Maryland Legislative District 7 Explained

District:	7
Constituency:	parts of Baltimore County and Harford County
Senate:	J. B. Jennings (R)
Delegate:	Ryan Nawrocki (R) (District 7A) Kathy Szeliga (R) (District 7A) Lauren Arikan (R) (District 7B)
Democratic:	34.7
Republican:	44.9
Unaffiliated:	18.9
Percent White:	75.9
Percent Black:	11.5
Percent Native American:	0.3
Percent Asian:	4.2
Percent Pacific Islander:	0.0
Percent Other Race:	1.9
Percent Two Or More Races:	6.2
Percent Hispanic:	4.5
Population:	140,902
Population Year:	2020
Voting-Age:	109,881
Registered:	101,882

Maryland's Legislative District 7 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. The district currently consists of parts of Baltimore County and Harford County.^[1] The district includes the communities of Bel Air North, Bel Air South, Bowleys Quarters, Edgewood, Fallston, Jarrettsville, Joppatowne, Kingsville, Middle River, Pleasant Hills, Rossville, and White Marsh. The district was established in 1975.

The district is represented by one State Senator and three State Delegates all of which serve four year terms elected during the Maryland Gubernatorial Elections.

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 140,902, of whom 109,881 (78.0%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 107,012 (75.9%) White, 16,188 (11.5%) African American, 377 (0.3%) Native American, 5,905 (4.2%) Asian, 47 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,611 (1.9%) from some other race, and 8,755 (6.2%) from two or more races.^{[2] [3]} Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,335 (4.5%) of the population.^[4]

The district had 101,882 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 19,236 (18.9%) were registered as unaffiliated, 45,777 (44.9%) were registered as Republicans, 35,311 (34.7%) were registered as Democrats, and 907 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.^[5]

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by J. B. Jennings (R) and in the House of Delegates by Kathy Szeliga (R, 7A), Ryan Nawrocki (R, 7A), and Lauren Arikan (R, 7B).^{[6] [7]}

Election history

Session	Senate	Delegates
1975	rowspan=4	Donald P. Hutchinson (D)	rowspan=3	Peter J. Basilone (D)	rowspan=4	Dennis F. Rasmussen (D)	rowspan=8	Michael H. Weir Sr. (D)
1976
1977
1978	rowspan=1	James N. Hart (D)
1979	rowspan=4	Dennis F. Rasmussen (D)	rowspan=4	R. Terry Connelly	rowspan=4	Michael J. Collins (D)
1980
1981
1982
1983	rowspan=20	Norman R. Stone Jr. (D)	rowspan=20	John S. Arnick (D)	rowspan=12	Louis L. DePazzo (D)	rowspan=5	Robert R. Staab (D)
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988	rowspan=7	Joseph J. Minnick (D)
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995	rowspan=8	Connie C. Galiazzo (D)	rowspan=8	Jacob J. Mohorovic Jr. (D)
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003	rowspan=8	Andrew P. Harris (R)	rowspan=19	Richard K. Impallaria (R)	rowspan=8	J.B. Jennings (R)	rowspan=16	Patrick L. McDonough (R)
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011	rowspan=12	J.B. Jennings (R)	rowspan=12	Kathy Szeliga (R)
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019	rowspan=4	Lauren Arikan (R)
2020
2021
2022	rowspan=1	Ryan Nawrocki (R)

State Senate Elections Results

• 2014 General Election for Maryland State Senator – District 7^[8]

Voters to choose one:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
J. B. Jennings, Rep.	36,913	74.6%	Won
Kim Letke	12,502	25.3%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	46	0.1%	Lost

• 2010 General Election for Maryland State Senator – District 7^[9]

Voters to choose one:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
J. B. Jennings, Rep.	28,890	65.9%	Won
Rebecca Weir Nelson, Dem.	14,848	33.9%	Lost
Jim Stavropoulos, Jr. (Dem. write-in)	53	0.1%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	64	0.1%	Lost

House of Delegates Election Results

• 2018 General Election for Maryland House of Delegates – District 7 ^[10]

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Kathy Szeliga	38,617	25.4%	Won
Lauren Arikan	35,476	23.3%	Won
Richard K. Impallaria	34,223	22.5%	Won
Allison Berkowitz	19,550	12.8%	Lost
Gordon Koerner	15,614	10.3%	Lost
Ryan Sullivan	8,443	5.5%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	324	0.2%	Lost

• 2018 Republican Primary Election for Maryland House of Delegates - District 7 ^[11]

Voters to choose up to three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Kathy Szeliga	7,127	23.3%	Won
Richard K. Impallaria	4,494	14.7%	Won
Lauren Arikan	4,173	13.6%	Won
Aaron Penman	3,216	10.5%	Lost
Bill Paulshock	2,869	9.4%	Lost
Michael Geppi	2,044	6.7%	Lost
David Seman	1,981	6.5%	Lost
Tammy Larkin	1,934	6.3%	Lost
Joshua Barlow	1,548	5.1%	Lost
Angela Sudano-Marcellino	498	1.6%	Lost
Russ English, Jr.	374	1.2%	Lost
Norm Gifford	219	0.7%	Lost
Trevor Leach	148	0.5%	Lost

• 2014 General Election for Maryland House of Delegates – District 7^[12]

