Maryland House of Delegates District 23B was a former district of the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 23A, it made up the 23rd district of the Maryland Senate. District 23B included parts of Prince George's County, and was represented by two delegates. During the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, the district was absorbed into the 23rd district.
Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 93,196, of whom 73,820 (79.2%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 16,502 (17.7%) White, 64,293 (69.0%) African American, 341 (0.4%) Native American, 2,752 (3.0%) Asian, 11 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 3,260 (3.5%) from some other race, and 5,999 (6.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,208 (6.7%) of the population.
The district had 71,337 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 9,271 (13.0%) were registered as unaffiliated, 6,650 (9.3%) were registered as Republicans, 54,138 (75.9%) were registered as Democrats, and 1,060 (1.5%) were registered to other parties.
Past election results
2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Marvin E. Holmes Jr. Democratic 10,674 99.3% Won write-ins 78 0.7%
2006
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Marvin E. Holmes Jr. Democratic 11,951 99.4% Won write-ins 77 0.6%
2010
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Marvin E. Holmes Jr. Democratic 15,376 99.6% Won write-ins 65 0.4%
2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Marvin E. Holmes Jr. Democratic 22,518 47.5% Won Joseph F. Vallario Jr. Democratic 19,274 40.6% Won Mike Hethmon Republican 5,494 11.6% Lost write-ins 142 0.3%
2018
NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Ron Watson Democratic 30,579 50.5% Won Marvin E. Holmes Jr. Democratic 29,235 48.3% Won write-ins 685 1.1%
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