HOUSE
Maryland MD-05 House2026
RACE AT A GLANCE
RACE TYPE
OPEN
Steny Hoyer (D)
Retiring
COOK PARTISAN VOTING INDEX
Last updated : Nov 17, 2025D +50
R +50
D +17
Race summary
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House’s longest-serving Democrat, announced Jan. 8 that he would not run for reelection.Key Dates
Filing Deadline: Feb 24, 2026
Primary Election: Jun 23, 2026
INCUMBENT
Sign in to view
First Elected: Sign in to view
Last General Election: Sign in to view
Last Primary Election: Sign in to view
✕
INCUMBENT
Full Bio:
HOYER, Steny Hamilton, a Representative from Maryland; born in New York City, N.Y., June
14, 1939; graduated from Suitland High School, Suitland, Md., 1957; B.S.,
University of Maryland, College Park, 1963; J.D., Georgetown University Law
Center, Washington, D.C., 1966; lawyer, private practice; member of the
Maryland state senate, 1966-1979, and president, 1975-1979; member of the
Maryland state board for higher education, 1978-1981; delegate to Democratic
National Conventions, 1968, 1974, 1976, and 1984; elected as a Democrat to the
Ninety-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy created by H.
Res. 80, which declared United States Representative Gladys Noon Spellmans
seat vacant due to an incapacitating illness, and reelected to the eighteen
succeeding Congresses (May 19, 1981-present); chairman, House Democratic Caucus
(One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses); minority whip (One
Hundred Eighth, One Hundred Ninth, and One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred
Fifteenth Congresses); majority leader (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred
Eleventh Congresses).
Source: Bioguide
CANDIDATES
Democrats
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Republicans
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
Sign in to view
DISTRICT DATA
Maryland - 05
South: Waldorf, Bowie, La Plata
Population Breakdown
Source: 2020 Census (VAP) for 2026
Past Presidential Results from this District
2024 Election Results
Source: Dave Leip
2020 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
RACE ANALYSIS
Race Analysis
Updated: Jun 4, 2025
Related Articles
RELATED CHARTS
Subscribe Today
Our subscribers have first access to individual race pages for each House, Senate and Governors race, which will include race ratings (each race is rated on a seven-point scale) and a narrative analysis pertaining to that race.