Municipal Elections in Frederick County

The town links below will take you to the city websites where you can find information about how to register, how to run as a candidate, how and where to vote, etc. We will be breaking this up by city in the future on new webpages under Election Processes.  

(Note: Dates are subject to change. Information is current as of 7/14/2025.)

LWV of Frederick County are hosting forums this week and next for all contested races:

• Tue., Oct. 14, 4 pm., District 5: Sarah Hempel Irani (D) and Rob Callahan (R), C. Burr Artz Library Community Room (110 E. Patrick Street, Frederick) 
• Thurs., Oct. 16, 6 pm., Mayoral: Michael O’Connor (D) and Tom Trott (R), Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ (15. W. Church St., Frederick)
• TBD, District 4: Scott Lasher (D) and Joe Adkins (R). 

The forums will be livestreamed and recorded for future viewing. Links to the recordings will be available at the League’s YouTube website at https://my.lwv.org/maryland/frederick-county. Recordings of forums and “meet the candidate” events that feature candidates running unopposed in the general election, as well as the candidates running against Republicans in the general elections, can be found at the links below: 

• District 1 candidate: Katie Nash. On YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/MUoCS9vwGHk.
• District 2 candidate: Cesar Diaz. On YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/5dOvhEiA3DE.
• District 3 candidates: Peter Brehm, David Schmidt: https://youtu.be/71dkSFpplws.
• District 4 candidates: Fredy Ventura Garcia, S. Scott Lasher. On YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/live/NuGkvy-8ykk?si=krKKoBzuvsZtJevi. 
• At Large candidates: Jennifer Dougherty, Donna Kuzemchak, Kelly Russell, Libby Taylor, Derek Shackelford. Unfortunately, we had significant internet problems for this forum, so the beginning 5 minutes are lost, and the sound and video is pretty scratchy. But this is over 50 minutes of answers from the candidates. You can view the event on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/live/k7C_q36fdzw?si=t0ayDLUdUhg_M13K.
• District 5 candidates: Sarah Hempel Irani, Ryan Trout. On You Tube at https://www.youtube.com/live/nZep4lMsvP8?si=xtslAsc1lqSCximn.
• Mayoral candidates: Ronald A. Beattie, Michael O'Connor. We secured ASL interpreters for the event. You can view the event live at https://www.youtube.com/live/5oJVt3hRu4Q?si=giuWoKqOx-wGwcKg.

Look for Frederick City Election Districts at https://www.cityoffrederickmd.gov/1805/District-Maps. Use the scroll bars at the bottom and right of the window to move around the document. It is unwieldy!

Outcomes of city elections of 2025 that have been completed:

Brunswick – August 2026 results https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/elections/one-incumbent-two-first-timers-win-brunswick-city-council-seats/article_fcf01ce6-4026-548f-8538-f4159d6faa4b.html

Burkittsville – June 2025 results https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/elections/burkittsville-elects-two-newcomers-to-town-council-new-mayor-wins-unopposed/article_7ce4c427-c70e-5188-ac9c-038d8f45db6c.html.

Mount Airy: https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/continuing_coverage/election_coverage/hushour-reelected-mayor-of-mount-airy-domotor-kelly-win-town-council-seats/article_d92a7284-632c-5025-b404-c007b4b93e97.html.

New Market – Primary April 28, 2025, General May 13, 2025. Results https://www.townofnewmarket.org/home/news/2025-election-results.  

Rosemont – Saturday May 3, 2025. Results https://sites.google.com/site/rosemontmd/home.

Woodsboro – May 10, 2025, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm. Results https://www.yahoo.com/news/woodsboro-counts-votes-invalidated-recent-035900313.html.

Frederick City Primary - https://www.cityoffrederickmd.gov/1865/2025-Election-News-and-Results. 1 in 5 Democrats chose the candidates running in the primary elections. Let's do better in the general election.

The Board of Supervisors of Elections convened on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM in Conference Room C at the Municipal Annex, 140 West Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701 to begin canvassing of ballots received by mail or drop box, as well as review of provisional ballots. This process was open to the public, and you can watch the canvassing of the ballots on YouTube, go to https://www.youtube.com/@CityofFrederickMaryland, where, with a lot of searching, you can watch the vote counting as it happened, and Live! Below see the links to each day of vote counting.

Primary Election 2025 Canvassing, Day 1 - Part 1

Primary Election 2025 Canvassing, Day 1 - Part 2

Primary Election 2025 Canvassing - Day 2