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Maryland House of Delegates District 1A is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1B and 1C, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Situated on the state's western border, District 1A includes all of Garrett County, and a small portion of Allegany County.[1] Since 2023, it has been represented by Jim Hinebaugh, a Republican.[2]

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 38,903, of whom 31,377 (80.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 37,120 (95.4%) White, 302 (0.8%) African American, 42 (0.1%) Native American, 155 (0.4%) Asian, 12 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 157 (0.4%) from some other race, and 1,120 (2.9%) from two or more races.[3][4] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 421 (1.1%) of the population.[5]

The district had 27,037 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 3,693 (13.7%) were registered as unaffiliated, 17,456 (64.6%) were registered as Republicans, 5,534 (20.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 205 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.[6]

Past Election Results

1982

Name Party Outcome
George C. Edwards Republican Won[7]
Andrew E. Mance Democratic Lost

1998

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
George C. Edwards Republican 7,999 82.7% Won[8]
Lawson L. Duckworth Democratic 1,670 17.3% Lost

2002

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
George C. Edwards Republican 10,303 99.4% Won[9]
Other Write-Ins 58 0.6%

2006

See also: 2006 Maryland House of Delegates election
Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 6,985 56.3% Won[10]
Bill Aiken Democratic 5,406 43.5% Lost
Other Write-Ins 24 0.2%

2010

See also: 2010 Maryland House of Delegates election
Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 8,866 72.6% Won[11]
James R. "Smokey" Stanton Democratic 3,333 27.3% Lost
Other Write-Ins 17 0.1%

2014

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 10,637 99.1% Won[12]
Other Write-Ins 100 0.9%

2018

See also: 2018 Maryland House of Delegates election
Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 11,149 77.6% Won[13]
Michael Dreisbach Democratic 3,190 22.2% Lost
Other Write-Ins 21 0.1%

List of delegates

Delegate Party Years Electoral history
George C. Edwards[14] Republican January 1983 –
January 10, 2007 		Elected in 1982. Retired to successfully run for the Maryland Senate in 2006.
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican January 10, 2007 –
January 11, 2023 		Elected in 2006. Retired in 2022.
Jim Hinebaugh Republican January 11, 2023 –
present 		Elected in 2022.

References

  1. ^ "Maryland House of Delegates District 1A".
  2. ^ "Members - Delegate Jim Hinebaugh, Jr". mgaleg.maryland.gov. Maryland General Assembly. January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "RACE". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "2020 Presidential General Voter Registration Counts as of Close of Registration, By Legislative". Maryland State Archives. October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "General Assembly winners from around the state". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1982. p. 11. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. ^ "1998 Gubernatorial Election".
  9. ^ "2002 Gubernatorial Election".
  10. ^ "Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Legislative District 01A".
  11. ^ "2010 General Election Results".
  12. ^ "2014 Election Results".
  13. ^ "2018 Election Results".
  14. ^ "Members - Senator George C. Edwards".
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