County

County Executive, Wicomico County

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The county executive runs county government day to day, proposes the county budget and appoints department heads.

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Ernest Davis

Democratic

Business owner; former Maryland State Police trooper

The gist

Opposes selling the Wicomico Nursing Home
Opposes expanding the Route 50 corridor landfill
Pledges countywide broadband and county water and sewer
Pledges to improve the regional airport's runways
Pledges honest, transparent and accountable county leadership

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Opposes selling the Wicomico Nursing Home
Meet Ernest (campaign site)
Campaign website · Ernest Davis campaign · ernestdaviswicomicocoex.com
“He is opposed to the sale of the Wicomico Nursing Home and the expansion of the RT. 50 Corridor Landfill.”
Opposes expanding the Route 50 corridor landfill
Meet Ernest (campaign site)
Campaign website · Ernest Davis campaign · ernestdaviswicomicocoex.com
“He is opposed to the sale of the Wicomico Nursing Home and the expansion of the RT. 50 Corridor Landfill.”
Pledges countywide broadband and county water and sewer
Meet Ernest (campaign site)
Campaign website · Ernest Davis campaign · ernestdaviswicomicocoex.com
“as well as to provide broad band throughout the community and water and sewer to the county”
Pledges to improve the regional airport's runways
Meet Ernest (campaign site)
Campaign website · Ernest Davis campaign · ernestdaviswicomicocoex.com
“He plans to improve the Salisbury- Ocean City- Wicomico Regional Airport runways”
Pledges honest, transparent and accountable county leadership
Elect Ernest Davis for Wicomico County Executive (campaign site)
Campaign website · Ernest Davis campaign · ernestdaviswicomicocoex.com
“Leadership must be honest, transparent, and accountable.”

Julie M. Giordano

RepublicanIncumbent

Wicomico County Executive

The gist

Led balanced budgets that reduced county property tax rates
Led the county into a 287(g) immigration agreement with ICE
Opposes Maryland's ban on local ICE agreements
Led full funding of the school board's budget request
Secured Breeze Airways service at Salisbury Regional Airport

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Led balanced budgets that reduced county property tax rates
Re-Elect Julie Giordano (campaign site)
Campaign website · Friends to Elect Julie Giordano · juliegiordanoce.com
“She has led the passage of balanced county budgets that reduced property tax rates, funded education, supported county employees”
Led the county into a 287(g) immigration agreement with ICE
Re-Elect Julie Giordano (campaign site)
Campaign website · Friends to Elect Julie Giordano · juliegiordanoce.com
“Giordano announced Wicomico County would become the latest Maryland county to enter into a 287(g) agreement with ICE”
Opposes Maryland's ban on local ICE agreements
Re-Elect Julie Giordano (campaign site)
Campaign website · Friends to Elect Julie Giordano · juliegiordanoce.com
“calling on Governor Wes Moore to veto pending legislation that would ban agreements between local agencies and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
Led full funding of the school board's budget request
Re-Elect Julie Giordano (campaign site)
Campaign website · Friends to Elect Julie Giordano · juliegiordanoce.com
“fully funding the Board of Education's budget request while also committing to the construction of the new Fruitland Primary School”
Secured Breeze Airways service at Salisbury Regional Airport
Re-Elect Julie Giordano (campaign site)
Campaign website · Friends to Elect Julie Giordano · juliegiordanoce.com
“We successfully secured a new commercial air service from Breeze Airways at Salisbury Regional Airport.”

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