Maryland's Legislative District 18 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of Montgomery County.

Demographic characteristics

As of the

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, the district had a population of 127,728, of whom 97,948 (76.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 59,044 (46.2%) White, 18,074 (14.2%) African American, 1,136 (0.9%) Native American, 13,012 (10.2%)

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, 34 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 20,240 (15.8%) from some other race, and 16,118 (12.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or

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of any race were 35,290 (27.6%) of the population. The district had 78,600 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 15,551 (19.8%) were registered as unaffiliated, 9,981 (12.7%) were registered as

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, 52,019 (66.2%) were registered as Democrats, and 630 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by

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(D) and in the House of Delegates by

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(D), Emily K. Shetty (D) and Jared Solomon (D).

References

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