Candidate · November 3, 2026
Andy Ellis
On the ballot for Governor · Maryland
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Maryland1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Green1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Andy Ellis was born in Washington, D.C., attended Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick and went to college at Towson University and St. Mary's College of Maryland.4 He has lived in Baltimore City since 2005, when he started and coordinated the Baltimore Urban Debate League's middle school program, and in 2008 he coached Towson University to its first national debate championship.4 He later worked for nearly 15 years in the corporate technology sector and was an appointed member of the 2023–2024 Baltimore City Charter Review Commission.4
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running to give Maryland a real alternative to the two-party system and to open the state's politics to more voices and ideas so it can solve problems such as housing, health care, schools, transit and clean air and water.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitegogreen2026.com1,
2, 3 - X (Twitter)twitter.com/gogreen20266
- Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=1000877651587376
- Instagraminstagram.com/gogreenmd6
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@GoGreen20266
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says he would issue an executive order on his first day stopping state approvals of data center permits and would sponsor legislation banning new data center construction and repealing state tax breaks for data centers.7
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says he would sponsor legislation for ranked-choice voting in statewide, federal and state senate races and let parties and counties opt in to it for primaries and general elections.8
- Use ranked-choice voting in more elections
- Let each state or city decide
- Ban ranked-choice voting
His campaign website says he would sponsor legislation for public financing of all state-level and school board races and a Corporate Reset Act barring corporations from campaign finance activity.8
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
State Government
His campaign website says he would work to put a constitutional amendment before voters allowing citizen initiatives for statewide constitutional amendments, and would allow electronic signatures on ballot petitions.8
- Make it easier to get measures on the ballot, and limit lawmakers' power to change voter-approved laws
- Keep current rules
- Make it harder, such as by requiring more signatures or 60% approval for constitutional amendments
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says he would sponsor legislation giving public sector workers the right to strike.9
Education
His campaign website says he supports full funding of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future school plan, paid for through progressive taxes.10
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Campaign finance database search — Maryland State Board of Elections.11