Maryland's Legislative District 3 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of Frederick County. Up until the

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, the district was divided into two sub-districts for the Maryland House of Delegates: District 3A and District 3B.

Demographic characteristics

As of the

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, the district had a population of 143,766, of whom 110,187 (76.6%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 84,892 (59.0%) White, 22,308 (15.5%) African American, 809 (0.6%) Native American, 8,652 (6.0%) Asian, 53 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 11,644 (8.1%) from some other race, and 15,341 (10.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23,875 (16.6%) of the population. The district had 93,691 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 21,788 (23.3%) were registered as unaffiliated, 27,442 (29.3%) were registered as

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, 43,356 (46.3%) were registered as Democrats, and 425 (0.5%) were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2023–2024 Legislative Session in the State Senate by

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(D) and in the House of Delegates by Kris Fair (D),

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(D) and

Kenneth P. Kerr Kenneth P. Kerr (born January 28, 1957) is a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates. He represents District 3B, which covers parts of Frederick County. He was previously a member of the Frederick County Board of Education from ...

(D).

References

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