Cheryl Riley, a Republican public relations consultant and the party's 2024 nominee for Maryland's 8th congressional district, is again its nominee in 2026, facing Democratic incumbent Jamie Raskin on November 3.
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Cheryl Riley, a public relations consultant who was the Republican nominee for Maryland's 8th congressional district in 2024, is the party's nominee for the seat again in 2026.
The district is based in Montgomery County and includes inner Washington, D.C. suburbs such as Rockville, Silver Spring, and Bethesda.
Riley won the Republican primary with 43.3% of the vote, ahead of Anita Cox at 26.3%, Food and Drug Administration official Donald Lech at 17.0%, and engineer Michael Yadeta at 13.5%.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Democratic incumbent Jamie Raskin, who was re-elected with 76.8% of the vote in 2024 and won his 2026 primary with 92.7%.