Maryland House of Delegates District 1C

Maryland House of Delegates District 1C is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1A and 1B, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Situated in Western Maryland, District 1C covers parts of Allegany County and Washington County. Since 2023, it has been represented by Terry Baker, a Republican.
District 1C was created in the 1994 election, splitting off from District 1B, which until then had elected 2 delegates.

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 39,382, of whom 31,702 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 34,371 White, 2,157 African American, 92 Native American, 418 Asian, 3 Pacific Islander, 317 from some other race, and 2,010 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 914 of the population.
The district had 25,840 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 4,813 were registered as unaffiliated, 13,484 were registered as Republicans, 7,098 were registered as Democrats, and 238 were registered to other parties.

Two-term Republican incumbent Mike McKay announced on July 21, 2021, that he would run for state Senate instead of seeking a third term.

Delegate	Party	Years	Electoral history
Casper R. Taylor Jr.	Democratic	January 1995 – January 8, 2003	Lost reelection in 2002.
LeRoy E. Myers Jr.	Republican	January 8, 2003 – January 2015	Retired December 1, 2014.
Mike McKay	Republican	January 2015 – present	Elected in 2014. Retired to successfully run for the Maryland Senate in 2022.
Terry Baker	Republican	January 11, 2023 – present	Elected in 2022.