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U.S. House, District 5: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Adrian Boafo

Adrian Boafo

Running for U.S. House · Maryland District 5

NationalDemocrat

Candidate
Chris Chaffee

Chris Chaffee

Running for U.S. House · Maryland District 5

NationalRepublican

Adrian BoafoCandidateChris ChaffeeChallenger

Job fit

Adrian Boafo

Offices held

  • where he served as Mayor Pro Tem 1

Education

  • Adrian attended DeMatha High School and went on to the University of Baltimore 1

Chris Chaffee

Other work

  • I worked for decades as a Builder and Home Improvement contractor and a farmer. 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Adrian Boafo

  • Health care costs
    Boafo's platform calls for establishing universal health coverage so every Marylander can see a doctor when needed, not just when they can afford it. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    As a state delegate, Boafo introduced legislation to raise Maryland's minimum wage and passed a landmark bill strengthening wage theft protections for workers. 1
  • Guns
    Boafo co-sponsored Maryland HB387, imposing an excise tax on firearm dealer sales in the state to fund the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and community safety programs. 4
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Chris Chaffee

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

We haven't found votes on top issues for either candidate yet.

Who pays them

Adrian Boafo

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorslabor unionspolitical allies (same party)other politiciansOther kinds of donors
small donors$21Klarge donors$1.5Mlabor unions$35Kpolitical allies(same party)$20Kotherpoliticians$18KOther kinds ofdonors$34K$1.8M raised
$21,4865Small individual donors
$1,538,6355Large individual donors

Chris Chaffee

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Checks

Adrian Boafo

No voting record to check yet

Chris Chaffee

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Meet Adrian - Adrian Boafo for Congress (visible-text extract of retained capture) · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience, Top issues
  2. Chris Chaffee for U.S Congress Maryland 5 District (visible-text extract of retained capture) · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
  3. ballotready.org used in: Top issues
  4. mgaleg.maryland.gov used in: Top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money