Howard County Election Information

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For a complete list of candidates for Howard County elections, please see the Board of Elections website. 

Howard County is transitioning to an elected school board based on councilmanic districts (five seats) plus two at-large positions in 2020. The student member of the board is elected by peers in a separate process.  The two top vote earners in the 2018 election (Chao Wu and Vicky Cutroneo) will occupy the at-large seats, with terms expiring in 2022.​
   

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2020 Board of Education ​Elections in Howard County
The names below have been updated to reflect those advancing from the June Primary to the General Election in November.
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Start School Later Howard County sent a letter, attachment, and questionnaire to the
2020 Board of Education candidates. 
Follow the hyperlink below to their responses:

District 1
Christina Delmont-Small * | Matthew D. Molyett †
 
District 2
  Larry Pretlow, II (Campaign suspended 9/26/20)|  Antonia Barkley Watts † 
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District 3
 Tom Heffner (Candidacy withdrawn and supporting Ms. Mosley) | ​ Jolene Mosley


District 4
 Jen Mallo * ​|​ Sezin Palmer † 
​ Julie Hotopp (General Election - write-in candidate) † 

 
District 5
           Yun Lu †  | Cindy Vaillancourt † **
 
* Incumbent 
** Previously served on BOE  ​
 † Signed SSL HOCO's petition

Other Election Information Sources 

​Howard County Neighbors United posted videos of the question/response from the February 24, 2020 candidate forum.  Only 6 candidates attended that forum from Districts 4 and 5 (updated to reflect General Election candidates).
​See links to videos of responses to the question about school start times: 

​District 4
  Sezin Palmer

​District 5
Yun Lu

The Columbia Flier's Primary Voting Guide included a response related to school start times.

​District 4
Jen Mallo

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 2018 Board of Education 
​Elections in Howard County
 
The People’s Voice asked about school start times in their 2018 Board of Education candidate questionnaire.
 
Question 11:  What time do you think Elementary, Middle and High Schools in the HCPSS should start the day? If any changes are proposed, how would you accommodate funding needs to implement?
 
The following candidates were elected in 2018 and provided responses to the People’s Voice:
 
Vicky Cutroneo | Jen Mallo
 
Sabina Taj | Chao Wu
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