Maryland House of Delegates District 29C is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 29A and 29B, it makes up the 29th district of the Maryland Senate. District 29C includes parts of Calvert County and St. Mary's County, and is represented by one delegate.

Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 45,970, of whom 34,881 (75.9%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 35,140 (76.4%) White, 4,929 (10.7%) African American, 155 (0.3%) Native American, 1,234 (2.7%) Asian, 55 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 663 (1.4%) from some other race, and 3,835 (8.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,247 (4.9%) of the population.

The district had 32,182 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 7,062 (21.9%) were registered as unaffiliated, 13,803 (42.9%) were registered as Republicans, 10,776 (33.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 264 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.

Past Election Results

1998 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Tony O'Donnell Republican 8,401 59.0% Won John M. Gott Democratic 5,772 41.0% Lost

2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Tony O'Donnell Republican 6,027 51.9% Won Pat Buehler Democratic 5,586 48.1% Lost Other Write-Ins 6 0.1%

2006

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Tony O'Donnell Republican 7,739 60.3% Won Norma Powers Democratic 5,091 39.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 11 0.1%

2010

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Tony O'Donnell Republican 8,009 56.8% Won Chris Davies Democratic 5,610 39.8% Lost Shawn P. Quinn Libertarian 474 3.4% Lost Other Write-Ins 11 0.1%

2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Tony O'Donnell Republican 9,924 68.5% Won Len Zuza Democratic 4,548 31.4% Lost Other Write-Ins 19 0.1%

2018

In the November 6, 2018 election, Clark was challenged by Democrat Julia Nichols. She launched her campaign on September 1, 2017 and won the nomination in the June 2018 Democratic primary. Nichols lost the election with 7,049 votes at 42.43% of the vote.

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Jerry Clark Republican 10,087 57.0% Won Julia Margaret Nichols Democratic 7,580 42.8% Lost Other Write-Ins 31 0.2%

List of delegates

Delegate Party Years Electoral history Notes John F. Slade III Democratic 1983–1994 Tony O'Donnell Republican January 11, 1995 –July 31, 2016 Appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to the Maryland Public Service Commission in 2016. Jerry Clark Republican October 13, 2016 –present Appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to finish O'Donnell's term in 2016.

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