Ridgely Ochs

Democratic Central Committee in Talbot, Maryland

Ridgely Ochs is a candidate for Democratic Central Committee in Talbot, Maryland — 2026 Primary Election. Running as Democratic.

Also running: Sandy Boyd, Justin K. Butler, Michele W. Dappert, Phillip C. Jackson, Tara Leeson, Linda Redmond, Rudy A. Reyes-Delcid, Edward K. Trever, Lance A. Simon.

Ridgely Ochs is a dedicated community advocate running for the Democratic Central Committee in Talbot County, Maryland. Before moving to the Eastern Shore in 2016, she spent nearly four decades as a renowned health and politics journalist in New York. Ochs was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her breast cancer reporting and won an Emmy for her coverage of the 9/11 health impacts. Since relocating, she has become a passionate grassroots leader. She is an integral member of Talbot Rising and a founding member of the Move the Monument Coalition, which successfully advocated to remove a Confederate statue in Easton. Ochs holds degrees from Wellesley College and Stanford University.