District: | 26 |
Constituency: | part of Prince George's County |
Senate: | C. Anthony Muse (D) |
Delegate: | |
Democratic: | 81.9 |
Republican: | 5.0 |
Unaffiliated: | 11.1 |
Percent White: | 7.4 |
Percent Black: | 70.3 |
Percent Native American: | 0.6 |
Percent Asian: | 4.3 |
Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.0 |
Percent Other Race: | 11.4 |
Percent Two Or More Races: | 6.0 |
Percent Hispanic: | 15.9 |
Population: | 126,356 |
Population Year: | 2020 |
Voting-Age: | 101,304 |
Registered: | 89,715 |
Maryland's Legislative District 26 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of Prince George's County.[1]
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 126,356, of whom 101,304 (80.2%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 9,380 (7.4%) White, 88,836 (70.3%) African American, 721 (0.6%) Native American, 5,387 (4.3%) Asian, 13 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 14,383 (11.4%) from some other race, and 7,545 (6.0%) from two or more races.[2] [3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20,030 (15.9%) of the population.[4]
The district had 89,715 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 9,921 (11.1%) were registered as unaffiliated, 4,452 (5.0%) were registered as Republicans, 73,466 (81.9%) were registered as Democrats, and 1,597 (1.8%) were registered to other parties.[5]
The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by C. Anthony Muse (D) and in the House of Delegates by Veronica L. Turner (D), Kriselda Valderrama (D) and Jamila Woods (D).[6] [7]