Maryland House of Delegates District 1A explained

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
align=left	George C. Edwards	Republican	Won[7]
align=left	Andrew E. Mance	Democratic	Lost

1998

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

2002

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

2006

See also: 2006 Maryland House of Delegates election.

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Wendell R. Beitzel		Republican	6,985	56.3%	Won[10]
align=left	Bill Aiken	Democratic	5,406	43.5%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		24	0.2%

2010

See also: 2010 Maryland House of Delegates election.

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Wendell R. Beitzel		Republican	8,866	72.6%	Won[11]
align=left	James R. "Smokey" Stanton	Democratic	3,333	27.3%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		17	0.1%

2014

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

2018

See also: 2018 Maryland House of Delegates election.

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Wendell R. Beitzel		Republican	11,149	77.6%	Won[13]
align=left	Michael Dreisbach	Democratic	3,190	22.2%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		21	0.1%

List of delegates

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maryland House of Delegates District 1A.
2. Web site: Members - Delegate Jim Hinebaugh, Jr. . mgaleg.maryland.gov . . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023.
3. Web site: RACE . . 2021-10-23.
4. Web site: RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER . . 2021-10-23.
5. Web site: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE . . 2021-10-23.
6. Web site: 2020 Presidential General Voter Registration Counts as of Close of Registration, By Legislative . 2020-10-17 . . 2021-10-23.
7. News: General Assembly winners from around the state . 1982-11-03 . . 11 . 2022-03-29 . Newspapers.com.
8. Web site: 1998 Gubernatorial Election.
9. Web site: 2002 Gubernatorial Election.
10. Web site: Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Legislative District 01A.
11. Web site: 2010 General Election Results.
12. Web site: 2014 Election Results.
13. Web site: 2018 Election Results.
14. Web site: Members - Senator George C. Edwards.