I've worked with Laura Kiessling as a prosecutor and she seemed perfectly professional and competent to me; I'd have no qualms voting for her. She was appointed to the bench earlier this year.

I don't know anything about the other candidates, though.

I have to agree that Willy Don's retirement has taken a certain... something out of MD politics. And I strongly suspect Leopold will be re-elected, but I've found him oily and objectionable every time I'm met him, nevermind his sexual harassment of his employees. (I'm friends with one of the officers who's one of his personal drivers -- he has several -- and from the little crumbs I've heard, there's nothing decent about Leopold.)