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U.S. Representative · Congressional District 5 · Maryland · 2026 Primary
A U.S. Representative serves as your district's voice in Congress, where they vote on federal laws, national budgets, and policies that impact daily life. They are responsible for securing federal funding for local infrastructure and helping residents resolve issues with federal agencies, such as the Social Security Administration or the Department of Veterans Affairs. This office matters because it ensures your community’s specific needs and priorities are represented in the national government.
View all candidates in this raceTracy Starr is a Democrat running for U.S. Representative in Maryland's 5th District. She is a native of rural Pennsylvania raised by a single mother who worked up to 95 hours a week as a nurse, experiencing hardship like walking long distances to school due to gas costs. After attending American University and working multiple jobs while raising children in Maryland, she secured a position at USAID in January 2025 but lost her job four weeks later when the Trump Administration announced the downsizing of the organization. She is running to stand up for federal workers, institutions destroyed by the administration, and families facing an affordability crisis. Her platform focuses on fixing the system, protecting federal workers from unjust firings, ending ICE family separation, and strengthening institutions against special interests.
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Stand up, speak out, fight back.
Raised by a single mother, a nurse who worked up to 95 hours a week, Tracy experienced the harsh realities of hardship in America at an early age. It was these experiences that instilled strong lifelong values in Tracy; values that would lead her to a lifetime of public service.
Tracy is running to stand up for those who work to give back to those in need, for the institutions that Trump has destroyed, and for the federal workers who lost their livelihoods.
The American people deserve representatives who strive for more than what we have been given.
Unlike many in Washington, this campaign is funded by the people, not corporate interests.
Source: friendsoftracy.com
Affordability Crisis
Addressing rampant job loss and unemployment so Americans can attain more than simply 'getting by'.
“We need to fight for a system that addresses the affordability crisis, so that Americans can attain more than simply 'getting by.' That means: Addressing rampant job loss and unemployment.”
Federal Worker Protection
Protecting Federal workers from unjust firings and retribution following the Trump Administration's downsizing of USAID.
“Tracy is running to stand up for those who work to give back to those in need, for the institutions that Trump has destroyed, and for the federal workers who lost their livelihoods.”
Immigration Reform
Ending the terror of ICE's separation of families.
“That means: ... Ending the terror of ICE's separation of families.”
Government Ethics
Standing up to special interests and the 1% and getting dark money out of our politics.
“We need to fight for more from our representatives in Washington and refuse to settle for someone who won't stand on the frontlines with us. That means: ... Standing up to special interests and the 1%. Getting dark money out of our politics.”
“fight for the family that gives back to their community, even as they themselves are struggling under the weight of the affordability crisis.”
Source“Addressing rampant job loss and unemployment. Protect Federal workers from unjust firings and retribution.”
Source“Ending the terror of ICE's separation of families.”
Source“Getting dark money out of our politics. Unlike many in Washington, this campaign is funded by the people, not corporate interests.”
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