Maryland

Executives · Congressional delegation · State legislature · State supreme court

Statewide executives

Wes Moore

D Governor

Term 2023–2027

Aruna Miller

D Lieutenant Governor

Older Open States records whose term end date has passed (may be out of date): Linda Lamone (Chief Election Officer, term ended 2023-09-01)

State supreme court: Maryland Supreme Court

Assisted appointment (governor-controlled commission) · Term: 10 years · 7 sitting justices. A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.

Matthew Fader

Chief Justice · 3rd Circuit

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: April 14, 2022

Appointed by Larry Hogan (R)

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Brynja McDivitt Booth

Justice · 1st Circuit

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: April 18, 2019

Appointed by Larry Hogan (R)

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Angela M. Eaves

Justice · 2nd Circuit

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: April 12, 2022

Appointed by Larry Hogan (R)

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Peter K. Killough

Justice · 4th Circuit

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: July 31, 2024

Appointed by Wes Moore (D)

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Jonathan Biran

Justice · 5th Circuit

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: December 16, 2019

Appointed by Larry Hogan (R)

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Shirley Marie Watts

Justice · 6th Circuit

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: July 31, 2013

Appointed by Martin O'Malley (D)

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Steven Gould

Justice · 7th Circuit

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: September 11, 2021

Appointed by Larry Hogan (R)

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No public decision data available for this court.

Court page → · Source: Ballotpedia

Congressional delegation

Current delegation: 9 D · 1 R · scores are DW-NOMINATE (comparable across Congress)

U.S. Senate

Angela Deneece Alsobrooks

D MD

-0.455

Christopher Van Hollen

D MD

-0.399

U.S. House

Andy Harris

R MD-1

+0.676

Johnny Olszewski Jr.

Sarah Elfreth

Glenn Ivey

Steny Hamilton Hoyer

D MD-5

-0.381

April McClain Delaney

Kweisi Mfume

State legislature

Maryland Senate 47 members · 34 D · 13 R open in Rankings →

2121 roll calls (584 contested, used for scores), 2025-01-20 to 2026-08-04; sessions: 2025 Regular Session; 2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Craig Zucker	D	14	-0.388	100.0%	2121
2	Guy Guzzone	D	13	-0.388	100.0%	1005
3	Brian Feldman	D	15	-0.387	100.0%	2121
4	Kevin Harris	D	27	-0.387	100.0%	1116
5	Shelly Hettleman	D	11	-0.387	99.8%	2121
6	Will Smith	D	20	-0.386	100.0%	1005
7	Jeff Waldstreicher	D	18	-0.385	99.9%	2121
8	Malcolm Augustine	D	47	-0.384	100.0%	2121
9	Ben Kramer	D	19	-0.383	99.6%	2121
10	Clarence Lam	D	12	-0.383	99.2%	2121
11	Joanne Benson	D	24	-0.382	99.5%	2121
12	Cheryl Kagan	D	17	-0.381	99.6%	2121
13	Jim Rosapepe	D	21	-0.379	99.8%	2121
14	Mary Washington	D	43	-0.379	99.3%	2121
15	Ben Brooks	D	10	-0.377	99.7%	2121
16	Cory McCray	D	45	-0.377	99.4%	2121
17	Charles Sydnor	D	44	-0.377	99.1%	2121
18	Karen Young	D	3	-0.377	99.5%	2121
19	Arthur Ellis	D	28	-0.374	99.4%	2121
20	Dalya Attar	D	41	-0.373	99.7%	2119
21	Anthony Muse	D	26	-0.371	99.6%	2121
22	Nick Charles	D	25	-0.370	99.6%	2121
23	Nancy King	D	39	-0.369	99.7%	2121
24	Antonio Hayes	D	40	-0.360	99.1%	2121
25	Sara Love	D	16	-0.360	99.0%	2121
26	Alonzo Washington	D	22	-0.358	99.1%	2121
27	Pam Beidle	D	32	-0.348	99.3%	2121
28	Katie Hester	D	9	-0.294	98.5%	2121
29	Shaneka Henson	D	30	-0.288	98.1%	2121
30	Ron Watson	D	23	-0.287	98.3%	1005
31	Dawn Gile	D	33	-0.268	98.0%	2121
32	Carl Jackson	D	8	-0.239	97.4%	2101
33	Mary-Dulany James	D	34	-0.004	93.7%	2121
34	Chris West	R	42	+0.459	90.1%	2121
35	Mike McKay	R	1	+0.746	94.5%	2121
36	Bryan Simonaire	R	31	+0.754	95.1%	2121
37	J.B. Jennings	R	7	+0.876	97.4%	2121
38	Mary Beth Carozza	R	38	+0.890	96.6%	2121
39	Johnny Salling	R	6	+0.913	97.3%	2121
40	Bill Folden	R	4	+0.968	97.7%	2121
41	Jack Bailey	R	29	+0.971	98.1%	2121
42	Steve Hershey	R	36	+0.984	98.8%	2121
43	Justin Ready	R	5	+0.996	98.1%	2121
44	Paul Corderman	R	2	+0.997	97.8%	2121
45	Johnny Mautz	R	37	+0.998	97.1%	2121
46	Jason Gallion	R	35	+1.000	98.0%	2121
—	Bill Ferguson not ranked	D	46	—	—	0

