MD-08 Democratic nominee?
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JUN 24, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCandidate
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
LocationMaryland
Notable personal detailsStephen Alan Leon is a Democratic candidate who ran in the 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. House in Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. He filed with the Federal Election Commission as a challenger and campaigned under the committee “Leon for Congress MD-08.” His campaign website describes a platform focused on campaign-finance and election reform and other policy proposals.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Advocates introducing new revenue sources to achieve budget surpluses without cutting vital programs, including a proposal to tax "big data" as a novel revenue stream, and favors targeted taxation of the wealthy while aiming to lower taxes for most households. Opposes raising taxes on ordinary households in certain contexts and emphasizes revenue reform rather than wholesale abolition of federal institutions.
Healthcare
Supports revising and improving the Affordable Care Act through expert review, expanding access to better healthcare for rural communities, strengthening mental-health interventions, and exploring related supports such as affordable child care and federal marijuana legalization. Does not endorse single-payer/Medicare for All on the campaign materials examined and frames changes as reforms rather than replacement of existing federal programs.
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Immigration & Border
Supports reforms that expand legal protections and relief for immigrants (including revisions to DACA and limited amnesty for long-term workers), emphasizes family unity and humanitarian policies, and favors addressing root causes of migration while using technology (not walls) to secure borders.
Climate & Energy
Supports addressing climate change through technology, finance, market-driven measures and international cooperation while criticizing large-scale industrial policy (e.g., Green New Deal, Inflation Reduction Act) and opposing overt government subsidies. Considers market mechanisms such as carbon pricing but emphasizes protecting GDP, domestic industry, and fair-market competition during the energy transition.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports strengthening federal tools to prevent gun violence by amending the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to include expanded mental-health-related interventions and a federal Extreme Risk Protection Order mechanism, while expressing skepticism that an assault-weapons ban alone would solve the problem.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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