Maryland House of Delegates District 3B was a former district of the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 3A, it made up the 3rd district of the Maryland Senate. District 3B included part of Frederick County and was represented by one delegate. During the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, the district was absorbed into the 3rd district.
Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 49,737, of whom 37,704 (75.8%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 32,427 (65.2%) White, 6,156 (12.4%) African American, 227 (0.5%) Native American, 3,328 (6.7%) Asian, 21 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,600 (5.2%) from some other race, and 4,964 (10.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,097 (12.3%) of the population.
The district had 34,678 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 8,145 (23.5%) were registered as unaffiliated, 11,791 (34.0%) were registered as Republicans, 14,373 (41.4%) were registered as Democrats, and 128 (0.4%) were registered to other parties.
Past Election Results
1982 NamePartyOutcome James E. McClellan Democratic Won M. Albert Morningstar Democratic Lost Julien P. Delphey Republican Lost Donald T. Taylor Republican Lost
2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Richard B. Weldon Jr. Republican 8,819 62.4% Won Lisa Baugher Democratic 5,281 37.4% Lost Other Write-Ins 37 0.3%
2006
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Richard B. Weldon Jr. Republican 10,057 61.4% Won Paul Gilligan Democratic 6,317 38.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 9 0.1%
2010
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Michael Hough Republican 10,090 57.4% Won Paul Gilligan Democratic 7,444 42.4% Lost Other Write-Ins 43 0.2%
2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome William Folden Republican 7,522 56.3% Won Stephen Slater Democratic 5,818 43.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 18 0.1%
2018
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Kenneth P. Kerr Democratic 10,091 52.4% Won William Folden Republican 9,168 47.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 13 0.1%
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