Maryland House of Delegates 141 members · 102 D · 39 R open in Rankings →

2779 roll calls (1377 contested, used for scores), 2025-01-27 to 2026-08-04; sessions: 2025 Regular Session; 2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Joseline Peña-Melnyk	D	21	-0.327	100.0%	1298
2	Aaron Kaufman	D	18	-0.326	100.0%	2779
3	Anne Healey	D	22	-0.326	100.0%	2779
4	Bonnie Cullison	D	19	-0.326	100.0%	2779
5	Caylin Young	D	45	-0.326	100.0%	2779
6	Dana Stein	D	11B	-0.326	100.0%	2711
7	David Moon	D	20	-0.326	100.0%	2779
8	Diana Fennell	D	47A	-0.326	100.0%	2779
9	Elizabeth Embry	D	43A	-0.326	100.0%	2779
10	Emily Shetty	D	18	-0.326	100.0%	2779
11	Jheanelle Wilkins	D	20	-0.326	100.0%	2779
12	Marvin Holmes	D	23	-0.326	100.0%	2779
13	Julie Palakovich Carr	D	17	-0.326	100.0%	2779
14	Kym Taylor	D	23	-0.326	100.0%	2779
15	Lorig Charkoudian	D	20	-0.326	100.0%	2779
16	Luke Clippinger	D	46	-0.326	100.0%	2777
17	Malcolm Ruff	D	41	-0.326	100.0%	2779
18	Marc Korman	D	16	-0.326	100.0%	2779
19	Mark Chang	D	32	-0.326	100.0%	2779
20	Mary Lehman	D	21	-0.326	99.8%	2779
21	Ryan Spiegel	D	17	-0.326	100.0%	2779
22	Sean Stinnett	D	41	-0.326	100.0%	2632
23	Sheila Ruth	D	44B	-0.326	100.0%	2779
24	Aletheia McCaskill	D	44B	-0.325	99.8%	2779
25	Bernice Mireku-North	D	14	-0.325	100.0%	2779
26	Deni Taveras	D	47B	-0.325	100.0%	2779
27	Jackie Addison	D	45	-0.325	100.0%	2779
28	Jared Solomon	D	18	-0.325	100.0%	2779
29	Jen Terrasa	D	13	-0.325	99.8%	2779
30	Jennifer White Holland	D	10	-0.325	100.0%	2779
31	Jessica Feldmark	D	12A	-0.325	100.0%	2779
32	Joe Vogel	D	17	-0.325	100.0%	2779
33	Karen Toles	D	25	-0.325	100.0%	2779
34	Kim Ross	D	8	-0.325	100.0%	2632
35	Kris Valderrama	D	26	-0.325	100.0%	2779
36	Lesley Lopez	D	39	-0.325	100.0%	2779
37	Mark Edelson	D	46	-0.325	100.0%	2779
38	Marlon Amprey	D	40	-0.325	100.0%	2779
39	Nick Allen	D	8	-0.325	100.0%	2779
40	Nicole Williams	D	22	-0.325	100.0%	2779
41	Robbyn Lewis	D	46	-0.325	99.9%	2779
42	Vaughn Stewart	D	19	-0.325	100.0%	2779
43	Veronica Turner	D	26	-0.325	100.0%	2779
