Democratic · Incumbent
Jamie Raskin
33 statements on record
Full recordHouse · District 8 · Election Day November 3, 2026
Maryland 8th District race 2026
2 candidates, in surname order. 33 statements on the record, word for word, each linked to where it ran.
Republican
Cheryl Riley
No statements on the record yet
On the record, by issue
Corruption & scandal16
Jamie Raskin
As printed
“Judiciary Democrats will investigate who lied, who buried the evidence, and who decided to threaten an American citizen with prison simply to protect Trump’s wounded feelings and continuing corruption,”
Truthout Dems Will Investigate Trump Admin’s Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Charges ›
As printed
“Participants in this frame-up will be held to account.”
Truthout Dems Will Investigate Trump Admin’s Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Charges ›
Cheryl Riley
Nothing on this issue yet
Courts & the law9
Jamie Raskin
As printed
“botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented by DOI.”
MSNBC Raskin launches probe into Trump administration’s attempted prosecution over Reflecting Pool damage ›
As printed
“DOJ’s abrupt abandonment of its prosecution, paired with President Trump’s and Secretary Burgum’s decision to circle the wagons around their debunked and ridiculous conspiracy theories, raise a host of profoundly troubling questions,”
MSNBC Raskin launches probe into Trump administration’s attempted prosecution over Reflecting Pool damage ›
Cheryl Riley
Nothing on this issue yet
Democracy & voting rights2
Jamie Raskin
As printed
“Will we have democracy or will we have autocracy?”
The Forward Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops ›
As printed
“Don’t go to war and usurp the powers of Congress to declare war. … Don’t spend money in a way different from how Congress has appropriated money. Don’t impose illegal taxes and tariffs on the American people without congressional consent.”
Truthout Trump Demands GOP-Controlled House Expel Dem Lawmaker Jamie Raskin ›
Cheryl Riley
Nothing on this issue yet
The Middle East2
Jamie Raskin
As printed
“Now the Trump administration allows the Saudis to enrich uranium,”
Fox News WATCH: Democrats blast Trump Saudi nuclear deal as GOP touts regional alliance ›
As printed
“So, the Saudis enrich the Trumps, and the Trumps allow the Saudis to enrich uranium and then we're going to have more nuclear weapons in the Middle East to set off another nuclear arms race there.”
Fox News WATCH: Democrats blast Trump Saudi nuclear deal as GOP touts regional alliance ›
Cheryl Riley
Nothing on this issue yet
Campaigns & elections1
Jamie Raskin
As printed
“When people say they're socialists today, I don't think that they believe in dialectical materialism and dictatorship of the proletariat and classical Marxian socialism,”
Latest Political News on Fox News WATCH: Maryland Dems defend ‘big tent’ party as New York socialist surge fuels Dem divide ›
Cheryl Riley
Nothing on this issue yet
National security & surveillance1
The latest 2 per candidate on each issue. Each full record, linked at the top, holds the rest.
Claims on the ledger
Jamie Raskin
Open
“It is a Hatch Act violation for any government employees who worked on it or used government resources to make it.”
Open
“Congressional Republicans never asked Jack Smith about presidential records”
Cheryl Riley
No checkable claims on the ledger yet
Where the candidate list comes from
- NBC News: Maryland District 8 primary results read September 30, 2026
- Maryland State Board of Elections: 2026 general election candidate list read September 30, 2026
- Maryland State Board of Elections: 2026 general candidates, Representative in Congress by district read September 30, 2026
Names and party labels were checked against these pages on September 30, 2026. The list holds the major-party nominees and any independent who is a principal candidate. Smaller-party and write-in candidates are left out; the state’s election office has the full ballot.
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