Maryland House of Delegates District 9A explained

District:	9A
Constituency:	parts of Carroll County and Howard County
Delegate:	Natalie Ziegler (D) Chao Wu (D)
Democratic:	37.0
Republican:	38.7
Unaffiliated:	22.8
Percent White:	68.1
Percent Black:	6.1
Percent Native American:	0.2
Percent Asian:	17.9
Percent Pacific Islander:	0.0
Percent Other Race:	1.2
Percent Two Or More Races:	6.5
Percent Hispanic:	3.9
Population:	97,589
Population Year:	2020
Voting-Age:	74,024
Registered:	72,308

Maryland House of Delegates District 9A is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistrict 9B, it makes up the 9th district of the Maryland Senate. District 9A includes parts of Carroll County and Howard County, and is represented by two delegates.^[1]

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 97,589, of whom 74,024 (75.9%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 66,430 (68.1%) White, 5,989 (6.1%) African American, 169 (0.2%) Native American, 17,490 (17.9%) Asian, 28 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 1,193 (1.2%) from some other race, and 6,304 (6.5%) from two or more races.^[2] ^[3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,821 (3.9%) of the population.^[4]

The district had 72,308 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 16,512 (22.8%) were registered as unaffiliated, 28,007 (38.7%) were registered as Republicans, 26,755 (37.0%) were registered as Democrats, and 631 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.^[5]

Past Election Results

1998

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Martha Scanlan Klima	Republican	19,190	40.0%	Won^[6]
align=left	Wade Kach	Republican	18,382	38.0%	Won
align=left	Stephen C. Kirsch	Democratic	10,584	22.0%	Lost

2002

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Robert Flanagan	Republican	21,263	33.8%	Won^[7]
align=left	Gail H. Bates	Republican	20,783	33.0%	Won
align=left	Walter E. Carson	Democratic	10,424	16.6%	Lost
align=left	Tony McGuffin	Democratic	10,423	16.6%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		33	0.1%

2006

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Gail H. Bates	Republican	22,862	39.6%	Won^[8]
align=left	Warren E. Miller	Republican	18,533	32.1%	Won
align=left	David Leonard Osmundson	Democratic	16,162	28.0%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		123	0.2%

2010

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Gail H. Bates	Republican	21,709	30.6%	Won^[9]
align=left	Warren E. Miller	Republican	19,911	28.0%	Won
align=left	Maryann Maher	Democratic	15,264	21.5%	Lost
align=left	Jonathan Weinstein	Democratic	14,110	19.9%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		40	0.1%

2014

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Trent Kittleman	Republican	24,371	37.5%	Won^[10]
align=left	Warren E. Miller	Republican	21,553	33.1%	Won
align=left	Walter E. Carson	Democratic	10,144	15.6%	Lost
align=left	James Ward Morrow	Democratic	8,906	13.7%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		99	0.2%

2018

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
align=left	Trent Kittleman	Republican	24,531	30.6%	Won^[11]
align=left	Warren E. Miller	Republican	19,563	24.4%	Won
align=left	Natalie Ziegler	Democratic	18,891	23.6%	Lost
align=left	Steven M. Bolen	Democratic	17,019	21.3%	Lost
align=left	Other Write-Ins		56	0.1%

Notes and References

Web site: LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTING PLAN OF 2012 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 9 . 2018-03-29 . . 2022-03-26 . December 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211210123119/https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/07leg/dist/html/2012.html#dist9 . live .
Web site: RACE . . 2022-03-26 . October 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016185618/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US24$6200000&y=2020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 . live .
Web site: RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER . . 2022-03-26 . October 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016185619/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US24$6200000&y=2020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P3 . live .
Web site: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE . . 2022-03-26 . October 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016185614/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US24$6200000&y=2020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 . live .
Web site: 2020 Presidential General Voter Registration Counts as of Close of Registration, By Legislative . 2020-10-17 . . 2022-03-26 . April 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210424175851/https://elections.maryland.gov/press_room/2020_stats/Eligible%20Active%20Voters%20by%20Legislative%20-%20PG20.xlsx . live .
Web site: 1998 Gubernatorial Election. March 26, 2022. August 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801221030/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html. live.
Web site: 2002 Gubernatorial Election. March 26, 2022. July 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727105418/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/g_ld02a.html. live.
Web site: Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Legislative District 09A. March 26, 2022. July 20, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720150059/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/results/general/legislative_district_09A.html. live.
Web site: 2010 General Election Results. March 26, 2022. July 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210703180821/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2010/results/General/gen_results_2010_2_01609A.html. live.
Web site: 2014 Election Results. March 26, 2022. June 18, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200618104130/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/General/gen_results_2014_2_01609A.html. live.
Web site: 2018 Election Results. March 26, 2022. May 14, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514215938/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2018/results/general/gen_results_2018_2_01609A.html. live.