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Adrian Boafo

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Adrian Boafo

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MD-05 Democratic nominee?

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JUN 24, 2026

Primary Election

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Overview

Current roleState Representative

PartyDemocratic

Political ideologyMainstream Democrat

Age32 years old (May 10, 1994)

GenderMale

LocationMaryland

BackgroundPolitician

EducationUniversity of Baltimore (BA)

Notable personal detailsAdrian Asiedu Boafo is an American politician and Democrat who has served in the Maryland House of Delegates (District 23) since 2023. He previously served on the Bowie City Council and as Bowie’s mayor pro tempore from 2019 to 2023. He has worked in politics as a press staffer and as campaign manager for Rep. Steny Hoyer, and has worked as a federal lobbyist for Oracle.

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Positions

LiberalConservative

Economy & Taxes

Supports stronger economic protections for low-wage and tipped workers (including raising the minimum/tipped wage) and has sponsored related legislation that includes tax credits for small businesses to offset wage increases and changes to how tips are taxed. Advocacy focuses on expanding worker pay and targeted business tax relief rather than broad tax cuts for corporations or the wealthy.

Healthcare

Adrian Boafo supports expanding access to health care and improving health equity, with a focus on student and youth mental health, easing medical debt, and protecting Medicare for seniors. His campaign emphasizes making health care affordable and strengthening mental-health services at colleges and universities. He has sponsored or backed legislation and advocacy related to health equity and reducing medical debt at the state level.

Immigration & Border

Supports limiting federal immigration-enforcement presence and restricting ICE-related activity in Maryland, including legislation to bar certain U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from future state law-enforcement employment. Advocates legislative measures that curb ICE recruitment and tactics while framing enforcement actions as harmful to immigrant communities. No evidence found of support for expansion of enforcement-first policies or for specific proposals on broad regularization/pathways to citizenship.

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Supports codifying a constitutional right to reproductive freedom in Maryland, including the ability to end a pregnancy. Has co-sponsored legislation that would add language protecting reproductive freedom to the Maryland Declaration of Rights.

Climate & Energy

Supports aggressive clean-energy and building-decabonization policies, including legislation to ban fossil-fuel space and water heating in new construction, require solar/EV infrastructure, and move buildings toward net-zero energy. Has sponsored and testified in favor of the Better Buildings Act and received high marks from Maryland environmental groups for climate-related votes.

Public Safety & Guns

Adrian Boafo has sponsored and supported Maryland legislation focused on firearm violence prevention, funding and regulation measures, including bills to create a Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and to impose excise taxes on firearm sales to fund community safety programs. His record indicates support for policy approaches that expand gun-violence prevention and resource-based interventions while operating within the state legislative framework.

News

AINews Summary

Last updatedJul 15, 2026

Adrian Boafo has won the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District and will face Republican Chris Chaffee in the November general election. The race was crowded, with 27 candidates competing to replace retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer. Reports say the primary drew heavy outside spending, including more than $10 million in support of Boafo. The district is heavily Democratic, so Boafo is not expected to face a highly competitive general election.

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