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Pat McDonough, Rep.	35,627	26.9%	Won
Kathy Szeliga, Rep.	33,197	25.0%	Won
Richard Impallaria, Rep.	32,560	24.6%	Won
Bob Bowle, Jr., Dem.	11,154	8.4%	Lost
Norman Gifford, Jr., Dem.	10,192	7.7%	Lost
Pete Definbaugh, Dem.	9,707	7.3%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	145	0.1%	Lost

• 2014 Republican Primary Election for Maryland House of Delegates - District 7 ^[13]

Voters to choose up to three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Pat McDonough	6,971	29.0%	Won
Kathy Szeliga	6,125	25.5%	Won
Richard K. Impallaria	5,790	24.1%	Won
David Seman	3,483	14.5%	Lost
Tina Sutherland	1,675	7.0%	Lost

• 2010 General Election for Maryland House of Delegates – District 7^[14]

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Richard Impallaria, Rep.	27,217	23.1%	Won
Pat McDonough, Rep.	25,450	21.6%	Won
Kathy Szeliga, Rep.	24,573	20.9%	Won
Jeff Beard, Dem.	14,885	12.6%	Lost
Kristina A. Sargent, Dem.	13,551	11.5%	Lost
James Ward Morrow, Dem.	11,960	10.2%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	111	0.1%	Lost

• 2010 Republican Primary Election for Maryland House of Delegates - District 7 ^[15]

Voters to choose up to three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Pat McDonough	6,479	27.2%	Won
Richard K. Impallaria	5,678	23.8%	Won
Kathy Szeliga	4,021	16.9%	Won
Brian Bennett	1,838	7.7%	Lost
Marilyn Booker	1,808	7.6%	Lost
Roger Zajdel	1,783	7.5%	Lost
John Cromwell	1,031	4.3%	Lost
Jim Berndt	873	3.7%	Lost
Laine O. C. Clark	312	1.3%	Lost

• 2006 General Election for Maryland House of Delegates – District 7^[16]

Voters to choose up to three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Richard K Impallaria, Rep.	21,333	18.7%	Won
J. B. Jennings, Rep.	21,189	18.6%	Won
Pat McDonough, Rep.	23,184	20.3%	Won
Linda W. Hart, Dem.	17,122	15.0%	Lost
Jack Sturgill, Dem.	15,390	13.5%	Lost
Rebecca L. Nelson, Dem.	13,481	11.8%	Lost
Kim Fell, Green	2,307	2.0%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	83	0.1%	Lost

• 2006 Republican Primary Election for House of Delegates - District 7 ^[17]

Voters to choose up to three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outrcome
Pat McDonouogh	4,214	30.1%	Won
J.B. Jennings	3,798	27.1%	Won
Richard K. Impallaria	3,654	26.1%	Won
John T. Laing	1,499	10.7%	Lost
Nikolai Volkoff	845	6.0%	Lost

• 2002 General Election for Maryland House of Delegates – District 7^[18]

Voters to choose up to three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
J. B. Jennings, Rep.	22,470	20.4%	Won
Pat McDonough, Rep.	20,869	18.9%	Won
Richard Impallaria, Rep.	18,749	17.0%	Won
Nancy M. Hubers, Dem.	17,092	15.5%	Lost
Donna M. Felling, Dem.	14,205	12.9%	Lost
Randy Cogar, Dem.	13,926	12.6%	Lost
Michael F. Linder, Libertarian	2,817	2.6%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	80	0.1%	Lost

• 2002 Republican Primary Election for Maryland House of Delegates - District 7 ^[19]

Voters to choose up to three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Pat McDonough	3,191	16.9%	Won
J.B. Jennings	3,126	16.5%	Won
Richard K. Impallaria	2,594	13.7%	Won
Sheryl L. Davis-Kohl	2,473	13.1%	Lost
Michael J. Davis	2,079	11.0%	Lost
Dilip B. Paliath	1,883	10.0%	Lost
Christopher Saffer	1,851	9.8%	Lost
Jackie Bailey	1,708	9.0%	Lost

Notes and References

1. Web site: LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTING PLAN OF 2012 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 7 . 2018-03-29 . . 2021-10-16.
2. Web site: RACE . . 2021-10-17.
3. Web site: RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER . . 2021-10-17.
4. Web site: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE . . 2021-10-17.
5. Web site: 2020 Presidential General Voter Registration Counts as of Close of Registration, By Legislative . 2020-10-17 . . 2021-10-15.
6. Web site: Maryland Senators By District . . 2023-01-28 . 2023-02-05.
7. Web site: Maryland Delegates By District . . 2023-01-28 . 2023-02-05.
8. Web site: Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for State Senator . Maryland State Board of Elections . March 3, 2016 .
9. Web site: Official 2010 Gubernatorial General Election results for State Senator . Maryland State Board of Elections . March 2, 2016 .
10. Web site: 2018 Election Results.
11. Web site: 2018 House of Delegates Primary Results . Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 15, 2018
12. Web site: Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates Legislative District 7 . Maryland State Board of Elections . February 24, 2016 .
13. Web site: House of Delegates Primary Results . Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on August 15, 2018
14. Web site: Official 2010 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates Legislative District 7 . Maryland State Board of Elections . February 23, 2016 .
15. Web site: House of Delegates Primary Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on August 15, 2018
16. Web site: House of Delegates Results . Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Sept. 22, 2007
17. Web site: House of Delegates Primary Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on August 15, 2018
18. Web site: House of Delegates Results . Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Sept. 22, 2007
19. Web site: House of Delegates Primary Results. Maryland Board of Elections. Retrieved on August 14, 2018