Maryland House of Delegates District 2B


Maryland House of Delegates District 2B is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 2A, it makes up the 2nd district of the Maryland Senate. District 2B includes part of Washington County, notably Hagerstown and is represented by one delegate.

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 44,417, of whom 33,244 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 27,619 White, 8,891 African American, 159 Native American, 1,011 Asian, 17 Pacific Islander, 2,000 from some other race, and 4,710 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,341 of the population.
The district had 25,649 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 5,954 were registered as unaffiliated, 7,538 were registered as Republicans, 11,636 were registered as Democrats, and 291 were registered to other parties.

Past Election Results

2006

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome
Christopher B. ShankRepublican9,60699.0%Won
Other Write-Ins1011.0%

2010

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome
Neil ParrottRepublican7,66361.8%Won
Brien PoffenbergerDemocratic4,71838.0%Lost
Other Write-Ins220.2%

2018

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome
Paul D. CordermanRepublican5,45751.9%Won
Peter E. Perini Sr.Democratic5,02847.8%Lost
Other Write-Ins250.2%

District 2B

The new District 2B encompasses the city of Hagerstown in Washington County. Republican incumbent Brenda J. Thiam was running for a full term after being appointed to the seat on October 6, 2020, following the appointment of Paul D. Corderman, to the Maryland Senate.