Maryland's Legislative District 35 is one of 47 districts in the state for the
Maryland General Assembly
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. It covers parts of
Cecil County
Cecil County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland at the northeastern corner of the state, bordering both Pennsylvania and Delaware. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 103,725. The county seat is Elkton. The ...
and
Harford County
Harford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Stati ...
. The district is divided into two sub-districts for the
Maryland House of Delegates
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:
District 35A and
District 35B.
Demographic characteristics
As of the
2020 United States census, the district had a population of 132,271, of whom 102,803 (77.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 112,391 (85.0%)
White
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, 6,540 (4.9%)
African American
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, 317 (0.2%)
Native American
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Related terms and peoples include:
Ethnic groups
* Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian peoples of North, South, and Central America ...
, 2,552 (1.9%)
Asian, 45 (0.0%)
Pacific Islander
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, 1,845 (1.4%) from
some other race, and 8,578 (6.5%) from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 5,267 (4.0%) of the population.
The district had 93,887 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 19,425 (20.7%) were registered as unaffiliated, 46,677 (49.7%) were registered as
Republicans
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Political ideology
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, 26,322 (28.0%) were registered as
Democrats, and 806 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.
Political representation
The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the
State Senate
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by
Jason C. Gallion (R) and in the
House of Delegates by
Michael Griffith (R, District 35A),
Teresa E. Reilly (R, District 35A) and
Kevin B. Hornberger (R, District 35B).
References
{{Maryland legislative districts
Cecil County, Maryland
Harford County, Maryland
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