List of current members of the Maryland Senate

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The Maryland Senate is the upper house of the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Maryland. One Senator is elected from each of the state's 47 electoral districts. As of January 2023, 34 of those seats are held by Democrats and 13 by Republicans. The leader of the Senate is known as the President, a position currently held by Bill Ferguson, who represents Baltimore. In addition, senators elect a President Pro Tempore, and the respective party caucuses elect a majority and minority leader and a majority and minority whip.

Party Composition of Maryland State Senate districts.

Senators are elected in even-numbered years when the President of the United States is not being elected, similar to most other state offices in Maryland. The most recent election was in November 2022. Senators are not term-limited. Should a Senator resign from office before his or her term expires, the local central committee of the party to which the retiring senator belonged makes a recommendation to the Governor for whom to appoint to the open seat. It is tradition for the Governor to appoint the recommended person. Nine of the current members of the Maryland State Senate were originally appointed, all of whom have since been elected in their own right. Newly elected senators are sworn in and begin work on the second Wednesday of the January following their election.

Each Senator has at least one standing committee assignment. The first is to one of the four legislative committees: Budget and Taxation; Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (listed in this table as Education, Health, and Environment); Finance; or Judicial Proceedings. A number of senators have secondary committee assignments, most prominently to the Executive Nominations Committee, which oversees the constitutional responsibility of the Senate to approve nominations by the Governor. Assignment to the Rules or Executive Nominations committees or to any Ad Hoc committees is not noted.

Current party composition

Composition as of the beginning of the 2019–2022 term on January 9, 2019:

Affiliation Senators
  Democratic Party 34
  Republican Party 13
 Total
47
 Democratic majority
20 (72.3%)

During the 2015–2018 term, the State Senate was made up of 33 Democrats and 14 Republicans. Republicans gained two seats (District 38 in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties and District 42 in Baltimore County), while losing one seat (District 9 in Howard and Carroll counties) in the elections held on November 6, 2018. Democrats maintain a super-majority in the chamber. Article II, Section 17(a) of the Maryland Constitution specifies it takes a three-fifths vote of both chambers to override a veto, which is 29 votes in the State Senate. The rules of the Senate also permit members to limit debate by a three-fifths majority vote, meaning Republicans would need to gain four additional seats, for a total of 19, in order to sustain a veto or filibuster legislation.

Current leadership

The below table reflects the current leadership of the Maryland State Senate as of October 4, 2021.

Position Name Party District
President of the Senate Bill Ferguson Democratic 46
President pro tem Malcolm Augustine Democratic 47
Majority Leader Nancy J. King Democratic 39
Majority Vice Leader Joanne C. Benson Democratic 24
Minority Leader Stephen S. Hershey Jr. Republican 36
Minority Vice Leader Justin Ready Republican 5

