Maryland's 4th congressional district comprises portions of Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County. The seat is represented by Anthony Brown, a Democrat.
Maryland's 4th congressional district | |||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Interactive map of district boundaries, with Prince George's County highlighted in red | |||
Representative |
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Area | 318 sq mi (820 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2021) | 788,525 | ||
Median household income | $89,820[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Occupation |
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Cook PVI | D+40 (2022)[2] |
The district includes most of the majority-black precincts on the Maryland side of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, it still remains concentrated in Prince George's County, but no longer reaches into Anne Arundel County; it takes over areas in Prince George's County formerly incorporated in District 5, including College Park, Greenbelt, and Beltsville, also taking an area of Montgomery County around Burtonsville. The district has the highest median household income of any majority-black congressional district in the United States. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+29, it is the most Democratic district in Maryland.[2]
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Gore 77% - 21% |
2004 | President | Kerry 78% - 21% |
2008 | President | Obama 85% - 14% |
2012 | President | Obama 78% - 20% |
2016 | President | Clinton 77% - 19% |
2020 | President | Biden 79% - 19% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Sarbanes | 54,936 | 70.05 | |
Republican | David Fentress | 23,491 | 29.95 | |
Total votes | 78,427 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Marjorie Holt | 87,534 | 59.38 | |||
Democratic | Werner Fornos | 59,877 | 40.62 | |||
Total votes | 147,411 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 61,208 | 58.15 | |
Democratic | Fred L. Wineland | 44,059 | 41.85 | |
Total votes | 105,267 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 95,158 | 57.67 | |
Democratic | Werner Fornos | 69,855 | 42.33 | |
Total votes | 165,013 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 71,374 | 62.04 | |
Democratic | Sue F. Ward | 43,663 | 37.96 | |
Total votes | 115,037 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 120,985 | 71.86 | |
Democratic | James J. Riley | 47,375 | 28.14 | |
Total votes | 168,360 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 75,617 | 61.20 | |
Democratic | Patricia O'Brien Aiken | 47,947 | 38.80 | |
Total votes | 123,564 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 114,430 | 66.24 | |
Democratic | Howard M. Greenbaum | 58,312 | 33.76 | |
Write-ins | 1 | <0.01 | ||
Total votes | 172,743 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | C. Thomas McMillen | 65,071 | 50.16 | |||
Republican | Robert R. Neall | 64,643 | 49.84 | |||
Total votes | 129,714 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Thomas McMillen (inc.) | 128,624 | 68.30 | |
Republican | Bradlyn McClanahan | 59,688 | 31.70 | |
Total votes | 188,312 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Thomas McMillen (inc.) | 85,601 | 58.85 | |
Republican | Bob Duckworth | 59,846 | 41.15 | |
Total votes | 145,447 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn | 136,902 | 75.19 | |
Republican | Michele Dyson | 45,166 | 24.81 | |
Total votes | 182,068 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 93,148 | 75.03 | |
Republican | Michele Dyson | 30,999 | 24.97 | |
Total votes | 124,147 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 142,094 | 85.19 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 24,700 | 14.81 | |
Total votes | 166,794 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 129,139 | 85.72 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 21,518 | 14.28 | |
Total votes | 150,657 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 172,624 | 87.20 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 24,973 | 12.61 | |
Write-ins | 372 | 0.19 | ||
Total votes | 197,969 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 131,644 | 78.96 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 34,890 | 20.93 | |
Write-ins | 195 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 166,729 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 196,809 | 75.23 | |
Republican | John McKinnis | 52,907 | 20.22 | |
Green | Theresa Mitchell Dudley | 11,885 | 4.54 | |
Write-ins | 6 | <0.01 | ||
Total votes | 261,607 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 141,897 | 80.67 | |
Republican | Michael Moshe Starkman | 32,792 | 18.64 | |
Write-ins | 1,214 | 0.69 | ||
Total votes | 175,903 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards | 16,481 | 80.54 | |
Republican | Peter James | 3,638 | 17.78 | |
Libertarian | Thibeaux Lincecum | 216 | 1.06 | |
Write-ins | 127 | 0.62 | ||
Total votes | 20,462 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 258,704 | 85.83 | |
Republican | Peter James | 38,739 | 12.85 | |
Libertarian | Thibeaux Lincecum | 3,384 | 1.12 | |
Write-ins | 604 | 0.20 | ||
Total votes | 301,431 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 160,228 | 83.44 | |
Republican | Robert Broadus | 31,467 | 16.39 | |
Write-ins | 325 | 0.17 | ||
Total votes | 192,020 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 240,385 | 77.17 | |
Republican | Faith M. Loudon | 64,560 | 20.72 | |
