At least two more candidates announced plans over the weekend to run in a March 4 Prince George’s County special primary election, and other hopefuls have until Friday’s filing deadline to add their names to the ballot.
Democrats Tonya Sweat and Shayla Adams-Stafford, business owners and education advocates, said Saturday they will seek county executive and the District 5 County Council positions, respectively.
Sweat joins a field of five Democrats running for the executive job, including a former executive, a state senator, the state’s attorney and the two at-large members on the county council.
Adams-Stafford becomes the second Democratic candidate for District 5 after Ryan Middleton, who announced his bid in August, shortly after the special election that elevated the previous 5th District council member, Jolene Ivey, to the at-large seat, from which she is now mounting a bid for executive.
Middleton is a former staffer for U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D). District 5 includes Cheverly, Fairmount Heights and Glenarden.
Before Adams-Stafford can run for council, she must resign from the county’s Board of Education, a position she’s held since 2020 and was re-elected to last month.
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