Maryland House of Delegates District 1B is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1A and 1C, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Near the state's western border, District 1B is located entirely within Allegany County. It is represented by one delegate. Since 2015, it has been represented by Jason C. Buckel, a Republican.
District 1B elected 2 delegates until the 1994 election, when District 1C was created.
Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 37,328, of whom 31,058 (83.2%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 31,342 (84.0%) White, 3,542 (9.5%) African American, 80 (0.2%) Native American, 468 (1.3%) Asian, 8 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 338 (0.9%) from some other race, and 1,543 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 639 (1.7%) of the population.
The district had 23,824 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 4,105 (17.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 12,301 (51.6%) were registered as Republicans, 7,054 (29.6%) were registered as Democrats, and 194 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.
Past Election Results
1982 +Voters to choose no more than 2.NamePartyOutcome William B. Byrnes Democratic Won W. Timothy Finan Democratic Won W. Ardell Haines Republican Lost R. Neil Williams Republican Lost
1986 +Voters to choose no more than 2.NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Betty Workman Democratic 8,195 29.1% Won Kevin Kelly Democratic 7,858 27.9% Won Robert M. Hutcheson Republican 6,151 21.8% Lost William R. Davis Republican 5,984 21.2% Lost
1990 +Voters to choose no more than 2.NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Kevin Kelly Democratic 11,579 40.9% Won Betty Workman Democratic 11,413 40.3% Won H. Dolores Chase Morgan Republican 5,321 18.8% Lost
1994 The 1994 election marked the split of District 1B, creating District 1C. Both delegates ran in the Democratic primary, with Betty Workman defeating Kevin Kelly. NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Betty Workman Democratic 7,050 68.8% Won Stephen P. Crossland Republican 3,204 31.2% Lost
1998 Former delegate Kevin Kelly defeated incumbent Betty Workman in the Democratic primary. NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Kevin Kelly Democratic 5,232 51.2% Won Tricia Wolfe Republican 4,991 48.8% Lost
2002
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Kevin Kelly Democratic 6,654 55.7% Won Tricia Wolfe Republican 5,286 44.3% Lost Other Write-Ins 4 0.0%
2006
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Kevin Kelly Democratic 6,489 55.7% Won Mark A. Fisher Republican 5,151 44.2% Lost Other Write-Ins 20 0.2%
2010
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Kevin Kelly Democratic 6,226 51.3% Won Mary Beth Pirolozzi Republican 5,908 48.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 12 0.1%
2014 In the 2014 Election, Republican Jason C. Buckel won an easy victory over the longtime incumbent, Democrat Kevin Kelly. NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Jason C. Buckel Republican 6,664 58.9% Won Kevin Kelly Democratic 4,623 40.9% Lost Other Write-Ins 21 0.2%
2018
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Jason C. Buckel Republican 8,074 62.6% Won Penny Lyn Walker Democratic 4,826 37.4% Lost Other Write-Ins 5 0.0%
2022 Two-term Republican incumbent Jason C. Buckel, ran for a third term unopposed.
References
External links Ballotpedia: Maryland House of Delegates District 1B