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U.S. House, District 8: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Cheryl Riley

Cheryl Riley

Running for U.S. House · Maryland District 8

NationalRepublican

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Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin

U.S. House · Maryland District 8

NationalDemocrat

Cheryl RileyCandidateJamie RaskinCurrent rep

Job fit

Cheryl Riley

Other work

  • Public Relations professional (Founder of CRPR) 1

Education

  • I attended Montgomery College and the University of Maryland College Park. 1

Jamie Raskin

Education

  • a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School 2

Top issues

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

Cheryl Riley

  • Health care costs
    Riley said she would 'enforce healthcare price transparency for true market competition' as her approach to lowering healthcare costs, rather than expanding government coverage. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Riley said she would support 'cutting wasteful spending, slashing taxes and housing rules to lower property taxes so homes are affordable' and achieve energy independence to lower costs. 3
  • Guns
    On her campaign site Riley pledges: 'As your unbreakable Congresswoman, I'll defend the Constitution, our Second Amendment, veterans, and law enforcement.' 4
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Jamie Raskin

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Cheryl Riley

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Jamie Raskin

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 5
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 5
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 5

Who pays them

Cheryl Riley

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donors
small donors$4Klarge donors$12K$17K raised
$4,4836Small individual donors
$12,1066Large individual donors

Jamie Raskin

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donorscompanieslabor unionsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$3.1Mlarge donors$3.5Mcompanies$113Klabor unions$81Kmembershiporganizations$59KOther kinds ofdonors$117K$7.3M raised
$3,050,0187Small individual donors
$3,475,7837Large individual donors

Checks

Cheryl Riley

No voting record to check yet

Jamie Raskin

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1 since 2024. 8

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

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Sources

  1. Spotlight on Cheryl Riley (fetched web text, 2026-10-20) · checked 2026-10-20 used in: Experience
  2. About | Congressman Jamie Raskin (visible-text extract of retained capture) · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
  3. marylandmatters.org used in: Top issues
  4. cheryl4maryland.com used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  8. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2024-07-02 used in: Checks
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Jamie Raskin
Candidate A

Jamie Raskin

DemocratShown above

$7.3M raised, 48% from large donors, 5% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $394,586.41 (5% of $7,306,738.31 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $370,423.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1 since 2024.

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government spending and worker protections.

Sources

1 Background: About | Congressman Jamie Raskin (visible-text extract of retained capture) · checked 2026-10-15

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2024-07-02

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Cheryl Riley
Candidate B

Cheryl Riley

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $17K raised, 73% from large donors, organized-interest share unavailable.

Says they are for: protecting the right to own and carry guns, tougher sentences and more police, leaving health care to the market.

Sources

1 Background: Spotlight on Cheryl Riley (fetched web text, 2026-10-20) · checked 2026-10-20

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 protecting the right to own and carry guns: Candidate statement

4 tougher sentences and more police: Candidate statement

5 leaving health care to the market: Candidate statement

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Nancy Wallace
Candidate C

Nancy Wallace

Green

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: An experienced, successful leader for real progress and system-level change (visible-text extract of retained capture) · checked 2026-10-15

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