The Maryland Senate,sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate,is the upper house of the General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single-member districts,the Senate is responsible,along with the Maryland House of Delegates,for passage of laws in Maryland,and for confirming executive appointments made by the Governor of Maryland.
The Maryland Republican Party is the Maryland state branch of the Republican Party (GOP),headquartered in Annapolis. It is the state's minority party,controlling no statewide offices,minorities in both houses of the state legislature,and 1 of 8 U.S. House seats.
Jonathan Bartlett Jennings is an American politician and farmer who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing the seventh district since 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 to 2011,and served as the minority leader of the Senate from 2014 to 2020.
Bryan Warner Simonaire is an American politician who serves as a Maryland state senator representing District 31,which encompasses much of northern Anne Arundel County's Baltimore suburbs. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the minority leader of the Maryland Senate from 2020 to 2023.
Richard F. Colburn,a Republican,is a former State Senator for District 37 in Maryland.
Frank Melvin Conaway Jr. is an American politician who serves as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing the 40th district.
Dereck Eugene Davis is an American politician serving as the Treasurer of Maryland since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 25th district from 1995 to 2021.
Melony Ghee Griffith is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 25 in Prince George's County from 2019 until her resignation on October 31,2023. She previously served as president pro tempore of the Maryland Senate from 2020 to 2023,and as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1999 to 2015.
Joan Carter Conway is an American politician who represented district 43 in the Maryland State Senate. She is the first African American woman to be appointed chairman of any of the standing committees in the Maryland Senate.
Clarence W. Blount was an American politician who was the first African American to be the majority leader of the Maryland State Senate. He represented the 41st district in Baltimore City from January 11,1971,to January 8,2003.
The 2008 congressional elections in Maryland were held on November 4,2008,to determine who would represent the state of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected serve in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009,until January 3,2011.
George W. Della was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Maryland. Trained as a lawyer,Della was appointed to the Maryland Senate in 1939 to represent a southern and southwestern district in Baltimore and served until his retirement from politics. He served as President of the Maryland Senate,from 1951 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1963. Della was a member of the Democratic Party.
William Claiborne Ferguson IV is an American politician,attorney,and former schoolteacher. He is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate,representing the 46th legislative district since 2011,and serving as the President of the Maryland Senate since January 8,2020. The district is composed of parts of Baltimore City.
David V. Fraser-Hidalgo is an Ecuadorian-born American politician and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County,Maryland. He was appointed to complete the term of Delegate Brian J. Feldman following Feldman's appointment to a Senate seat and has since been elected to his own full term.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland were held on November 8,2016,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Maryland,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26.
Charles E. Sydnor III is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 44 since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented District 44B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2020.
Clarence K. Lam is an American politician and physician who has served in the Maryland Senate representing the 12th district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,his district stretches across Anne Arundel and Howard counties and includes parts of Columbia and Glen Burnie. Lam previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019.
Ronald L. Watson is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 23 since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented District 23B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2019 to 2021,and served on the Prince George's County Board of Education from 2006 to 2010.
The 2022 Maryland Senate election were held on November 8,2022,to elect senators in all 47 districts of the Maryland Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections,including for governor of Maryland. The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on July 19,2022.
Aletheia McCaskill is an American politician and union activist who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 44B in Baltimore County,Maryland. She was previously a candidate for District 44 of the Maryland Senate in 2018.
