Please find information below on MCEA’s Apple Ballot endorsement recommendation process for the 2026 election cycle.
If you have any questions, please email Stephanie Gawlinski, Chair, Political Action & Legislative Support at [email protected].
Please note that all timelines are tentative and subject to change.
MCEA Friendly Incumbent Endorsement Recommendation Process
- September 13, 2025. MCEA conducts friendly incumbent interviews.
- October 8, 2025. Representative Assembly votes to recommend endorsing friendly incumbents for MSEA’s consideration.
Click on the link above to review the full process for friendly incumbent endorsement recommendations.
MCEA Apple Ballot Endorsement Process: Board of Education, County Council, & County Executive
- Week of August 25, 2025. The MCEA candidate questionnaire will be published on MCEA’s website. It will be shared with any declared candidate who has filed as of this date.
- Friday, October 14, 2025. MCEA candidate questionnaires are due at COB on Friday, October 14, 2025. All completed candidate questionnaires must be shared as a PDF with [email protected].
- Saturday, November 15, 2025. Interviews will be conducted with all filed candidates who completed and submitted MCEA’s candidate questionnaire. The MCEA interview caucus will only interview candidates who have completed and submitted MCEA’s questionnaire by October 14, 2025, AND have successfully filed by Friday, November 14, 2025. MCEA interview caucus recommends candidate endorsement(s) to MCEA’s Representative Assembly.
- Wednesday, December 3, 2025. MCEA Representative Assembly votes whether to adopt the endorsement recommendation from the interview caucus.
- Week of December 22, 2025. MCEA will announce its Apple Ballot endorsements.