Maryland House of Delegates District 2B

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Maryland's legislative district 2B
Represents
part of
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
  • 4.5% Other race
  • 10.6% Two or more races
  • 9.8% Hispanic
  • Population (2020)44,417
    Voting-age population33,244
    Registered voters25,649

    Maryland House of Delegates District 2B is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 2A, it makes up the 2nd district of the Maryland Senate. District 2B includes part of Washington County, notably Hagerstown and is represented by one delegate.[1]

    Demographic characteristics

    As of the

    Latino of any race were 4,341 (9.8%) of the population.[4]

    The district had 25,649 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 5,954 (23.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 7,538 (29.4%) were registered as Republicans, 11,636 (45.4%) were registered as Democrats, and 291 (1.1%) were registered to other parties.[5]

    Past Election Results

    1982

    Name Party Outcome
    Peter G. Callas Democratic Won[6]
    W. Keller Nigh Republican Lost

    1986

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Peter G. Callas Democratic 5,339 72.0% Won[7]
    Richard D. Wiles Republican 2,103 28.0% Lost

    1990

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Peter G. Callas Democratic 4,892 100.0% Won[8]

    1994

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Bruce Poole 4,219 50.0% Democratic Won[9]
    Richard D. Wiles 4,143 50.0% Republican Lost


    1998

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Christopher B. Shank Republican 4,873 51.0% Won[10]
    Bruce Poole Democratic 4,626 49.0% Lost

    2002

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Christopher B. Shank Republican 7,749 72.3% Won[11]
    David M. Russo Democratic 2,954 27.6% Lost
    Other Write-Ins 11 0.1%

    2006

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Christopher B. Shank Republican 9,606 99.0% Won[12]
    Other Write-Ins 101 1.0%

    2010

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Neil Parrott Republican 7,663 61.8% Won[13]
    Brien Poffenberger Democratic 4,718 38.0% Lost
    Other Write-Ins 22 0.2%

    2014

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Brett Wilson Republican 3,846 54.3% Won[14]
    John P. Donoghue Democratic 3,232 45.6% Lost
    Other Write-Ins 7 0.1%

    2018

    Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
    Paul D. Corderman Republican 5,457 51.9% Won[15]
    Peter E. Perini Sr. Democratic 5,028 47.8% Lost
    Other Write-Ins 25 0.2%

    References

    1. ^ "LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTING PLAN OF 2012 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 2". Maryland State Archives. March 29, 2018. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    2. ^ "RACE". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    3. ^ "RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    4. ^ "HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    5. ^ "2020 Presidential General Voter Registration Counts as of Close of Registration, By Legislative". Maryland State Archives. October 17, 2020. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    6. Newspapers.com.Open access icon
    7. ^ "1986 Gubernatorial Election". Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
    8. ^ "1990 Gubernatorial Election". Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
    9. ^ "1994 Gubernatorial Election". Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
    10. ^ "1998 Gubernatorial Election". Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    11. ^ "2002 Gubernatorial Election". Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    12. ^ "Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Legislative District 02B". Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    13. ^ "2010 General Election Results". Archived from the original on July 3, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    14. ^ "2014 Election Results". Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
    15. ^ "2018 Election Results". Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2022.