Wicomico County Board of Education, District 5
Wicomico County · 2026-11-03
One candidate has filed for the District 5 seat.
Board districts follow the county's councilmanic districts, which were redrawn for 2026 — so check which district you are in before you vote.
What this office does
The Board of Education governs Wicomico County Public Schools. It hires and evaluates the superintendent, sets system-wide policy, and adopts the school budget request that goes to the County Executive and County Council — who fund it, but do not run the schools. Members serve four-year terms.
Board seats are non-partisan: candidates appear on the ballot without a party label, and everyone in a councilmanic district votes for that district's seat regardless of their own party registration. There is no primary unless more than two people file, which is why these races do not appear in the June primary results.
Candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Each summary is written only from the official record and the candidate's own campaign material — never from what anyone else says about them. Other coverage is listed under each candidate and labelled by what kind of source it is.
Stewart Soper
Non-partisan
Neither of this cycle's candidate questionnaires covers this race: the Baltimore Sun and Capital Gazette's voter guide does not include Board of Education contests, and the League of Women Voters' primary guide omitted board races that had too few candidates to appear on the primary ballot. No statement of their priorities in their own words has been located.
Sources for this race
Official record
2026 Gubernatorial General Election — Wicomico County candidates
Wicomico County Board of Elections
Wicomico County Public Schools — Board of Education