Affairs in the Maryland Public Defender's Office Oz Bengur – ran in the Democratic primary in the 3rd Congressional district in 2006 Art Buist David Kosak – community activist Stephen W. Lafferty – incumbent Republican Susan Aumann – incumbent John C. Fiastro, Jr. William J. Frank – incumbent Jack Gordon – orthopedic surgeon Nicholas Charles Peppersack Howard County District 9A This district covers northern Howard County, including Ellicott City. Democratic Maryann Maher Jonathan Weinstein Republican Gail H. Bates – incumbent Warren E. Miller – incumbent District 12B This district covers part of western Howard County, including Columbia and Elkridge. Democratic John Bailey Elizabeth Bobo – incumbent District 13 This district covers the southern portion of Howard County, including Columbia, Clarksville, Fulton, Jessup, Savage-Guilford and North Laurel. Democratic Guy Guzzone – incumbent Shane E. Pendergrass – incumbent Frank S. Turner – incumbent Republican Loretta Gaffney Ed Priola Jeff Robinson J'Neanne Theus Montgomery County District 14 This district covers northeast Montgomery County including Burtonsville, Colesville, greater Olney, Laytonsville, Brookeville, Fairland and Damascus. Democratic Vanessa Ali – minister Neeta Datt Jodi Finkelstein Anne R. Kaiser – incumbent Eric Luedtke Robert Bo Newsome Gerald Roper – former Commissioner of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Craig Zucker – former Deputy Chief of Staff to Comptroller Peter Franchot Republican Patricia A. Fenati Henry Kahwaty Maria Peña-Faustino Declined Democratic Karen S. Montgomery – incumbent, challenging Sen. Rona E. Kramer (D). Herman L. Taylor, Jr. – incumbent, challenging U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D). District 15 This western Montgomery County district includes Potomac, Poolesville, Barnesville, and portions of greater Germantown and Gaithersburg Democratic Kathleen M. Dumais – incumbent Brian J. Feldman – incumbent David Fraser-Hidalgo Aruna Miller Lara Wibeto Republican Sylvia J. Darrow Scott Graham – nominated by the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee Matthew Mockerman Libertarian Arvin Vohra Declined Democratic Craig L. Rice – incumbent, running for the Montgomery Council Council District 2 seat being vacated by Councilman Mike Knapp District 16 This southern Montgomery County district includes Bethesda, North Bethesda, Glen Echo, and Somerset. Democratic John Adams Charlie Chester Peter Dennis Bill Farley – Somerset Town Council Member, civil rights attorney Bill Frick – incumbent Scott Goldberg – Founder, Principal, and Broker of Streamline Management LLC, and President of Montgomery County Young Democrats[www.GoldbergForDelegate.com] Craig G. Herskowitz Hrant Jamgochian – Director of Health Policy, United Way Worldwide Ariana Kelly – Environmental Health Campaign Director, MomsRising.org; Former executive director