| District: | 3 |
| Constituency: | part of Frederick County |
| Senate: | Karen Lewis Young (D) |
| Delegate: |
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| Democratic: | 46.3 |
| Republican: | 29.3 |
| Unaffiliated: | 23.3 |
| Percent White: | 59.0 |
| Percent Black: | 15.5 |
| Percent Native American: | 0.6 |
| Percent Asian: | 6.0 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 8.1 |
| Percent Two Or More Races: | 10.7 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 16.6 |
| Population: | 143,766 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Voting-Age: | 110,187 |
| Registered: | 98,230 |
Maryland's Legislative District 3 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of Frederick County. Up until the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, the district was divided into two sub-districts for the Maryland House of Delegates: District 3A and District 3B.[1]
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 143,766, of whom 110,187 (76.6%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 84,892 (59.0%) White, 22,308 (15.5%) African American, 809 (0.6%) Native American, 8,652 (6.0%) Asian, 53 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 11,644 (8.1%) from some other race, and 15,341 (10.7%) from two or more races.[2] [3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23,875 (16.6%) of the population.[4]
The district had 93,691 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 21,788 (23.3%) were registered as unaffiliated, 27,442 (29.3%) were registered as Republicans, 43,356 (46.3%) were registered as Democrats, and 425 (0.5%) were registered to other parties.[5]
The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by Karen Lewis Young (D) and in the House of Delegates by Kris Fair (D), Karen Simpson (D) and Kenneth P. Kerr (D).[6] [7]
| Year | District 3-A | District 3-B | District 3-C | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | rowspan=4 | Thomas M. Anderson Jr. | rowspan=4 | Louise Gore | rowspan=2 | Blair Lee III | rowspan=8 | Margaret Schweinhaut | rowspan=8 | James Clark Jr. |
| 1968 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | rowspan=6 | Victor Crawford | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | rowspan=4 | James S. McAuliffe Jr. | rowspan=4 | Newton Steers | ||||||
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| Years | Senator | Party | Electoral history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nowrap | January 13, 1971 - March 1, 1983 | Edward P. Thomas Jr. | Republican | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1982. Died.[8] | |||
| nowrap | March 26, 1983 - January 13, 1999 | John W. Derr | Republican | Appointed to finish Thomas's term.[9] Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1994. Lost renomination. | |||
| nowrap | January 13, 1999 - January 12, 2011 | Alex Mooney | Republican | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election. | |||
| nowrap | January 12, 2011 - January 11, 2023 | Ronald N. Young | Democratic | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2018. Retired. | |||
| nowrap | January 11, 2023 - present | Karen Lewis Young | Democratic | Elected in 2022. | |||