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U.S. House · MD-08 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Jamie Raskin

Democratic candidate for Maryland's 8th Congressional District

Constitutional-law professor and Maryland congressman focused on free expression, healthcare research, reproductive freedom and gun safety.

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DistrictMD-08
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Jamie stands.

Official position

Protect books and educational freedom from censorship

  • Opposes book bans and censorship in schools, libraries and museums
  • Supports freedom to read, write and learn

Official position

Restore tax relief for financial scam survivors

  • Supports restoring casualty and theft-loss deductions, including retroactive relief for people who lost money to scams

Official position

Restore federal funding for healthcare research

  • Supports reversing canceled AHRQ grants for pediatric, rural, postpartum and other healthcare research

Official position

Protect interstate travel for reproductive healthcare

  • Supports legislation protecting patients traveling across state lines for abortion care and people helping them obtain treatment

Official position

Require licenses before purchasing handguns

  • Supports federal incentives for state and local laws requiring a license before an individual can buy a handgun

Official position

Restrict civilian sales of military-grade weapons

  • Supports barring defense contractors and military-owned manufacturers from selling military-grade assault weapons and ammunition to civilians

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. Since 2017

    Experience

    U.S. representative

    Represents Maryland’s Eighth Congressional District.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped enact Maryland marriage equality

    Built legislative coalitions that helped pass marriage equality in Maryland.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped abolish Maryland’s death penalty

    Worked with legislative colleagues to pass abolition of the state’s death penalty.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped establish benefit corporation law

    Helped pass the first state benefit corporation law in the United States.

  • Experience

    Maryland state senator

    Served three terms in the Maryland Senate.

  • Experience

    American University constitutional-law professor

    Taught constitutional law and the First Amendment for a quarter-century.

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