Current state senators

District Jurisdiction(s) represented Image Senator Party First elected Primary committee
1 Allegany, Garrett, and Washington   Mike McKay Republican 2022 Judicial Proceedings
2 Washington   Paul D. Corderman Republican Appointed and sworn in on September 1, 2020; first elected November 2022 Budget and Taxation
3 Frederick   Karen Lewis Young Democratic 2022 Education, Energy, and the Environment
4 Frederick   William Folden Republican 2022 Judicial Proceedings
5 Carroll   Justin Ready Republican Appointed and sworn in on February 2, 2015; first elected November 2018 Finance
6 Baltimore County   Johnny Ray Salling Republican 2014 Budget and Taxation
7 Baltimore County and Harford   J. B. Jennings Republican 2010 Budget and Taxation
8 Baltimore County   Katherine A. Klausmeier Democratic 2002 Finance
9 Carroll and Howard   Katie Fry Hester Democratic 2018 Education, Energy, and the Environment
10 Baltimore County   Benjamin Brooks Democratic 2022 Education, Energy, and the Environment
11 Baltimore County   Shelly L. Hettleman Democratic Appointed January 30, 2020 and sworn in on February 3, 2020; first elected November 2022 Budget and Taxation
12 Baltimore County and Howard   Clarence Lam Democratic 2018 Finance
13 Howard   Guy Guzzone Democratic 2014 Budget and Taxation (Chair)
14 Montgomery   Craig Zucker Democratic Appointed February 3, 2016 and sworn in on February 4, 2016; first elected November 2018 Budget and Taxation
15 Montgomery   Brian Feldman Democratic Appointed September 12, 2013 and sworn in on September 17, 2013; first elected 2014 Education, Energy, and the Environment (Chair)
16 Montgomery Vacant since May 6, 2024
17 Montgomery   Cheryl Kagan Democratic 2014 Education, Energy, and the Environment
18 Montgomery   Jeff Waldstreicher Democratic 2018 Judicial Proceedings
19 Montgomery   Benjamin F. Kramer Democratic 2018 Finance
20 Montgomery   William C. Smith Jr. Democratic Appointed December 13, 2016 and sworn in on December 21, 2016; first elected November 2018 Judicial Proceedings (Chair)
21 Anne Arundel and Prince George's   James Rosapepe Democratic 2006 Budget and Taxation
22 Prince George's   Alonzo T. Washington Democratic Appointed and sworn in on January 27, 2023 Finance
23 Prince George's   Ron Watson Democratic Appointed August 27, 2021 and sworn in on August 31, 2021; first elected November 2022 Education, Energy, and the Environment
24 Prince George's   Joanne C. Benson Democratic 2010 Budget and Taxation
25 Prince George's   Nick Charles Democratic Appointed and sworn in on December 5, 2023 Judicial Proceedings
26 Prince George's   C. Anthony Muse Democratic 2022 Judicial Proceedings
27 Calvert, Charles and Prince George's   Michael A. Jackson Democratic 2021 Budget and Taxation
28 Charles   Arthur Ellis Democratic 2018 Finance
29 Calvert, and St. Mary's   Jack Bailey Republican 2018 Budget and Taxation
30 Anne Arundel   Sarah Elfreth Democratic 2018 Budget and Taxation
31 Anne Arundel   Bryan Simonaire Republican 2006 Education, Energy, and the Environment
32 Anne Arundel   Pamela Beidle Democratic 2018 Finance (Chair)
33 Anne Arundel   Dawn Gile Democratic 2022 Finance
34 Harford   Mary-Dulany James Democratic 2022 Judicial Proceedings
35 Cecil and Harford   Jason C. Gallion Republican 2018 Education, Energy, and the Environment
36 Caroline, Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's   Stephen S. Hershey Jr. Republican Appointed September 18, 2013 and sworn in on October 1, 2013; first elected 2014 Finance
37 Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico   Johnny Mautz Republican 2022 Finance
38 Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester   Mary Beth Carozza Republican 2018 Education, Energy, and the Environment
39 Montgomery   Nancy J. King Democratic Appointed and sworn in on September 5, 2007; first elected 2010 Budget and Taxation
40 Baltimore   Antonio Hayes Democratic 2018 Finance
41 Baltimore   Jill P. Carter Democratic Appointed and sworn in on April 30, 2018; first elected 2018 Judicial Proceedings
42 Baltimore County   Chris West Republican 2018 Judicial Proceedings
43 Baltimore   Mary L. Washington Democratic 2018 Education, Energy, and the Environment
44 Baltimore and Baltimore County   Charles E. Sydnor III Democratic 2019 Judicial Proceedings
45 Baltimore   Cory V. McCray Democratic 2018 Budget and Taxation
46 Baltimore   Bill Ferguson Democratic 2010 President of the Senate[b]
47 Prince George's

 

Malcolm Augustine Democratic 2018 Education, Energy, and the Environment

Notes

a This Senator was originally appointed to office by the Governor to fill an open seat.

b The President of the Senate does not serve on any of the four standing legislative committees. He does, however, serve on both the Executive Nominations and the Rules Committees.

See also

References

General
  • "Maryland at a Glance: Government". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  • "Maryland Senate – Committees". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
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