Yasaun Young

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Yasaun Young

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May 14, 2024

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Yasaun Young (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Baltimore in Maryland. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 14, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland (2024)

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Incumbent Brandon Scott defeated Shannon Wright in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott (D)	82.2	130,805
		Shannon Wright (R)	17.8	28,408

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 159,213
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chukwuemeka Egwu (Unaffiliated)
• Timothy Sewell (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott	52.8	48,806
		Sheila Dixon	38.9	35,947
		Thiru Vignarajah (Unofficially withdrew)	3.7	3,379
		Bob Wallace	3.1	2,823
		Wendy Bozel	0.4	338
		Kevin P. Harris	0.3	248
		Yolanda Pulley	0.3	238
		Wayne Baker	0.2	210
		Joseph Scott	0.1	115
		Keith Scott	0.1	108
		Wendell Hill-Freeman	0.1	98
		Yasaun Young	0.1	92
		Texas Brown	0.1	60

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 92,462
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

Shannon Wright defeated Michael Moore and Donald Scoggins in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shannon Wright	40.1	1,468
		Michael Moore	35.6	1,304
		Donald Scoggins	24.2	887

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,659
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2020

See also: Mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland (2020)

General election

General election for Mayor of Baltimore

Brandon Scott defeated Bob Wallace, Shannon Wright, and David Harding in the general election for Mayor of Baltimore on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott (D)	70.5	164,661
		Bob Wallace (Independent)	20.2	47,275
		Shannon Wright (R)	7.1	16,664
		David Harding (Working Class Party)	1.7	3,973
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,006

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 233,579
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kahan Singh Dhillon Jr. (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandon Scott	29.6	43,927
		Sheila Dixon	27.5	40,782
		Mary Miller	15.6	23,193
		Thiru Vignarajah	11.5	17,080
		Jack Young	6.2	9,256
		T.J. Smith	5.8	8,593
		Carlmichael Stokey Cannady	1.7	2,473
		Mary Washington (Unofficially withdrew)	0.7	1,028
		Valerie Cunningham	0.2	339
		Keith Scott	0.2	303
		Yasaun Young	0.1	188
		Ralph Johnson Jr.	0.1	177
		Yolanda Pulley	0.1	152
		Lou Catelli	0.1	151
		Dante Swinton	0.1	143
		Michael Douglas Jenson	0.1	131
		Brian Salsberry	0.1	129
		Rikki Vaughn	0.1	116
		Liri Fusha	0.0	57
		Terry Jay McCready	0.0	46
		Sean Bernard Gresh	0.0	45
		James Jones	0.0	33
		Erik Powery	0.0	32
		Frederick D. Ware-Newsome	0.0	31

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 148,405
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Mayor of Baltimore on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shannon Wright	29.1	1,630
		Catalina Byrd	19.0	1,068
		William Herd	13.5	757
		David Anthony Wiggins	13.0	729
		Ivan Gonzalez	12.0	671
		Zulieka Baysmore	11.4	641
		Collins Otonna	2.0	112

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,608
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2024

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2020

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