Maryland Legislative District 36

Maryland's Legislative District 36 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers Kent County, Queen Anne's County, and parts of Caroline County and Cecil County.

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 129,429, of whom 101,733 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 103,031 White, 11,859 African American, 414 Native American, 1,613 Asian, 40 Pacific Islander, 4,190 from some other race, and 8,282 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8,428 of the population.
The district had 90,062 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 17,728 were registered as unaffiliated, 41,025 were registered as Republicans, 29,927 were registered as Democrats, and 766 were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by Stephen S. Hershey Jr. and in the House of Delegates by Steven J. Arentz, Jefferson L. Ghrist and Jay A. Jacobs.

History

1994 redistricting

On January 14, 1994, Maryland was ordered to submit a plan for a new African American majority district on the Eastern Shore following Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. v. Schaefer. The U.S. District Court approved a plan to alter the boundaries of former legislative districts 36, 37, and 38, beginning with the 1994 general election. Following this plan, Kent County, Queen Anne's County and parts of Caroline County, Cecil County and Talbot County were provisioned for district 36.