Two candidates are running for the District 2 Prince George’s County Council seat left open by one-term Councilmember Wanika Fisher, including a former member of the Maryland General Assembly and a legislative affairs professional.

Primary Election Day is June 23.

District 2 covers Hyattsville, Lewisdale, Adelphi, Langley Park, North Brentwood, Brentwood, Mount Rainier, Chillum, Buck Lodge, Avondale and Cool Spring.

Fisher, a Democrat who has served as a councilmember from Hyattsville since 2022, is not seeking re-election because she is running for Prince George’s County state’s attorney.  Previously, she was a state delegate representing District 47B from 2018 to 2023, when she left the state job for the county council.

Candidate Victor Ramirez, a Democrat from Hyattsville, was a District 47 state delegate from 2003 to 2011—one of the first two Latinos elected to the House of Delegates. He served as a state senator from 2011 to 2019. In 2018, he ran for Prince George’s County state’s attorney—the same seat Fisher is seeking in 2026, but lost in that primary with 27% of the vote. The winner of the primary was Aisha Braveboy, who went on to become state’s attorney and later county executive.

In 2022, Ramirez unsuccessfully ran for the same District 2 county council seat he is seeking in 2026. He lost in that primary election to Fisher, whose time on the county council will end in December 2026.

Ramirez, the soccer coach at Northwestern High School in Adelphi, runs the Law Office of Victor R. Ramirez, known in the community as El Abogado del Pueblo, or “the people’s lawyer,” with locations in College Park and Columbia.

Ramirez’s opponent in the primary is Hyattsville resident Daniel Armando Jones, a first-time candidate. Jones, a Democrat, works as the legislative affairs manager for America’s Essential Hospitals, a national advocacy group for hospitals in underserved communities.

Jones has focused his career on legislative work. He was a legislative fellow in the office of U.S. Rep. Darren Soto of Florida through the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, where he at one time served as a STEM public policy specialist. He also is a former legislative assistant in the office of Rep. Charlie Crist of Florida.

In other county council elections, eight candidates are running for two at-large council seats.

Incumbent Jolene Ivey, a long-time county councilmember and former council chair, is running for re-election to her seat, which she won in a special election in November 2024 to fill a vacancy left by Mel Franklin, who pleaded guilty to a felony theft scheme involving campaign funds.

The other incumbent is Wala Blegay, who was appointed in December 2025 to replace Calvin Hawkins, who resigned to take a job in the county administration. She is not running for election to the council because she is a candidate for the 5th Congressional District seat being vacated by long-term Rep. Steny Hoyer, who is retiring.

Among the at-large candidates:

Sean A. Floyd of Suitland founded Nomadic Solutions, a political and project management consulting firm. He is a former chief of staff for the senior adviser to Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, overseeing agency operations.

Laura Gilchrest’s campaign website does not offer any biographical information; her LinkedIn profile describes her as a “researcher, writer, methodologist and critical medical anthropologist” who has been a contract lecturer at The George Washington University and the University of Maryland.

Sydney Harrison lives in Cheltenham and has represented District 9, in southern Prince George’s County, as a councilmember since 2018. Because term limits prohibit members from serving more than two consecutive terms in their districts, Harrison is running for an at-large seat in the upcoming election. Before taking office, he served as clerk of the county’s Circuit Court for four years.

Jeana Jacobs, who lives in Upper Marlboro, is a former chair of the county Board of Education (BOE) and has more than 30 years of experience in education, law and public safety. During her time on the BOE, Jacobs was a lieutenant colonel working for the county Department of Corrections.

Jennifer Rios of Upper Marlboro, a veteran, is president and founder of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Prince George’s County. She is the CEO of three companies, including two for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses.

Keith Washington of Accokeek is a former police officer and deputy director of homeland security, both for the county. He was convicted in 2008 of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of first-degree assault and two counts of use of a handgun after shooting two furniture deliverymen at his home, one of whom died. Washington served 13 years of a 45-year sentence before a group of Georgetown University students helped him secure an early release. Washington ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2022 against Hoyer.

Noah Emmanuel Waters of Brandywine, a former mayor of Eagle Harbor, has said he would like to focus on bringing tourism to the county. Waters, who has a Ph.D. in business administration, is a public finance candidate who has said he will not accept money from special interests or political action committees.

Across the county’s nine council districts, 31 candidates have registered to run in addition to the eight at-large contenders. All are Democrats, except for two Republicans in District 6 and one in District 9.

Voters may select one candidate from those running in the district where they live, and two at-large candidates.