Only one Maryland county is electing an executive in 2024.
That’s in Cecil County, where voters choose their executives in presidential election years instead of in gubernatorial years like their counterparts across the state. This year, Cecil County Executive Danielle Hornberger (R) is battling for a second term.
But depending on the outcome of this year’s U.S. Senate election, there could be a special election in Maryland for a county executive position in early 2025. If Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) wins the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D) in November, there are three scenarios for replacing her in county government.
If Alsobrooks chooses to resign before she hits the second anniversary of the date she was sworn in for a second term, which is Dec. 5, a special election would be held to replace her in early 2025, with the winner serving until the end of her term in December 2026. If Alsobrooks resigns after that date — members of the next Congress will take office on Jan. 3, 2025 — the 11-member county council will choose one of their own as the interim county executive. But if the council deadlocks on that vote for two weeks, the person who is county council president at the time would ascend to the top job.
So in the Prince George’s version of the hit series “Succession,” there could be a few different campaigns taking place. Even if she loses the Senate race, Alsobrooks will serve as county executive through December 2026, when she is termed out of office. So that could be one election to replace her.
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