johnny led Maryland's Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland senators in pressing both Governor Moore and the federal government for emergency relief for watermen”
Opposed cuts to developmental disability self-directed care.
News
Campaign website · Friends of Johnny Mautz · johnnymautz.com
“Johnny fought Moore's cuts to disability self-directed care”
Sponsored a ban on weather engineering.
Senator Johnny Mautz: Maryland General Assembly member page (biography and sponsored legislation)
Government record · Maryland General Assembly · mgaleg.maryland.gov
“Environment - Weather Engineering - Prohibition”
Sponsored insurance coverage for long-term Lyme disease treatment.
Senator Johnny Mautz: Maryland General Assembly member page (biography and sponsored legislation)
Government record · Maryland General Assembly · mgaleg.maryland.gov
“Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment”