Candidate briefing
Jamie Raskin has represented Maryland’s 8th Congressional District, centered on Montgomery County, since 2017. A constitutional law professor, he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016 and is the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
He won the June 23 Democratic primary with 92.7% and faces Republican Cheryl Riley and Green candidate Nancy Wallace on November 3.
Justice Democrats, Our Revolution and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee have endorsed him. Why Political Revolution supports him: he is one of the House’s sharpest defenders of democracy and the Constitution.