Maryland House of Delegates District 2B is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 2A, it makes up the 2nd district of the Maryland Senate. District 2B includes part of Washington County, notably Hagerstown and is represented by one delegate.
Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 44,417, of whom 33,244 (74.8%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 27,619 (62.2%) White, 8,891 (20.0%) African American, 159 (0.4%) Native American, 1,011 (2.3%) Asian, 17 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,000 (4.5%) from some other race, and 4,710 (10.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,341 (9.8%) of the population.
The district had 25,649 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 5,954 (23.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 7,538 (29.4%) were registered as Republicans, 11,636 (45.4%) were registered as Democrats, and 291 (1.1%) were registered to other parties.
Past Election Results
1982 NamePartyOutcome Peter G. Callas Democratic Won W. Keller Nigh Republican Lost
1986 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Peter G. Callas Democratic 5,339 72.0% Won Richard D. Wiles Republican 2,103 28.0% Lost
1990 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Peter G. Callas Democratic 4,892 100.0% Won
1994 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Bruce Poole 4,219 50.0% Democratic Won Richard D. Wiles 4,143 50.0% Republican Lost
1998 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Christopher B. Shank Republican 4,873 51.0% Won Bruce Poole Democratic 4,626 49.0% Lost
2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Christopher B. Shank Republican 7,749 72.3% Won David M. Russo Democratic 2,954 27.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 11 0.1%
2006
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Christopher B. Shank Republican 9,606 99.0% Won Other Write-Ins 101 1.0%
2010
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Neil Parrott Republican 7,663 61.8% Won Brien Poffenberger Democratic 4,718 38.0% Lost Other Write-Ins 22 0.2%
2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Brett Wilson Republican 3,846 54.3% Won John P. Donoghue Democratic 3,232 45.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 7 0.1%
2018
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Paul D. Corderman Republican 5,457 51.9% Won Peter E. Perini Sr. Democratic 5,028 47.8% Lost Other Write-Ins 25 0.2%
2022 District 2B
The new District 2B encompasses the city of Hagerstown in Washington County. Republican incumbent Brenda J. Thiam was running for a full term after being appointed to the seat on October 6, 2020, following the appointment of Paul D. Corderman, to the Maryland Senate.
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