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3 candidates are tracked for Howard Board of Education on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Mark E. Covington, Linda Frascarella and Lanlan Xu. Candidate information follows official Howard County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Mark E. Covington (Non-Partisan), Linda Frascarella (Non-Partisan), Lanlan Xu (Non-Partisan) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Howard Board of Education, per the State Board of Elections' certified 2026 Gubernatorial General candidate list (updated September 7, 2026).
Nonpartisan
Covington is a retired principal, per The Baltimore Sun. He is one of three candidates, all political newcomers, competing for two at-large seats on the Howard County Board of Education, per The Baltimore Sun. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Mark E. Covington.
Nonpartisan
Frascarella is a retired General Electric employee, per The Baltimore Sun. She is one of three candidates competing for two at-large seats on the Howard County Board of Education; no primary was held because the pool of candidates was small enough that all three advanced directly to the general election, per The Baltimore Sun.
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Xu serves as Vice President of Health Policy at a consulting firm advising on national strategy to improve health care access and quality, per campaign site. She previously held a senior role at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and served as a White House Initiative policy advisor on Asian American affairs, per campaign site.
Source: candidate campaign site.
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