| District: | 3A |
| Constituency: | part of Frederick County |
| Delegate: | Karen Lewis Young (D) Carol L. Krimm (D) |
| Democratic: | 49.1 |
| Republican: | 26.5 |
| Unaffiliated: | 23.1 |
| Percent White: | 55.8 |
| Percent Black: | 17.2 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.6 |
| Percent Asian: | 5.7 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 9.6 |
| Percent Two Or More Races: | 11.0 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 18.9 |
| Population: | 94,029 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
| Voting-Age: | 72,483 |
| Registered: | 59,013 |
Maryland House of Delegates District 3A is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 3B, it makes up the 3rd district of the Maryland Senate. District 3A includes part of Frederick County and is represented by two delegates.[1]
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 94,029, of whom 72,483 (77.1%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 52,465 (55.8%) White, 16,152 (17.2%) African American, 582 (0.6%) Native American, 5,324 (5.7%) Asian, 32 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 9,044 (9.6%) from some other race, and 10,377 (11.0%) from two or more races.[2] [3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17,778 (18.9%) of the population.[4]
The district had 59,013 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 13,643 (23.1%) were registered as unaffiliated, 15,651 (26.5%) were registered as Republicans, 28,983 (49.1%) were registered as Democrats, and 297 (0.5%) were registered to other parties.[5]
| Name | Party | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Paul D. Muldowney | Democratic | Won[6] | |
| align=left | D. Michael Auldridge | Republican | Lost |
| Name | Party | Votes | Percent | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Patrick N. Hogan | Republican | 12,066 | 26.4% | Won[7] | |
| align=left | Galen R. Clagett | Democratic | 11,434 | 25.0% | Won | |
| align=left | Dick Zimmerman | Democratic | 11,288 | 24.7% | Lost | |
| align=left | Timothy W. Brooks | Republican | 10,782 | 23.6% | Lost | |
| align=left | Ron Bird | Democratic | 4 | 0.0% | Lost | |
| align=left | Other Write-Ins | 168 | 0.4% |
See also: 2006 Maryland House of Delegates election.
| Name | Party | Votes | Percent | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Sue Hecht | Democratic | 13,900 | 28.7% | Won[8] | |
| align=left | Galen R. Clagett | Democratic | 12,422 | 25.7% | Won | |
| align=left | Patrick N. Hogan | Republican | 12,163 | 25.1% | Lost | |
| align=left | Linda Naylor | Republican | 9,873 | 20.4% | Lost | |
| align=left | Other Write-Ins | 32 | 0.1% |
See also: 2010 Maryland House of Delegates election.
| Name | Party | Votes | Percent | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Galen R. Clagett | Democratic | 13,341 | 27.5% | Won[9] | |
| align=left | Patrick N. Hogan | Republican | 12,617 | 26.0% | Won | |
| align=left | Scott Rolle | Republican | 11,312 | 23.3% | Lost | |
| align=left | Candy O. Greenway | Democratic | 11,203 | 23.1% | Lost | |
| align=left | Other Write-Ins | 61 | 0.1% |
| Name | Party | Votes | Percent | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Carol L. Krimm | Democratic | 11,654 | 28.0% | Won[10] | |
| align=left | Karen Lewis Young | Democratic | 10,944 | 26.3% | Won | |
| align=left | Paul Smith | Republican | 9,930 | 23.9% | Lost | |
| align=left | Victoria Wilkins | Republican | 8,981 | 21.6% | Lost | |
| align=left | Other Write-Ins | 47 | 0.1% |
See also: 2018 Maryland House of Delegates election.
| Name | Party | Votes | Percent | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Karen Lewis Young | Democratic | 18,725 | 31.4% | Won[11] | |
| align=left | Carol L. Krimm | Democratic | 18,705 | 31.3% | Won | |
| align=left | Mike Bowersox | Republican | 11,157 | 18.7% | Lost | |
| align=left | James Dvorak | Republican | 9,568 | 16.0% | Lost | |
| align=left | Jeremy Harbaugh | Libertarian | 1,492 | 2.5% | Lost | |
| align=left | Other Write-Ins | 64 | 0.1% |