44	Ben Barnes	D	21	-0.324	99.9%	2779
45	Cathi Forbes	D	43B	-0.324	100.0%	2779
46	Charlotte Crutchfield	D	19	-0.324	100.0%	2779
47	Cheryl Pasteur	D	11A	-0.324	99.9%	2779
48	Eric Ebersole	D	44A	-0.324	99.9%	2779
49	Greg Wims	D	39	-0.324	100.0%	2779
50	Harry Bhandari	D	8	-0.324	99.9%	2779
51	Sandy Bartlett	D	32	-0.324	100.0%	2779
52	Kris Fair	D	3	-0.324	100.0%	2779
53	Melissa Wells	D	40	-0.324	100.0%	2779
54	Scott Phillips	D	10	-0.324	99.9%	2779
55	Pam Queen	D	14	-0.324	100.0%	2779
56	Regina Boyce	D	43A	-0.324	100.0%	2779
57	Sandy Rosenberg	D	41	-0.324	99.9%	2779
58	Sarah Wolek	D	16	-0.324	100.0%	2779
59	Stephanie Smith	D	45	-0.324	100.0%	1483
60	Teresa Woorman	D	16	-0.324	99.9%	2779
61	Anne Kaiser	D	14	-0.323	99.9%	2779
62	Dylan Behler	D	30A	-0.323	100.0%	2769
63	Gabriel Acevero	D	39	-0.323	99.4%	2779
64	Jamila Woods	D	26	-0.323	99.9%	2779
65	Ken Kerr	D	3	-0.323	99.9%	2779
66	Lily Qi	D	15	-0.323	99.9%	2779
67	Linda Foley	D	15	-0.323	99.9%	2779
68	Adrian Boafo	D	23	-0.322	99.9%	2779
69	Andrew Pruski	D	33A	-0.322	99.9%	2779
70	Dana Jones	D	30A	-0.322	99.9%	2779
71	Darrell Odom	D	27A	-0.322	99.9%	1483
72	Edith Patterson	D	28	-0.322	99.9%	2779
73	Julian Ivey	D	47A	-0.322	99.7%	2779
74	Karen Simpson	D	3	-0.322	99.9%	2779
75	Courtney Watson	D	9B	-0.321	99.9%	1483
76	Derrick Coley	D	24	-0.321	99.9%	1483
77	Gabriel Moreno	D	13	-0.321	99.9%	1483
78	Pam Guzzone	D	13	-0.321	99.9%	1483
79	Terri Hill	D	12A	-0.321	99.8%	2779
80	Kent Roberson	D	25	-0.320	99.8%	2779
81	Andrea Harrison	D	24	-0.319	99.6%	2779
82	Debra Davis	D	28	-0.319	99.7%	2779
83	Jeff Long	D	27B	-0.319	99.7%	2779
84	Jon Cardin	D	11B	-0.318	99.7%	2779
85	Mike Rogers	D	32	-0.318	99.8%	2779
86	David Fraser-Hidalgo	D	15	-0.315	99.7%	2779
87	Denise Roberts	D	25	-0.314	99.6%	2779
88	Michele Guyton	D	42B	-0.310	99.6%	2779
89	Gary Simmons	D	12B	-0.307	99.5%	2779
90	Frank Conaway	D	40	-0.301	99.2%	2779
91	Heather Bagnall Tudball	D	33C	-0.299	99.3%	2779
92	C.T. Wilson	D	28	-0.298	99.2%	2779
