Maryland's Legislative District 46 is one of 47 districts in

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for representation in the state legislature. It is located entirely in

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and encompasses all or part of at least six city council districts, including the

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, Second district, Tenth district, Eleventh district, Twelfth district and Thirteenth district. Voters in this district select three delegates every four years to represent them in the

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Demographic characteristics

As of the

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, the district had a population of 124,898, of whom 101,213 (81.0%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 58,975 (47.2%)

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, 33,946 (27.2%)

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, 949 (0.8%) Native American, 4,987 (4.0%)

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, 27 (0.0%)

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, 15,887 (12.7%) from some other race, and 10,130 (8.1%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 24,224 (19.4%) of the population. The district had 74,540 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 13,962 (18.7%) were registered as unaffiliated, 10,576 (14.2%) were registered as

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, 48,847 (65.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 656 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.

Political representation

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

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by Bill Ferguson (D) and in the House of Delegates by

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(D),

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(D) and Mark Edelson (D).

Election results

References

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