Maryland House of Delegates District 1A is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1B and 1C, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Situated on the state's western border, District 1A includes all of Garrett County, and a small portion of Allegany County. It is represented by one delegate. Since 2023, it has been represented by Jim Hinebaugh, a Republican.

Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 38,903, of whom 31,377 (80.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 37,120 (95.4%) White, 302 (0.8%) African American, 42 (0.1%) Native American, 155 (0.4%) Asian, 12 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 157 (0.4%) from some other race, and 1,120 (2.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 421 (1.1%) of the population.

The district had 27,037 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 3,693 (13.7%) were registered as unaffiliated, 17,456 (64.6%) were registered as Republicans, 5,534 (20.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 205 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.

Past election results

1982 NamePartyOutcome George C. Edwards Republican Won Andrew E. Mance Democratic Lost

1998 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome George C. Edwards Republican 7,999 82.7% Won Lawson L. Duckworth Democratic 1,670 17.3% Lost

2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome George C. Edwards Republican 10,303 99.4% Won Other Write-Ins 58 0.6%

2006

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 6,985 56.3% Won Bill Aiken Democratic 5,406 43.5% Lost Other Write-Ins 24 0.2%

2010

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 8,866 72.6% Won James R. "Smokey" Stanton Democratic 3,333 27.3% Lost Other Write-Ins 17 0.1%

2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 10,637 99.1% Won Other Write-Ins 100 0.9%

2018

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 11,149 77.6% Won Michael Dreisbach Democratic 3,190 22.2% Lost Other Write-Ins 21 0.1%

2022

List of delegates

Delegate Party Years Electoral history George C. Edwards Republican January 1983 –January 10, 2007 Elected in 1982. Retired to successfully run for the Maryland Senate in 2006. Wendell R. Beitzel Republican January 10, 2007 –January 11, 2023 Elected in 2006. Retired in 2022. Jim Hinebaugh Republican January 11, 2023 –present Elected in 2022.

References

External links Ballotpedia: Maryland House of Delegates District 1A