Annapolis candidates were out in the city Monday for the final day of election campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s election, which will determine the next four years of Annapolis’ government.
The city’s two-term Democrat Mayor, Gavin Buckley, is term-limited so could not run for reelection. Democrat Jared Littmann, a former city alderman and current hardware store owner, is running against Republican Robert O’Shea, who does consulting work in the defense and medical industries.
On Monday, Littmann told the Capital Gazette that he was planning to door knock in Ward 6 and Ward 1. O’Shea said his day was set for waving signs at passing cars on Forest Drive, making social media posts and talking to reporters about the City Dock Project groundbreaking.
Half of the eight-member City Council did not run for reelection, and all seats are up for election on Tuesday. Two seats ly have one person running: Ward 7 with sitting Alderman Robert Savidge, a Democrat, and Ward 4 political newcomer Democrat Janice Elaine Allsup-Johnson, a retired Anne Arundel County government worker.
Here’s how to vote.
Voting in person or by drop box
In-person polling locations will be open in each ward from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Voters must go to the polling location in their ward to vote in person but can drop mail-in ballots at any ward’s polling location.
There are new city wards as of this city election. There is a map of the new city wards on the city website.
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Election Results
The first unofficial results available in the Annapolis general election will be available shortly after the polls close on Tuesday. These results will only include votes cast in-person on election day and will be available on the Capital Gazette’s website.
On Thursday, the count of received mail-in ballots and ballots placed in drop boxes will begin. Election staff will also certify in-person votes cast on election day during the Thursday count.
The final official vote tally will be available on Nov. 12 when the city counts any mail-in ballots received by 10 a.m. and postmarked by or on election day.
No day-of voter registration
There is no election-day voter registration offered in city elections. Only voters who registered ahead of the Oct. 6 deadline will be eligible to vote in the city election.
Who are the candidates?
The Capital made a voter guide with responses from nearly candidate running for office and profiled every candidate running in a competitive race ahead of election day.
In Ward 1 the incumbent appointed Democrat Harry Huntley, who works in agriculture policy, is vying to keep his seat against independent candidate Tom Krieck, a former business executive. Huntley won his primary, against four opponents, with 51% of the vote.
Ward 2’s race has incumbent Democrat Karma O’Neill, an events planner, running against Republican Kenneth Vincent, a former FBI agent.
Ward 3’s election is between Wiley H. Bates Middle School teacher Keanuú Smith-Brown, a Democrat, and independent Mike Dye, an engineer. The current alderman, Rhonda Pindell Charles, did not run for reelection due to her unsuccessful run for the Democratic nomination for mayor.
Ward 5 Alderman Brooks Schandelmeier, who works in health policy, is running against real estate agent Jack Papaleonti, a Republican.
Ward 6 has community navigator and former nursing assistant Diesha Contee, a Democrat, running against Republican George Gallagher, who works in the biotech industry. The ward’s incumbent, DaJuan Gay, is not running for reelection.
In Ward 8, Democrat Frank Thorp, a Navy vet and board member of the Annapolis Maritime Museum, is running against independent candidate William Cunha, who owns Oscar’s Coffee.
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