Maryland's Legislative District 15 is one of 47 districts in the state for the
Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of
Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
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Demographic characteristics
As of the
2020 United States census
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, the district had a population of 133,574, of whom 101,640 (76.1%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 61,332 (45.9%)
White, 18,066 (13.5%)
African American, 441 (0.3%)
Native American, 35,782 (26.8%)
Asian, 41 (0.0%)
Pacific Islander, 5,431 (4.1%) from
some other race, and 12,468 (9.3%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 14,195 (10.6%) of the population.
The district had 92,931 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 24,178 (26.0%) were registered as unaffiliated, 17,494 (18.8%) were registered as
Republicans
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, 50,015 (53.8%) were registered as
Democrats, and 797 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.
Political representation
The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session in the
State Senate by
Brian J. Feldman
Brian Jeffrey Feldman (born February 4, 1961) is an American politician and a member of the State Senate in the State of Maryland, representing district 15 in western and northern Montgomery County. He previously served in the Maryland House o ...
(D) and in the
House of Delegates by
Linda Foley (D),
David Fraser-Hidalgo
David V. Fraser-Hidalgo (born November 25, 1969) is an Ecuadorian-born American politician and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland. He was appointed to complete the term of Delega ...
(D) and
Lily Qi (D).
References
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