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State Senator · Legislative District 6 · Maryland · 2026 Primary
Maryland State Senators represent their local districts in the General Assembly, where they propose and vote on laws covering issues like education, transportation, and public safety. They are responsible for approving the state’s annual budget and have the unique power to confirm or reject the Governor’s appointments for judges and agency leaders. This office is critical because its decisions determine how state tax dollars are spent and which policies govern your local community.
View all candidates in this raceJustin Holliday is a Democratic candidate running for Maryland State Senate in Legislative District 6 in 2026. A Dundalk resident, he is a social studies teacher with Baltimore County Public Schools and previously worked as a bartender and shop steward with Unite Here Local 7 at Camden Yards. He attended Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts and earned a Bachelor's degree in Government and Public Policy from the University of Baltimore in 2018. He has been a member of the Baltimore County Democratic State Central Committee since 2018, served as a delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, and interned for Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger in 2016. He has previously run for office twice — in the 2018 Democratic primary for the Maryland House of Delegates District 6, and in the 2022 Democratic primary for Baltimore County Council District 7. He also co-founded the Knights of Labor, a Democratic club in Dundalk focused on organizing working-class voters. He is challenging incumbent Republican Senator Johnny Ray Salling in the District 6 race, which covers southeast Baltimore County including Dundalk, Essex, and Edgemere.
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