93	Tiffany Alston	D	24	-0.292	98.8%	2779
94	Natalie Ziegler	D	9A	-0.290	99.0%	2779
95	Chao Wu	D	9A	-0.286	98.9%	2779
96	Andre Johnson	D	34A	-0.252	97.8%	2779
97	Brian Crosby	D	29B	-0.251	97.8%	2779
98	Matthew Schindler	D	2B	-0.245	97.7%	2779
99	Steve Johnson	D	34A	-0.217	96.6%	2779
100	Sheree Sample-Hughes	D	37A	-0.026	91.7%	2779
101	Stuart Schmidt	R	33B	+0.290	82.1%	2779
102	Kevin Hornberger	R	35B	+0.555	89.1%	2779
103	Jim Hinebaugh	R	1A	+0.725	94.5%	2779
104	Seth Howard	R	30B	+0.730	94.1%	2779
105	Christopher Bouchat	R	5	+0.744	95.1%	2779
106	Josh Stonko	R	42C	+0.744	94.8%	2779
107	Todd Morgan	R	29C	+0.757	95.3%	2779
108	Ric Metzgar	R	6	+0.775	95.8%	2779
109	Jason Buckel	R	1B	+0.776	95.7%	2779
110	Barrie Ciliberti	R	4	+0.777	95.4%	2779
111	Chris Tomlinson	R	5	+0.779	96.0%	2779
112	Mike Griffith	R	35A	+0.785	96.1%	2779
113	Tom Hutchinson	R	37B	+0.806	96.1%	2779
114	Barry Beauchamp	R	38B	+0.808	95.6%	2779
115	Susan McComas	R	34B	+0.815	96.5%	2779
116	Jay Jacobs	R	36	+0.826	96.8%	2779
117	Kevin Anderson	R	38A	+0.831	95.4%	1483
118	April Miller	R	4	+0.836	96.8%	2779
119	Bob Long	R	6	+0.850	96.8%	2779
120	Steve Arentz	R	36	+0.857	97.0%	2779
121	Chris Adams	R	37B	+0.861	96.6%	2779
122	Nic Kipke	R	31	+0.862	94.3%	2779
123	William Valentine	R	2A	+0.864	94.7%	2779
124	Teresa Reilly	R	35A	+0.867	96.9%	2779
125	April Rose	R	5	+0.868	97.2%	2779
126	William Wivell	R	2A	+0.873	94.1%	2779
127	Jeff Ghrist	R	36	+0.876	96.6%	2779
128	Wayne Hartman	R	38C	+0.876	96.6%	2779
129	LaToya Nkongolo	R	31	+0.890	95.5%	2779
130	Jesse Pippy	R	4	+0.895	95.5%	2779
131	Terry Baker	R	1C	+0.922	94.4%	2779
132	Brian Chisholm	R	31	+0.954	90.5%	2779
133	Lauren Arikan	R	7B	+0.954	84.8%	2779
134	Matt Morgan	R	29A	+0.970	88.7%	2779
135	Robin Grammer	R	6	+0.975	78.8%	2779
136	Ryan Nawrocki	R	7A	+0.981	88.4%	2779
137	Kathy Szeliga	R	7A	+0.984	87.5%	2779
138	Mark Fisher	R	27C	+1.000	86.8%	2779
—	Adrienne Jones not ranked	D	10	—	—	1551
—	Alex Harlan not ranked	R	42A	—	—	0
—	Ashanti Martínez not ranked	D	22	—	—	0