Tom Royals
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Tom Royals (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 14, 2024.
Biography
Tom Royals served in the U.S. Navy. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. His professional experience includes working as a naval flight officer and an IT sales executive.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)
Maryland's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Maryland District 6
April McClain-Delaney defeated Neil Parrott in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | April McClain-Delaney (D) | 53.0 | 199,788 |
 | Neil Parrott (R) | 46.7 | 175,974 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 862 | ||
| Total votes: 376,624 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jason Johnson (Independent)
- Moshe Landman (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | April McClain-Delaney | 40.4 | 22,985 |
 | Joe Vogel | 26.2 | 14,940 | |
 | Ashwani Jain | 8.3 | 4,750 | |
 | Tekesha Martinez | 7.0 | 3,992 | |
 | Lesley Lopez | 4.6 | 2,600 | |
 | Laurie-Anne Sayles | 3.2 | 1,845 | |
 | Destiny West | 1.9 | 1,086 | |
 | Mohammad Mozumder | 1.8 | 1,005 | |
 | Joel Rubin | 1.4 | 820 | |
 | Peter Choharis | 1.4 | 818 | |
 | Geoffrey Grammer | 1.1 | 651 | |
 | George Gluck | 0.8 | 437 | |
 | Kiambo White | 0.7 | 401 | |
 | Stephen McDow | 0.4 | 246 | |
 | Altimont Wilks | 0.3 | 179 | |
 | Adrian Petrus | 0.3 | 166 | |
| Total votes: 56,921 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mia Mason (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 6 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neil Parrott | 45.9 | 22,604 |
 | Dan Cox | 30.1 | 14,797 | |
 | Mariela Roca | 12.3 | 6,071 | |
 | Tom Royals | 4.2 | 2,060 | |
 | Chris Hyser | 3.3 | 1,625 | |
 | Brenda Thiam | 3.3 | 1,607 | |
 | Todd Puglisi | 0.9 | 446 | |
| Total votes: 49,210 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Heath Barnes (R)
Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Royals in this election.
Pledges
Royals signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tom Royals did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Royals' campaign website stated the following:
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Rights of Parents That’s because schools are for educating – not indoctrinating. Unfortunately, some far-left politicians and a select group of extreme school administrators have different priorities. Instead of preparing students for the future, some are focused on imposing woke ideology onto impressionable kids. Here in Maryland, books with sexually explicit material and extreme gender ideology have been pushed on young students while other literature was rejected because it emphasized “American values”. Right in our own backyard, out-of-touch school administrators are preventing parents from being informed about developments and health care decisions critical to the mental wellbeing and character formation of their own children. I stand with every single parent who believes Maryland should offer a world class education that instills pride in America and prepares young people to compete and achieve success in the 21st century economy — and I believe parents have a fundamental right to know what is happening with their children and what they are being taught at school. As a father and a veteran, I will never stop fighting for children to be educated, not indoctrinated in the classroom — and to uphold the rights of parents.
The United States Military is the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen. Its mission is to fight and win our nation’s wars, to deter threats, to assure our allies and to protect our country and the freedoms we hold dear. Period. There is ZERO room for political games in the military. That’s why I’ll go head-to-head with any liberal bureaucrat or politician trying to inject their woke ideology onto our warfighters. Maintaining the world’s best fighting force is also essential to deter America’s adversaries and avoid armed conflict. I will never support putting American servicemen and women in danger unless the threat to our homeland requires military action. Our service members make extraordinary sacrifices to keep us safe and the transition to civilian life is not an easy one. As your representative, I’ll make sure Maryland’s veterans have access to all the benefits they were promised and refuse to let government red tape get in the way. In America, we lose 17 veterans every single day to suicide. This crisis hits close to home for me. In Congress, I’ll work tirelessly to get our veterans the mental health resources required to end this crisis.
No one in Maryland should ever feel unsafe walking down their street or dropping their child off at school. As a father with young children, I have zero tolerance for unchecked crime that puts the safety of families at risk. In Congress, I will be an unapologetic supporter of police and support policies that keep dangerous criminals behind bars. I believe we need to increase funding for local police departments so they can address staffing shortages and provide more training opportunities to keep communities safe, including placing school resource officers in our schools. I will rally all the resources possible at the local, state, and federal level to regain progress in the fight to end the scourge of opioid addiction in our communities.
We must secure the border. Here is my plan:
Economy & Spending Not only has their reckless spending given us the worst inflation in four decades, but it’s creating a mountain of debt for our children and grandchildren to pay off. It’s time to restore common sense and fiscal discipline in Washington to stop the reckless spending, get the debt under control and deliver relief for Maryland families struggling under the weight of inflation and a sluggish economy. If American families have to live within their means, so can the politicians in Congress. I’ll cut spending and lower middle-class taxes because you work hard for your money, and you deserve to keep more of it. One of the expenses hitting American’ wallets the hardest is high gas prices. I’ll make sure we unleash American energy to bring down prices at the pump. Bureaucrats who have never spent a day in the real world have too much power over your life and Maryland businesses. In Congress, I’ll fight to ensure rules of the road maximize the competitiveness of Maryland businesses and support their success. Nobody can compete with American workers and American businesses on a level playing field. That’s why I’ll fight for fair trade deals, stand up to China when they rip us off, and lower the cost of doing business in the United States to bring our factories back home. I’ll also work to enact policies that support the district’s manufacturing and agricultural sectors while encouraging more investments into our life sciences, tech, and logistics industries. In order for our district to be an economic engine, it is vital we increase funding to upgrade critical infrastructure.
So long as left-wing politicians in Maryland are not held in check, they will continue to push the boundaries of extremism on this issue in our state, including enabling late-term abortions. They must be stopped by leaders with the courage to seek consensus, civility, and compassion in the protection of vulnerable lives. Second Amendment: I am an ardent supporter of Americans’ right to keep and bear arms. Service in the military imbued me with a deep respect for firearms. I was trained on small arms in the NAVY and issued a sidearm when flying combat missions overseas. I will oppose any attempt by liberal politicians to infringe on the Second Amendment. First Amendment: The right to free speech and free exercise of religion are bedrock principles of the United States that I was willing to risk everything for while in the NAVY. In Congress, I will be a free speech champion as I fight against any effort by either the government or Big Tech to censor Americans and I will ardently defend Americans’ right to exercise their religion, including opposing any misuse of government resources to target communities of faith.[2] |
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| —Tom Royals' campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Tom Royals for Congress, "Meet Tom," accessed April 19, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Tom Royals' campaign website, “Issues,” accessed April 19, 2024
