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County Council Member · District 5 · Baltimore County · 2026 Primary
County Council Members serve as the legislative branch of county government, passing local laws and approving the annual budget that funds public schools, roads, and emergency services. They set local tax rates and make final decisions on land use and zoning, which determines where new homes and businesses can be built. This office is responsible for prioritizing how your tax dollars are spent and managing the long-term growth and infrastructure of your community.
View all candidates in this raceShawn McIntosh is running for Baltimore County Council Member as a nonprofit leader grounded in lived experience and dedicated to public service. She describes herself as committed to the future of Baltimore County with a strong record of fiscal responsibility, strategic planning, and transparent governance. As a parent and active community advocate, she emphasizes ensuring schools are properly funded, communities feel safe, and development is guided by smart planning rather than political pressure from developers. She is running her campaign on public financing because she believes elected officials should be accountable to people, not special interests.
Sources: Campaign website
Grounded in lived experience, dedicated to public service, and committed to the future of Baltimore County.
A results-driven nonprofit leader with a strong record of fiscal responsibility, strategic planning, and transparent governance.
She has led transformative initiatives that strengthened youth leadership, advanced health equity, and delivered real legislative victories by elevating community voices and building inclusive coalitions.
As a parent and active community advocate, she understands the urgency of ensuring that schools are properly funded, communities feel safe, and development is guided by smart planning, not political pressure from developers.
Shawn is running her campaign on public financing because she believes elected officials should be accountable to people, not special interests.
Source: shawnmcintosh.org
Education
Ensuring schools are properly funded and that development decisions don't come at the expense of community needs
“As a parent and active community advocate, she understands the urgency of ensuring that schools are properly funded”
Public Safety
Ensuring communities feel safe through smart planning rather than political pressure from developers
“communities feel safe, and development is guided by smart planning, not political pressure from developers”
Fiscal Policy
Running on public financing to avoid large developer and special-interest contributions
“Shawn is running her campaign on public financing because she believes elected officials should be accountable to people, not special interests”
Community Development
Delivering real legislative victories by elevating community voices and building inclusive coalitions
“delivered real legislative victories by elevating community voices and building inclusive coalitions”
“ensuring that schools are properly funded, communities feel safe, and development is guided by smart planning”
Source“strengthened youth leadership, advanced health equity”
Source“advanced health equity”
Source“A results-driven nonprofit leader, Shawn has a strong record of fiscal responsibility”
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