Three Democratic incumbents — Marvin Holmes, Adrian Boafo and Kym Taylor — are running in Maryland’s State House District 23 general election on Nov. 3, 2026. The race is designated as contested, but the candidate field does not include a difference in party affiliation or incumbent status.
All three candidates are Democrats, and all three already hold office. No nonincumbent or candidate from another party is listed in the contest. That makes District 23 different from a race built around a party matchup or a challenge to a sitting officeholder.
Who is running
The race has three listed candidates. Each enters the election with the same two basic descriptors: Democratic candidate and incumbent.
Marvin Holmes
Marvin Holmes is running as a Democrat and an incumbent in District 23. Holmes has no biography or documented policy position on file for the race. Fundraising, spending and cash-on-hand figures are also not on file.
That leaves Holmes’s established profile in this contest limited to name, party and incumbent status. No issue position or campaign finance total separates Holmes from the other two candidates at this stage.
Adrian Boafo
Adrian Boafo is running as a Democrat and an incumbent in District 23. Boafo has no biography or documented policy position on file for the race. Fundraising, spending and cash-on-hand figures are also not on file.
That leaves Boafo’s established profile in this contest limited to name, party and incumbent status. No issue position or campaign finance total separates Boafo from the other two candidates at this stage.
Kym Taylor
Kym Taylor is running as a Democrat and an incumbent in District 23. Taylor has no biography or documented policy position on file for the race. Fundraising, spending and cash-on-hand figures are also not on file.
That leaves Taylor’s established profile in this contest limited to name, party and incumbent status. No issue position or campaign finance total separates Taylor from the other two candidates at this stage.
What is contested
District 23 is identified as a contested race rather than an unopposed election. Its listed field consists entirely of Democratic incumbents, so the contest is not defined by a Democratic-Republican choice or by an incumbent facing a newcomer.
The candidate list also does not establish policy differences among Holmes, Boafo and Taylor. None of the three has a documented stance in the race, so there is no recorded basis for comparing them on legislation, spending, education, transportation or any other issue.
Campaign money does not yet offer a recorded comparison either. There are no fundraising, spending or cash-on-hand totals on file for any of the three candidates. Each candidate therefore receives the same treatment on party, incumbency, policy information and campaign finance information.
Election date and next steps
The District 23 contest is part of Maryland’s 2026 general election, scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. As the election approaches, the main developments to watch are changes to the candidate field, the publication of candidate policy positions and the filing of campaign finance figures.
Those developments could give voters more ways to compare the three incumbents. For now, the confirmed field is Holmes, Boafo and Taylor, with all three running as Democrats and incumbents in the same contested State House race.
