U.S. House · Maryland's 8th District
Nancy Wallace
CandidateG
- Race
- U.S. House · Maryland's 8th District
- Result
- Jamie Raskin, projected winner
- Opponents
- Jamie Raskin (D); Cheryl Riley (R)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did6 statements · 0 votes
The Green Party and I unequivocally support a woman's right to reproductive choice, no matter her marital status or age, and that contraception and safe, legal abortion procedures be available on demand
Protect legal access to abortion
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 8
2026-11-03
| Jamie Raskin D | incumbent |
| Cheryl Riley R | challenger |
| Nancy Wallace G | challenger |
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
The Green Party and I unequivocally support a woman's right to reproductive choice, no matter her marital status or age, and that contraception and safe, legal abortion procedures be available on demand
Campaign website says she supports a right to reproductive choice, including legal abortion available on demand and covered by health insurance. (Website issue pages are undated; web-archive copies of the same text date from 2019-2021.)[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Closing all gun loopholes, banning assault weapons
Campaign website lists closing gun loopholes and banning assault weapons among her proposals. (Website issue pages are undated; web-archive copies of the same text date from 2019-2021.)[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Raise the minimum wage to $17.07 per hour ensure self sufficiency of full time workers.
Campaign website calls for raising the minimum wage to $17.07 per hour. (Website issue pages are undated; web-archive copies of the same text date from 2019-2021.)[6]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
I support reinstating estate and capital gains taxes at 1970s rates.
Campaign website supports reinstating estate and capital gains taxes at 1970s rates and requiring all corporations to pay income taxes. (Website issue pages are undated; web-archive copies of the same text date from 2019-2021.)[7]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
The Green Party and I support single-payer universal health care and preventive care for all.
Campaign website supports a national single-payer health care system. (Website issue pages are undated; web-archive copies of the same text date from 2019-2021.)[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
implement an emergency economic transformation to renewable energy, including 100% renewable electricity supply by 2020, and all other energy uses by 2030
Campaign website calls for an emergency economic transformation to renewable energy. (Website issue pages are undated; web-archive copies of the same text date from 2019-2021.)[8]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Nancy Wallace, a Green Party federal-contract data coordinator with a background in environmental lobbying, lost the November 3, 2026 election for Maryland's 8th Congressional District to Jamie Raskin. She has run for office as a Green Party candidate several times, including for governor in 2022. She described her campaign as focused on climate and economic transformation.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Wallace was born in Long Island, New York, in 1956 and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, according to her campaign website; she graduated from Walt Whitman High School.[1][2] She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University and, according to her campaign website, attended the University of Virginia law school for one year.[1][2]
Wallace describes spending about 14 years lobbying Congress on international environmental issues, including founding the International Entanglement Network (1983-85) and serving as the Sierra Club's Washington Director for its International Population Program (1990-94).[1] She also co-founded Sustainable Montgomery.[2] From 1994 she says she worked as a federal information-technology contractor (Electronic Data Systems, later Computer Sciences Corporation) and later supported the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps; she currently supports the Department of Commerce as a data coordinator for ecological restoration projects.[1]
Wallace joined the Green Party in 2003 and, according to her campaign website, has co-chaired the Montgomery County Green Party since February 2015.[1] She ran for U.S. House in Maryland's 8th District in 2016 and 2024 and was the Green nominee for governor in 2022, receiving 0.7%.[2] She received 1.7% of the vote to Jamie Raskin's 83.1%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3]
In their own words
Priorities
- Climate change, including a transition to renewable energy. (undated website text; archived copies from 2019-2021)[8]
- Survival and protection of women and girls. (undated website text; archived copies from 2019-2021)[8]
- A community-based economy and economic justice, including a Green New Deal. (undated website text; archived copies from 2019-2021)[8]
Statements, quoted without a stance
- Expand immigration enforcement and deportations
“Undocumented immigrants already residing and working in the United States should be granted a legal status which includes the chance to become U.S. citizens, as long as they present no danger to other members of society.”[9]
On her campaign website (issue page undated; web-archive copies of the same text date from 2019; accessed Oct. 19, 2026)
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/nancy-wallace
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Meet Nancy · Nancy Wallace for Congress Candidate's own words
- 2.Nancy Wallace · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.U.S. House · Maryland's 8th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 4.Health Care for All · Nancy Wallace campaign website · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 5.Women and Girls’ Survival · Nancy Wallace campaign website · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 6.Community Based Economics and Economic Justice · Nancy Wallace campaign website · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 7.Federal Tax Reform · Nancy Wallace campaign website · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 8.Issues · Nancy Wallace campaign website · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 9.Immigration Reform · Nancy Wallace campaign website · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words