Maryland House of Delegates District 29B is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 29A and 29C, it makes up the 29th district of the Maryland Senate. District 29B includes part of St. Mary's County, and is represented by one delegate.

Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 44,620, of whom 34,184 (76.6%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 25,721 (57.6%) White, 10,841 (24.3%) African American, 193 (0.4%) Native American, 1,878 (4.2%) Asian, 32 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 1,502 (3.4%) from some other race, and 4,429 (9.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,936 (8.8%) of the population.

The district had 26,285 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 5,785 (22.0%) were registered as unaffiliated, 8,554 (32.5%) were registered as Republicans, 11,468 (43.6%) were registered as Democrats, and 265 (1.0%) were registered to other parties.

Past Election Results

1990 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome J. Ernest Bell II Democratic 5,956 70.0% Won O'Donnell Republican 2,590 30.0% Lost

1994 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome John F. Slade III Democratic 5,228 63.0% Won Donald Lee O'Neal Republican 3,083 37.0% Lost

1998 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome John F. Slade III Democratic 6,327 66.0% Won Donald Lee O'Neal Republican 3,316 34.0% Lost

2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome John L. Bohanan Jr. Democratic 6,340 58.8% Won Joseph L. Dick Republican 4,434 41.2% Lost Other Write-Ins 2 0.0%

2006

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome John L. Bohanan Jr. Democratic 8,077 64.0% Won Noel Temple Wood Republican 4,528 35.9% Lost Other Write-Ins 8 0.1%

2010

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome John L. Bohanan Jr. Democratic 7,654 52.4% Won Erik Anderson Republican 6,946 47.5% Lost Other Write-Ins 11 0.1%

2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Deb Rey Republican 5,334 50.3% Won John L. Bohanan Jr. Democratic 5,258 49.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 10 0.1%

2018

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Brian M. Crosby Democratic 7,351 53.4% Won Deb Rey Republican 6,409 46.5% Lost Other Write-Ins 16 0.1%

List of delegates

Delegate Party Years Electoral history Notes J. Ernest Bell II Democratic 1983–1994 Elected in 1990 John F. Slade III Democratic 1995–2002 Elected in 1994 and 1998 John L. Bohanan Jr. Democratic 2003–2014 Elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Lost election in 2014. Deb Rey Republican 2015–2018 Elected in 2014. Lost election in 2018. Brian M. Crosby Democratic 2019–present Elected in 2018.

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