Libertarian | Scott Soffen | 6,204 | 1.99 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 363 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 311,512 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 134,628 | 70.18 | |
Republican | Nancy Hoyt | 54,217 | 28.26 | |
Libertarian | Arvin Vohra | 2,795 | 1.46 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 197 | 0.10 | |
Total votes | 191,837 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Brown | 237,501 | 74.1 | |
Republican | George McDermott | 68,670 | 21.4 | |
Green | Kamesha T. Clark | 8,204 | 2.6 | |
Libertarian | Benjamin Lee Krause | 5,744 | 1.8 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 531 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 320,650 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Brown (incumbent) | 209,642 | 78.1 | |
Republican | George McDermott | 53,327 | 19.9 | |
Libertarian | Dave Bishop | 5,326 | 2.0 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 288 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 268,583 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Brown (incumbent) | 282,119 | 79.6 | |
Republican | George McDermott | 71,671 | 20.2 | |
Write-in | 739 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 354,529 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Maryland's Fourth Congressional District was one of the about 50 original Congressional districts. The First Congress of the United States of America. When it was organized in 1788 it covered Baltimore, Baltimore County, and Harford County. According to the 1790 Census, the Fourth District had a population of 53,913, nearly 20% of whom were slaves.[29]
In 1792, the Fourth District was moved to western Maryland, with its eastern boundary being a north to south line running about the midpoint of Frederick County, Maryland. The new district had a population of 36,026, with less than 10% of the population being slaves.[30] The 1800 Census population was 38,015, and the boundaries remained unchanged in 1802.[31]
# | Name | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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1 | ![]() William Smith |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1st | Elected in 1789. Retired. |
2 | ![]() Samuel Sterett |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
2nd | Elected in 1790. [data unknown/missing] |
3 | Thomas Sprigg | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd 4th |
Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Retired. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | ||||
4 | George Baer Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801 |
5th 6th |
Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired. |
5 | Daniel Hiester | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 – March 7, 1804 |
7th 8th |
Elected in 1801. Re-elected in 1803. Died. |
Vacant | March 7, 1804 – November 6, 1804 |
8th | |||
6 | Roger Nelson | Democratic-Republican | November 6, 1804 – May 14, 1810 |
8th 9th 10th 11th |
Elected October 1, 1804 to finish Hiester's term. Elected the same day to the next term. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned to become associate justice of Maryland's 5th judicial circuit. |
Vacant | May 14, 1810 – October 15, 1810 |
11th | |||
7 | Samuel Ringgold | Democratic-Republican | October 15, 1810 – March 3, 1815 |
11th 12th 13th |
Elected October 1, 1810 to finish Nelson's term. Also elected the same day to the next term. Re-elected in 1812. Lost re-election. |
8 | George Baer Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Elected in 1814. Retired. |
9 | Samuel Ringgold | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1816. Retired. |
10 | ![]() John Nelson |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1820 Retired. |
11 | ![]() John Lee |
Federalist[lower-alpha 1] | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Elected in 1822 Lost re-election. |
12 | Thomas C. Worthington | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
19th | Elected in 1824 Retired. |
13 | ![]() Michael Sprigg |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
20th 21st |
Elected in 1826 Re-elected in 1829 Lost re-election. |
14 | ![]() Francis Thomas |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd | Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 7th district. |
15 | James P. Heath | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Elected in 1833. [data unknown/missing] |
From 1835 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Years | Congress | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||
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# | Name | Party | Electoral history | # | Name | Party | Electoral history | |||
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | 16 | ![]() Benjamin Chew Howard |
Jacksonian | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. |
19 | ![]() Isaac McKim |
Jacksonian | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1835. Died. | |
March 3, 1837 – April 1, 1838 |
25th | Democratic | Democratic | |||||||
April 1, 1838 – April 25, 1838 |
Vacant | |||||||||
April 25, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
20 | ![]() John P. Kennedy |
Whig | Elected to finish McKim's term. [data unknown/missing] | ||||||
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
26th | 17 | ![]() James Carroll |
Democratic | Elected in 1839. [data unknown/missing] |
21 | ![]() Solomon Hillen |
Democratic | Elected in 1839. [data unknown/missing] | |
