Maryland House of Delegates District 2B

Maryland House of Delegates District 2B is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 2A, it makes up the 2nd district of the Maryland Senate. District 2B includes part of Washington County, notably Hagerstown and is represented by one delegate.^[1]

Maryland's legislative district 2B
Represents part of Washington County
Delegate(s)	Matthew Schindler (D)
Registration	45.4% Democratic 29.4% Republican 23.2% unaffiliated
Demographics	62.2% White 20.0% Black/African American 0.4% Native American 2.3% Asian 0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 4.5% Other race 10.6% Two or more races 9.8% Hispanic
Population (2020)	44,417
Voting-age population	33,244
Registered voters	25,649

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 44,417, of whom 33,244 (74.8%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 27,619 (62.2%) White, 8,891 (20.0%) African American, 159 (0.4%) Native American, 1,011 (2.3%) Asian, 17 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,000 (4.5%) from some other race, and 4,710 (10.6%) from two or more races.^[2][3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,341 (9.8%) of the population.^[4]

The district had 25,649 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 5,954 (23.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 7,538 (29.4%) were registered as Republicans, 11,636 (45.4%) were registered as Democrats, and 291 (1.1%) were registered to other parties.^[5]

Past Election Results

1982

Name	Party	Outcome
Peter G. Callas	Democratic	Won[6]
W. Keller Nigh	Republican	Lost

1986

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Peter G. Callas	Democratic	5,339	72.0%	Won[7]
Richard D. Wiles	Republican	2,103	28.0%	Lost

1990

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Peter G. Callas	Democratic	4,892	100.0%	Won[8]

1994

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Bruce Poole	4,219	50.0%	Democratic	Won[9]
Richard D. Wiles	4,143	50.0%	Republican	Lost

1998

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Christopher B. Shank	Republican	4,873	51.0%	Won[10]
Bruce Poole	Democratic	4,626	49.0%	Lost

2002

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Christopher B. Shank	Republican	7,749	72.3%	Won[11]
David M. Russo	Democratic	2,954	27.6%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		11	0.1%

2006

See also: 2006 Maryland House of Delegates election

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Christopher B. Shank	Republican	9,606	99.0%	Won[12]
Other Write-Ins		101	1.0%

2010

See also: 2010 Maryland House of Delegates election

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Neil Parrott	Republican	7,663	61.8%	Won[13]
Brien Poffenberger	Democratic	4,718	38.0%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		22	0.2%

2014

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Brett Wilson	Republican	3,846	54.3%	Won[14]
John P. Donoghue	Democratic	3,232	45.6%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		7	0.1%

2018

See also: 2018 Maryland House of Delegates election

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Paul D. Corderman	Republican	5,457	51.9%	Won[15]
Peter E. Perini Sr.	Democratic	5,028	47.8%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		25	0.2%