Candidate profile: Michelle Talkington in Maryland’s 5th District

Race and election date

Michelle Talkington is running as a Republican for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District. The contested general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.

The field includes 23 candidates: 20 Democrats, one Republican, one independent candidate and one candidate listed with an “Other” affiliation. Democrat Steny Hoyer is identified as the incumbent. Talkington is the only Republican listed in the contest.

Biographies, campaign finance figures and documented policy positions are not on file for any of the candidates. As a result, the official candidate entries establish their names, party affiliations and, in Hoyer’s case, incumbent status, but do not establish their professional backgrounds or positions on policy questions.

Candidates in the MD-5 contest

Each candidate’s current entry is summarized below using the same categories.

• Mark Arness — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Reuben Burton II Collins — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Rushern L Iii Baker — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Harry Jarin — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Michelle Talkington — Republican. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Quincy Bareebe — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Brian Stephen Jordan — Independent. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Nicole Williams — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Wala Blegay — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Walter Kirkland — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Adrian Boafo — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Jerry Lightfoot — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Harry Dunn — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Leigha Michele Messick — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Arthur Carr Ellis — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Kenneth Simons — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Mildred Marie Hall — Other. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Alexis Solis — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Tracy Starr — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Terry Antonio Mr. II Jackson — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• David Sundberg — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Heather Marie Luper — Democrat. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.
• Steny Hoyer — Democrat, incumbent. Biography, fundraising, spending, cash on hand and policy positions: not on file.

Background, policy and campaign finance

No professional, educational, military or public-service biography is on file for Talkington or any other candidate in the race. Specific background claims therefore cannot be assigned to any candidate from the official entries.

No documented policy positions are on file for Talkington or the other 22 candidates. A party label identifies a candidate’s affiliation, but it does not by itself establish where that candidate stands on any particular issue.

Campaign fundraising totals, spending totals and cash-on-hand figures also are not on file for any candidate. Those categories may help voters compare the financial activity of campaigns once figures are recorded, but there are currently no amounts to compare in this contest.