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | 18 | ![]() Alexander Randall |
Whig | Elected in 1841. [data unknown/missing] |
22 | ![]() John P. Kennedy |
Whig | Elected in 1841. [data unknown/missing] |
# | Name | Party | Years | Congress | Electoral history |
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23 | ![]() John P. Kennedy |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Elected late in 1844. [data unknown/missing] |
24 | ![]() William Fell Giles |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1845. [data unknown/missing] |
25 | ![]() Robert Milligan McLane |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
30th 31st |
Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. [data unknown/missing] |
26 | Thomas Yates Walsh | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1851. [data unknown/missing] |
27 | ![]() William Thomas Hamilton |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1853. [data unknown/missing] |
28 | ![]() Henry Winter Davis |
American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. [data unknown/missing] |
29 | Henry May | Unionist | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | Elected in 1861. [data unknown/missing] |
30 | ![]() Francis Thomas |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
38th 39th 40th |
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [data unknown/missing] |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | ||||
31 | ![]() Patrick Hamill |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | Elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing] |
32 | John Ritchie | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing] |
33 | ![]() Thomas Swann |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 |
43rd 44th 45th |
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing] |
34 | ![]() Robert Milligan McLane |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
46th 47th |
Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing] |
35 | John Van Lear Findlay | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. [data unknown/missing] |
36 | ![]() Isidor Rayner |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
50th | Elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing] |
37 | Henry Stockbridge Jr. | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing] |
38 | ![]() Isidor Rayner |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
52nd 53rd |
Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. [data unknown/missing] |
39 | ![]() John Kissig Cowen |
Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | Elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing] |
40 | ![]() William Watson McIntire |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | Elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing] |
41 | ![]() James William Denny |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 |
56th | Elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing] |
42 | ![]() Charles Reginald Schirm |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing] |
43 | ![]() James William Denny |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
58th | Elected in 1902. [data unknown/missing] |
44 | John Gill Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
59th 60th 61st |
Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing] |
45 | ![]() John Charles Linthicum |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – October 5, 1932 |
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died. |
Vacant | October 5, 1932 – November 8, 1932 |
72nd | |||
46 | ![]() Ambrose Jerome Kennedy |
Democratic | November 8, 1932 – January 3, 1941 |
72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th |
Elected to finish Linthicum's term. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. [data unknown/missing] |
47 | John Ambrose Meyer | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
77th | Elected in 1940. [data unknown/missing] |
48 | Daniel Ellison | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | Elected in 1942. [data unknown/missing] |
49 | ![]() George Hyde Fallon |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1971 |
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st |
Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. [data unknown/missing] |
50 | ![]() Paul Sarbanes |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
92nd | Elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
51 | ![]() Marjorie Holt |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1987 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. [data unknown/missing] |
52 | ![]() Tom McMillen |
Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
100th 101st 102nd |
Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. [data unknown/missing] |
53 | ![]() Albert Wynn |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – May 31, 2008 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th |
Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Defeated in primary. Resigned. |
Vacant | May 31, 2008 – June 17, 2008 |
110th | |||
54 | ![]() Donna Edwards |
Democratic | June 17, 2008 – January 3, 2017 |
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th |
Elected to finish Wynn's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senate. |
55 | ![]() Anthony Brown |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 – Present |
115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retiring to run for Attorney General of Maryland. |
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