Kevin Chin
Democratic · MD
Kevin Chin is an emergency-medicine physician and clinical faculty member who has served on local housing and school-budget groups. He highlights school funding, safe walking routes, and affordable housing.
Where Kevin Chin stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Testified in March 2025 at a Howard County Council hearing in favor of banning hourly motel room rentals (Council Bill 19-2025). As an emergency room doctor, he said he sees human trafficking in his job and called Route 1 a hotbed for it. The council later passed the ban unanimously.
April 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: cbsnews.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Served on the steering committee of the Howard County Housing Affordability Coalition, a group that pushes for more affordable homes in the county.
September 22, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: hocohac.org
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Received the endorsement of Run for Something, a national group that backs young candidates, for Howard County Council District 1.
April 7, 2026
Source: runforsomething.net
Served on the board of directors of Patapsco Heritage Greenway, a nonprofit that protects the nature and history of the Patapsco River valley.
March 24, 2025
Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
Past race Kevin Chin ran in:
- Howard County Council, District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Howard County, Maryland