Berney Flowers

Berney Flowers enjoys gardening, traveling and having friends over.¹ A husband, father of two adult children and grandfather, he has also written a book and hosts a podcast.² His book, Black Values Matter, discusses his ideas for Baltimore and Black communities.¹

Flowers spent nearly 21 years on Air Force active duty, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.² He was assigned to the Pentagon's Air Staff during the September 11 attacks, and his service included deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.² After leaving active duty, he worked as a project manager in banking.¹

He returned to the Defense Department as a civilian in 2009, working on U.S. Cyber Command's initial staff and later as a senior technical adviser for NORAD and U.S. Northern Command at Fort Meade.² His later work included refugee resettlement efforts involving Afghans and Haitians.² In 2021, Governor Larry Hogan appointed him to Howard County's District 9 Judicial Nominating Commission.¹

Flowers supports congressional term limits, lower taxes, spending restraint, stronger border security and immigration enforcement.³ He also favors greater parental involvement and local control in education, and presents infrastructure renewal and government accountability as campaign priorities.³ His Loyal Opposition podcast provides another outlet for his political commentary.³ He faces Democrat Sarah Elfreth.⁴