Caroline County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Nivek M. Johnson is an educator from Chestertown, Maryland running for Maryland Senate District 36, per the campaign site. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Salisbury University and a Master of Education from Bowie State University, and works as an Information Technology and Computer Science educator with Montgomery County Public Schools, per the campaign site. He previously served as the youngest elected member, and later Vice Chair, of the Kent County Board of Education, per the campaign site. He serves on the Maryland State Public Information Act Compliance Board and has been appointed to the Judicial Nominating Commission for Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's counties, per the campaign site.

Hershey is an engineer and business professional who has served more than 15 years in the Maryland Senate representing Caroline, Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's counties, per the campaign site. He is the Senate Minority Leader and previously served as Senate Republican Whip and ranking member of the Finance Committee, per the campaign site.

Clendaniel studied Social Anthropology at Massey University in New Zealand and did graduate work in Applied Anthropology at the University of Maryland from 2006 to 2009, per the campaign site. The site describes about twenty years of work bringing people, plans and resources together on downtown revitalization, housing, small business support, placemaking and infrastructure on the Eastern Shore, per the campaign site.

Johnny Mautz is a Maryland state senator representing the 37th District, serving the Eastern Shore communities of Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot and Wicomico counties, per the campaign site. He has eight years of experience in the House of Delegates and three years in the Senate, per the campaign site.

Michelle Ravert is a parole and probation agent who previously worked as a legal secretary in the Office of the Public Defender and spent 25 years in financial services, including as vice president of an investment management firm, per the campaign site. She holds a bachelor's degree in legal studies and pre-law from the University of Maryland Global Campus, per the campaign site.

Crystal Woodward is Vice President of Legal Advocacy at the American Diabetes Association, where she has worked for 30 years, per her campaign site. She is a Kent Island resident and Eastern Shore native, per her campaign site.

Barrett is a retired Army colonel who has worked as a school teacher, a professor at the U.S. Naval War College and a Habitat for Humanity volunteer, and he lives in Salisbury with his wife and four children, per the campaign site.

Michele W. Johnson has more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and more than 10 years in federal and state government, per her campaign site. She served eight years on the board of Congressman Elijah Cummings' Youth Program, per her campaign site.

Hutchinson founded a home services company on the Eastern Shore in 2020 after 30 years leading sales and marketing teams for national healthcare analytics organizations, per the campaign site. He holds an MBA from Loyola University Maryland and has served on the Cambridge Main Street board, per the campaign site.