George McDermott

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George McDermott

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George McDermott (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

George McDermott earned a trade school diploma. His professional experience includes working as a victim rights advocate.

Elections

2024

See also: Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Incumbent Glenn Ivey defeated George McDermott in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn Ivey (D)	88.4	239,596
		George McDermott (R)	11.2	30,454
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	920

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 270,970
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Incumbent Glenn Ivey defeated Gabriel Njinimbot, Emmett Johnson, and Joseph Gomes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn Ivey	84.9	66,659
		Gabriel Njinimbot	5.6	4,366
		Emmett Johnson	4.9	3,835
		Joseph Gomes	4.7	3,673

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,533
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Celeste Iroha (D)
• Elijah Coker (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

George McDermott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		George McDermott	100.0	3,563

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,563
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2022

See also: Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Glenn Ivey defeated Jeff Warner in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn Ivey (D)	90.1	144,168
		Jeff Warner (R)	9.7	15,441
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	400

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 160,009
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn Ivey	51.8	42,791
		Donna Edwards	35.2	29,114
		Angela Angel	5.7	4,678
		Tammy Allison	2.1	1,726
		Kim Shelton	1.6	1,354
		Greg Holmes	1.2	1,024
		James Curtis	0.9	763
		Matthew Fogg	0.8	663
	Submit photo	Robert McGhee	0.7	549

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 82,662
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jazz Lewis (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Jeff Warner defeated George McDermott and Eric Loeb in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Warner	58.7	2,414
		George McDermott	26.5	1,091
	Submit photo	Eric Loeb	14.8	607

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,112
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2020

See also: Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Incumbent Anthony G. Brown defeated George McDermott in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony G. Brown (D)	79.6	282,119
		George McDermott (R)	20.2	71,671
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	739

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 354,529
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Incumbent Anthony G. Brown defeated Shelia Bryant and Kim Shelton in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony G. Brown	77.6	110,232
		Shelia Bryant	18.8	26,735
		Kim Shelton	3.6	5,044

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,011
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

George McDermott defeated Nnabu Eze and Eric Loeb in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		George McDermott	56.4	11,131
		Nnabu Eze	22.9	4,512
	Submit photo	Eric Loeb	20.8	4,098

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,741
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2018

See also: Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Incumbent Anthony G. Brown defeated George McDermott and David Bishop in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony G. Brown (D)	78.1	209,642
		George McDermott (R)	19.9	53,327
		David Bishop (L)	2.0	5,326
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	288

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 268,583 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Incumbent Anthony G. Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony G. Brown	100.0	80,699

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Thereasa Black (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

George McDermott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		George McDermott	100.0	12,485

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 12,485
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Therrien (R)

2016

See also: Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 4th Congressional District, incumbent Donna Edwards (D) chose not to run for re-election in 2016, instead choosing to pursue election to the U.S. Senate. Anthony Brown (D) defeated George McDermott (R), Benjamin Lee Krause (L), Kamesha Clark (G), and Adrian Petrus (D, write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Brown defeated Warren Christopher, Matthew Fogg, Glenn Ivey, Joseline Pena-Melnyk, and Terence Strait in the Democratic primary, while McDermott defeated Robert Broadus, Rob Buck, and David Therrien to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.

U.S. House, Maryland District 4 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Anthony Brown	74.1%	237,501
	Republican	George McDermott	21.4%	68,670
	Green	Kamesha Clark	2.6%	8,204
	Libertarian	Benjamin Lee Krause	1.8%	5,744
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	531
Total Votes				320,650
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Anthony Brown	41.6%	47,678
Glenn Ivey	34%	38,966
Joseline Pena-Melnyk	19%	21,724
Warren Christopher	3.5%	3,973
Matthew Fogg	1.3%	1,437
Terence Strait	0.7%	845
Total Votes		114,623
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 4 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
George McDermott	45.8%	10,882
David Therrien	26.2%	6,219
Robert Broadus	16.7%	3,977
Rob Buck	11.4%	2,703
Total Votes		23,781
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Maryland's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014

McDermott ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 4th District. He was defeated by Nancy Hoyt in the Republican primary on June 24, 2014.

2012

See also: Maryland's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012

McDermott ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 4th District. McDermott sought the nomination on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated by incumbent Donna Edwards in the Democratic primary on April 3, 2012.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run was January 11, 2012.

