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Maryland House of Delegates District 1A

Maryland House of Delegates District 1A is one of the 71 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. It is represented by one delegate.[1][2] Since 2023, it has been represented by Jim Hinebaugh, a Republican.[3]

Maryland's legislative district 1A
Represents
Garrett County, part of Allegany County
Delegate(s)Jim Hinebaugh (R)
Registration
Demographics
Population (2020)38,903
Voting-age population31,377
Registered voters27,037

Demographic characteristics

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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.[4][5] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 421 (1.1%) of the population.[6]

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.[7]

Past election results

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1982

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Name Party Outcome
George C. Edwards Republican Won[8]
Andrew E. Mance Democratic Lost

1998

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Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
George C. Edwards Republican 7,999 82.7% Won[9]
Lawson L. Duckworth Democratic 1,670 17.3% Lost

2002

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

2006

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Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 6,985 56.3% Won[11]
Bill Aiken Democratic 5,406 43.5% Lost
Other Write-Ins 24 0.2%

2010

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Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 8,866 72.6% Won[12]
James R. "Smokey" Stanton Democratic 3,333 27.3% Lost
Other Write-Ins 17 0.1%

2014

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Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 10,637 99.1% Won[13]
Other Write-Ins 100 0.9%

2018

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Name Party Votes Percent Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel Republican 11,149 77.6% Won[14]
Michael Dreisbach Democratic 3,190 22.2% Lost
Other Write-Ins 21 0.1%

2022

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Primary results by precinct
  Hinebaugh
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Thomas
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Hinebaugh Jr. 3,900 58.5
Republican Tim Thomas 2,184 32.7
Republican Andy Adams 488 7.3
Republican Kenneth Linn Sisk 98 1.5
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Spear 1,422 100.0
Results by precinct
  Hinebaugh
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
General Election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Hinebaugh Jr. 11,971 77.25%
Democratic Robert Spear 2,829 18.26%
Libertarian Monique M. Mehring 671 4.33%
Write-in 25 0.16%
Total votes 15,496 100.00%
Republican hold

List of delegates

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Delegate Party Years Electoral history
George C. Edwards[15] 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

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