Maryland House of Delegates District 3A was a former district of the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 3B, it made up the 3rd district of the Maryland Senate. District 3A included part of Frederick County and was represented by two delegates. During the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, the district was absorbed into the 3rd district.
Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 94,029, of whom 72,483 (77.1%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 52,465 (55.8%) White, 16,152 (17.2%) African American, 582 (0.6%) Native American, 5,324 (5.7%) Asian, 32 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 9,044 (9.6%) from some other race, and 10,377 (11.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17,778 (18.9%) of the population.
The district had 59,013 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 13,643 (23.1%) were registered as unaffiliated, 15,651 (26.5%) were registered as Republicans, 28,983 (49.1%) were registered as Democrats, and 297 (0.5%) were registered to other parties.
Past Election Results
1982 NamePartyOutcome Paul D. Muldowney Democratic Won D. Michael Auldridge Republican Lost
2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Patrick N. Hogan Republican 12,066 26.4% Won Galen R. Clagett Democratic 11,434 25.0% Won Dick Zimmerman Democratic 11,288 24.7% Lost Timothy W. Brooks Republican 10,782 23.6% Lost Ron Bird Democratic 4 0.0% Lost Other Write-Ins 168 0.4%
2006
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Sue Hecht Democratic 13,900 28.7% Won Galen R. Clagett Democratic 12,422 25.7% Won Patrick N. Hogan Republican 12,163 25.1% Lost Linda Naylor Republican 9,873 20.4% Lost Other Write-Ins 32 0.1%
2010
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Galen R. Clagett Democratic 13,341 27.5% Won Patrick N. Hogan Republican 12,617 26.0% Won Scott Rolle Republican 11,312 23.3% Lost Candy O. Greenway Democratic 11,203 23.1% Lost Other Write-Ins 61 0.1%
2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Carol L. Krimm Democratic 11,654 28.0% Won Karen Lewis Young Democratic 10,944 26.3% Won Paul Smith Republican 9,930 23.9% Lost Victoria Wilkins Republican 8,981 21.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 47 0.1%
2018
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Karen Lewis Young Democratic 18,725 31.4% Won Carol L. Krimm Democratic 18,705 31.3% Won Mike Bowersox Republican 11,157 18.7% Lost James Dvorak Republican 9,568 16.0% Lost Jeremy Harbaugh Libertarian 1,492 2.5% Lost Other Write-Ins 64 0.1%
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