U.S. House, Maryland, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Donna Edwards Incumbent	91.8%	42,815
Ian Garner	3.1%	1,464
George McDermott	5.1%	2,359
Total Votes		46,638

Campaign themes

2024

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George McDermott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Interview with The Baltimore Sun

McDermott highlighted the following themes in an interview with The Baltimore Sun on March 12, 2024. The questions from The Baltimore Sun are bolded and McDermott's responses follow below.

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Why are you running for office? As I have the past 26 years and counting. I’m trying to educate my fellow citizens as to the effects of and needs of the legal consequences of the alleged Title 22 USC (Foreign Relations and Intercourse) Chapter 11 identifies all public officials as foreign agents. Title 28 USC 3002 Section 15A states that the United States is a Federal Corporation and not a Government, including the Judiciary Procedural Section. Title 8 USC 1481 states once an oath of office is taken citizenship is relinquished, thus you become a foreign entity, agency, or state. That means every public office is a foreign state, including all political subdivisions. (i.e. every single court and that courts personnel is considered a separate foreign entity) we cannot allow foreign agents to steal our real property and businesses which they have no legal jurisdiction and authority to do. Do you believe, as President Joe Biden has said, that “democracy is on the ballot” and, if so, in what way? Absolutely and emphatically democracy and our republican form of government of our forefathers is on the ballot in 2024. Operatives are using and abusing our judicial branch of government to protect insurrectionist, public service, and their agents who violate their oath of office and judicial bonds to their employers the people for the sake of their loyalty to private corporate parties/corporations promoting injustice for most through litigation abuse of our judicial system. Seeking a history in secret justice.com where there are over1600 videos of these victims are deprived of our due process rights at law, trials by jury, and trials by impartial alleged judicial officers and using unsigned orders and falsified court documents. candidate’s record speaks for itself as a champion of equal justice under the law. Will you accept the presidential election result once the totals have been certified by the states and any legal challenges adjudicated? this candidate completely accepts. the results of the 2020 elections, this candidate believes that anyone in any party Who falsely professes otherwise has engaged in promoting false statements and supporting the insurrectionist acts January 6, 2021 Do you support additional assistance for Ukraine’s military forces two years into Russia’s invasion? Yes again I do support immediate funding to Ukraine’s war against NATO and the alliance in which the United States is part our Congress and Senate both realize that if Ukraine falls Russia will continue to expand into numerous other NATO nations. Their theory is if the administration changes this year they have been promised that the US will no longer support NATO in the future in this candidate’s opinion. Should the United States be speaking out more clearly, as Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has suggested, about civilian casualties in Gaza? This candidate believes the interactions of tDo you support additional assistance for Ukraine’s military forces two years into Russia’s invasion? Yes again I do support immediate funding to Ukraine’s war against NATO and the alliance in which the United States is part our Congress and Senate both realize that if Ukraine falls Russia will continue to expand into numerous other NATO nations. Their theory is if the administration changes this year they have been promised that the US will no longer support NATO in the future in this candidate’s opinion. he United States to speak more clearly and opposes the genocide taking place in the Gaza Strip. This will only lead to negative consequences both for the rest and italicize Hamas and its leadership. could care less about civilian casualties. However, since Israel has been part of the UN since 1949 why have they not stepped in with military intervention to protect innocent victims of this war. Should Congress act to protect abortion rights following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision? Yes, this candidate believes that Congress should protect the legal and civil rights of all citizens in human beings in this nation the right to choice, the rights of life are founded in our Constitution, and the rule of law. The fact that we have allowed 9 partisan judges to determine the legal rights of the citizens of the United States with its 300,000,000 inhabitants is appalling, to say the least. The Supreme Court of the United States and all inferior courts in the state and federal agencies now believe themselves to be God’s with the power over all citizens and inhabitants of this nation. and its organic Constitution/declaration of rights. As a candidate victim’s rights advocate, father, and believer in a woman’s right to choose. Unfortunately, our Supreme Court does not protect the rights and liberties of 99 percent of our citizens when they filed papers in the court they were dismissed without review because the court refuses to expand its base.

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2022

George McDermott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

George McDermott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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George McDermott campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2018	U.S. House Maryland District 4	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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