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Maryland House of Delegates District 1B is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1A and 1C, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Near the state's western border, District 1B is located entirely within Allegany County.[1] Since 2015, it has been represented by Jason C. Buckel, a Republican.[2]

District 1B elected 2 delegates until the 1994 election, when District 1C was created.[3]

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 37,328, of whom 31,058 (83.2%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 31,342 (84.0%) White, 3,542 (9.5%) African American, 80 (0.2%) Native American, 468 (1.3%) Asian, 8 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 338 (0.9%) from some other race, and 1,543 (4.1%) from two or more races.[4][5] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 639 (1.7%) of the population.[6]

The district had 23,824 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 4,105 (17.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 12,301 (51.6%) were registered as Republicans, 7,054 (29.6%) were registered as Democrats, and 194 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.[7]

Past Election Results

1982

Voters to choose no more than 2.
Name Party Outcome
William B. Byrnes Democratic Won[8]
W. Timothy Finan Democratic Won
W. Ardell Haines Republican Lost
R. Neil Williams Republican Lost

1986

Voters to choose no more than 2.
Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Betty Workman Democratic 8,195 29.1% Won[9]
Kevin Kelly Democratic 7,858 27.9% Won
Robert M. Hutcheson Republican 6,151 21.8% Lost
William R. Davis Republican 5,984 21.2% Lost

1990

Voters to choose no more than 2.
Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Kevin Kelly Democratic 11,579 40.9% Won[10]
Betty Workman Democratic 11,413 40.3% Won
H. Dolores Chase Morgan Republican 5,321 18.8% Lost

1994

The 1994 election marked the split of District 1B, creating District 1C. Both delegates ran in the Democratic primary, with Betty Workman defeating Kevin Kelly.[11]

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Betty Workman Democratic 7,050 68.8% Won[12]
Stephen P. Crossland Republican 3,204 31.2% Lost

1998

Former delegate Kevin Kelly defeated incumbent Betty Workman in the Democratic primary.[13]

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Kevin Kelly Democratic 5,232 51.2% Won[14]
Tricia Wolfe Republican 4,991 48.8% Lost

2002

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Kevin Kelly Democratic 6,654 55.7% Won[15]
Tricia Wolfe Republican 5,286 44.3% Lost
Other Write-Ins 4 0.0%

2006

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Kevin Kelly Democratic 6,489 55.7% Won[16]
Mark A. Fisher Republican 5,151 44.2% Lost
Other Write-Ins 20 0.2%

2010

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Kevin Kelly Democratic 6,226 51.3% Won[17]
Mary Beth Pirolozzi Republican 5,908 48.6% Lost
Other Write-Ins 12 0.1%

2014

In the 2014 Election, Republican Jason C. Buckel won an easy victory over the longtime incumbent, Democrat Kevin Kelly.

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Jason C. Buckel Republican 6,664 58.9% Won[18]
Kevin Kelly Democratic 4,623 40.9% Lost
Other Write-Ins 21 0.2%

2018

Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Jason C. Buckel Republican 8,074 62.6% Won[19]
Penny Lyn Walker Democratic 4,826 37.4% Lost
Other Write-Ins 5 0.0%

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