Maryland House of Delegates District 2A is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 2B, it makes up the 2nd district of the Maryland Senate. District 2A includes parts of Washington and Frederick County, and is represented by two delegates.
History The constituency of District 2A was part of Washington County up until the 2020 United States redistricting cycle when its constituency expanded to include parts of Washington County and Frederick County.
Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 91,587, of whom 73,136 (79.9%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 72,911 (79.6%) White, 8,386 (9.2%) African American, 262 (0.3%) Native American, 1,884 (2.1%) Asian, 25 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,392 (2.6%) from some other race, and 5,700 (6.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5,444 (5.9%) of the population.
The district had 60,615 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 12,218 (20.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 29,230 (48.2%) were registered as Republicans, 18,279 (30.2%) were registered as Democrats, and 496 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.
Past Election Results
1982 NamePartyOutcome Casper R. Taylor Jr. Democratic Won
1998 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Robert A. McKee Republican 8,198 100.0% Won
2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Robert A. McKee Republican 10,223 74.7% Won Peter E. Perini Sr. Democratic 3,447 25.2% Lost Other Write-Ins 21 0.2%
2006
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Robert A. McKee Republican 11,676 99.2% Won Other Write-Ins 94 0.8%
2010
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Andrew A. Serafini Republican 9,754 71.0% Won Neil Becker Democratic 3,957 28.8% Lost Other Write-Ins 27 0.2%
2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Neil C. Parrott Republican 17,599 36.0% Won Andrew A. Serafini Republican 17,528 35.9% Won Elizabeth Paul Democratic 8,279 16.9% Lost Charles Bailey Democratic 5,419 11.1% Lost Other Write-Ins 22 0.0%
2018
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Neil C. Parrott Republican 22,422 40.0% Won William J. Wivell Republican 19,453 34.7% Won Andrew J. Barnhart Green 7,371 13.1% Lost Charlotte McBrearty Green 6,683 11.9% Lost Other Write-Ins 141 0.3%
2022 While two-term Republican incumbent William J. Wivell ran for a third term, two-term Republican incumbent Neil Parrott, announced on November 17, 2021, that he would run for Congress in Maryland's 6th congressional district instead of running for a third term.
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