Maryland Legislative District 6 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of Baltimore County. Three delegates represent the district in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 128,766, of whom 98,958 (76.9%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 79,430 (61.7%) White, 26,074 (20.2%) African American, 1,143 (0.9%) Native American, 2,777 (2.2%) Asian, 34 (0.0264044857%) Pacific Islander, 9,149 (7.1%) from some other race, and 10,146 (7.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14,299 (11.1%) of the population.
The district had 78,127 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 15,680 (20.1%) were registered as unaffiliated, 23,619 (30.2%) were registered as Republicans, 37,295 (47.7%) were registered as Democrats, and 931 (1.2%) were registered to other parties.
Political representation The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by Johnny Ray Salling (R) and in the House of Delegates by Robin L. Grammer Jr. (R), Robert B. Long (R) and Richard W. Metzgar (R).
Election history Session Senate Delegates1975 Arthur Henry Helton, Jr. (D) George B. Adams, Jr. (D) William H. Cox, Jr. (D) Catherine I. Riley (D)19761977197819791980198119821983 Dennis F. Rasmussen (D) Michael J. Collins (D) R. Terry Connelly (D) Michael H. Weir, Sr. (D)198419851986 Michael J. Collins (D) E. Farrell Maddox (D)19871988198919901991 Leslie Hutchinson (D)1992199319941995 Diane DeCarlo (D) Kenneth C. Holt (R)1996199719981999 Nancy Hubers (D)200020012002 Diane DeCarlo (D) Edmund C. Dotterweich, Jr. (D)2003 Norman R. Stone, Jr. (D) John S. Arnick (D) Joseph J. "Sonny" Minnick (D) Michael H. Weir, Jr. (D)200420052006 John A. Olszewski, Jr. (D)200720082009201020112012201320142015 Johnny Ray Salling (R) Richard W. Metzgar (R) Robin L. Grammer, Jr. (R) Robert B. Long (R)20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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