Maryland House of Delegates District 27B is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 27A and 27C, it makes up the 27th district of the Maryland Senate. District 27B includes parts of Calvert County and Prince George's County, and is represented by one delegate.

Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 45,496, of whom 35,379 (77.8%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 22,804 (50.1%) White, 16,887 (37.1%) African American, 178 (0.4%) Native American, 912 (2.0%) Asian, 47 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 1,252 (2.8%) from some other race, and 3,431 (7.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,847 (6.3%) of the population.

The district had 35,750 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 5,730 (16.0%) were registered as unaffiliated, 10,295 (28.8%) were registered as Republicans, 19,097 (53.4%) were registered as Democrats, and 449 (1.3%) were registered to other parties.

History District 27B represented parts of Anne Arundel County and Calvert County up until the 1998 election. From the election of 2002 to the election of 2010, District 27B represented only Calvert County.

Past Election Results

1998 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome George W. Owings III Democratic 7,603 57.0% Won Joseph J. Rooney Republican 5,791 43.0% Lost

2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome George W. Owings III Democratic 9,753 98.1% Won Other Write-Ins 191 1.9%

2006

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Sue Kullen Democratic 8,236 56.8% Won David Hale Republican 6,250 43.1% Lost Other Write-Ins 9 0.1%

2010

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Mark N. Fisher Republican 8,141 52.6% Won Sue Kullen Democratic 7,336 47.4% Lost Other Write-Ins 6 0.0%

2014

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Michael A. Jackson Democratic 8,434 52.4% Won Philip A. Parenti Republican 7,637 47.5% Lost Other Write-Ins 23 0.1%

2018

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Michael A. Jackson Democratic 12,335 59.3% Won Michael A. Thomas Republican 8,437 40.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 24 0.1%

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