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
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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
 James Cecil † | Larry Pretlow, II 
   Antonia Barkley Watts † 
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District 3
Gian P. Alfeo (Withdrawn 5/14/20) | Tom Heffner |
​ Jolene Mosley


District 4
Kirsten Coombs † *  | Matt Levine | Jen Mallo *
​Daniel J. Margolis |​ Sezin Palmer † 
​ Julie Hotopp (General Election - write-in candidate) † | Mike Sheer (Campaign Suspended) 

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

Howard County Neighbors United posted videos of the question/response from the February 24, 2020 candidate forum.  Only 6 candidates attended that forum. 
​See links to videos of responses to the question about school start times: 

​District 4
Kirsten Coombs  |  Matt Levine |  Sezin Palmer

​District 5
Yun Lu  |  Saif Rehman  |​ Gene Ryan

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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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