Maryland House of Delegates District 3B is one of the 67 districts that compose the

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. Along with subdistrict 3A, it makes up the 3rd district of the

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. District 3B includes part of Frederick County and is represented by one delegate.

Demographic characteristics

As of the

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, 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%)

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, 6,156 (12.4%)

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, 227 (0.5%) Native American, 3,328 (6.7%)

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, 21 (0.0%)

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, 2,600 (5.2%) from some other race, and 4,964 (10.0%) from two or more races.

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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.

Demographic characteristics

Past Election Results

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