Maryland's 4th congressional district
Maryland's 4th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |||
Representative |
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Area | 318 sq mi (820 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2021) | 746,989 | ||
Median household income | $80,808[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Occupation |
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Cook PVI | D+40[2] |
Maryland's 4th congressional district comprises portions of Prince George's County and Montgomery County. The seat is represented by Democrat Glenn Ivey.
The district includes most of the majority-black precincts on the Maryland side of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district still remains concentrated in Prince George's County, but no longer reaches into Anne Arundel County; it takes over areas in Prince George's County formerly incorporated in District 5, including College Park, Greenbelt, and Beltsville, also taking an area of Montgomery County around Burtonsville. The district has the highest median household income of any majority-black congressional district in the United States. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+40, it is the most Democratic district in Maryland.[2]
Voting[edit]
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Gore 77% - 21% |
2004 | President | Kerry 78% - 21% |
2008 | President | Obama 85% - 14% |
2012 | President | Obama 78% - 20% |
2016 | President | Clinton 77% - 19% |
2020 | President | Biden 79% - 19% |
Recent elections[edit]
1970s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Sarbanes | 54,936 | 70.05 | |
Republican | David Fentress | 23,491 | 29.95 | |
Total votes | 78,427 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Marjorie Holt | 87,534 | 59.38 | |||
Democratic | Werner Fornos | 59,877 | 40.62 | |||
Total votes | 147,411 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 61,208 | 58.15 | |
Democratic | Fred L. Wineland | 44,059 | 41.85 | |
Total votes | 105,267 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 95,158 | 57.67 | |
Democratic | Werner Fornos | 69,855 | 42.33 | |
Total votes | 165,013 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 71,374 | 62.04 | |
Democratic | Sue F. Ward | 43,663 | 37.96 | |
Total votes | 115,037 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
1980s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 120,985 | 71.86 | |
Democratic | James J. Riley | 47,375 | 28.14 | |
Total votes | 168,360 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 75,617 | 61.20 | |
Democratic | Patricia O'Brien Aiken | 47,947 | 38.80 | |
Total votes | 123,564 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Holt (inc.) | 114,430 | 66.24 | |
Democratic | Howard M. Greenbaum | 58,312 | 33.76 | |
Write-ins | 1 | <0.01 | ||
Total votes | 172,743 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | C. Thomas McMillen | 65,071 | 50.16 | |||
Republican | Robert R. Neall | 64,643 | 49.84 | |||
Total votes | 129,714 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Thomas McMillen (inc.) | 128,624 | 68.30 | |
Republican | Bradlyn McClanahan | 59,688 | 31.70 | |
Total votes | 188,312 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1990s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | C. Thomas McMillen (inc.) | 85,601 | 58.85 | |
Republican | Bob Duckworth | 59,846 | 41.15 | |
Total votes | 145,447 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn | 136,902 | 75.19 | |
Republican | Michele Dyson | 45,166 | 24.81 | |
Total votes | 182,068 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 93,148 | 75.03 | |
Republican | Michele Dyson | 30,999 | 24.97 | |
Total votes | 124,147 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 142,094 | 85.19 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 24,700 | 14.81 | |
Total votes | 166,794 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 129,139 | 85.72 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 21,518 | 14.28 | |
Total votes | 150,657 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 172,624 | 87.20 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 24,973 | 12.61 | |
Write-ins | 372 | 0.19 | ||
Total votes | 197,969 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 131,644 | 78.96 | |
Republican | John B. Kimble | 34,890 | 20.93 | |
Write-ins | 195 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 166,729 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 196,809 | 75.23 | |
Republican | John McKinnis | 52,907 | 20.22 | |
Green | Theresa Mitchell Dudley | 11,885 | 4.54 | |
Write-ins | 6 | <0.01 | ||
Total votes | 261,607 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Wynn (inc.) | 141,897 | 80.67 | |
Republican | Michael Moshe Starkman | 32,792 | 18.64 | |
Write-ins | 1,214 | 0.69 | ||
Total votes | 175,903 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards | 16,481 | 80.54 | |
Republican | Peter James | 3,638 | 17.78 | |
Libertarian | Thibeaux Lincecum | 216 | 1.06 | |
Write-ins | 127 | 0.62 | ||
Total votes | 20,462 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 258,704 | 85.83 | |
Republican | Peter James | 38,739 | 12.85 | |
Libertarian | Thibeaux Lincecum | 3,384 | 1.12 | |
Write-ins | 604 | 0.20 | ||
Total votes | 301,431 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 160,228 | 83.44 | |
Republican | Robert Broadus | 31,467 | 16.39 | |
Write-ins | 325 | 0.17 | ||
Total votes | 192,020 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 240,385 | 77.17 | |
Republican | Faith M. Loudon | 64,560 | 20.72 | |
Libertarian | Scott Soffen | 6,204 | 1.99 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 363 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 311,512 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donna Edwards (inc.) | 134,628 | 70.18 | |
Republican | Nancy Hoyt | 54,217 | 28.26 | |
Libertarian | Arvin Vohra | 2,795 | 1.46 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 197 | 0.10 | |
Total votes | 191,837 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Brown | 237,501 | 74.1 | |
Republican | George McDermott | 68,670 | 21.4 | |
Green | Kamesha T. Clark | 8,204 | 2.6 | |
Libertarian | Benjamin Lee Krause | 5,744 | 1.8 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 531 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 320,650 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Brown (incumbent) | 209,642 | 78.1 | |
Republican | George McDermott | 53,327 | 19.9 | |
Libertarian | Dave Bishop | 5,326 | 2.0 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 288 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 268,583 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony Brown (incumbent) | 282,119 | 79.6 | |
Republican | George McDermott | 71,671 | 20.2 | |
Write-in | 739 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 354,529 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Glenn Ivey | 144,168 | 90.1 | |
Republican | Jeff Warner | 15,441 | 9.6 | |
Write-in | 400 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 160,009 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Early historical boundaries and population[edit]
Maryland's Fourth Congressional District was one of the about 50 original Congressional districts. The First Congress of the United States of America. When it was organized in 1788 it covered Baltimore, Baltimore County, and Harford County. According to the 1790 Census, the Fourth District had a population of 53,913, nearly 20% of whom were slaves.[29]
In 1792, the Fourth District was moved to western Maryland, with its eastern boundary being a north to south line running about the midpoint of Frederick County, Maryland. The new district had a population of 36,026, with less than 10% of the population being slaves.[30] The 1800 Census population was 38,015, and the boundaries remained unchanged in 1802.[31]
List of members representing the district[edit]
1789–1835: One seat[edit]
1835–1843: Two seats[edit]
From 1835 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Years | Congress | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||
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# | Name | Party | Electoral history | # | Name | Party | Electoral history | |||
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | 16 | ![]() Benjamin Chew Howard |
Jacksonian | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. |
19 | ![]() Isaac McKim |
Jacksonian | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1835. Died. | |
March 3, 1837 – April 1, 1838 |
25th | Democratic | Democratic | |||||||
April 1, 1838 – April 25, 1838 |
Vacant | |||||||||
April 25, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
20 | ![]() John P. Kennedy |
Whig | Elected to finish McKim's term. [data unknown/missing] | ||||||
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
26th | 17 | ![]() James Carroll |
Democratic | Elected in 1839. [data unknown/missing] |
21 | ![]() Solomon Hillen |
Democratic | Elected in 1839. [data unknown/missing] | |
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | 18 | ![]() Alexander Randall |
Whig | Elected in 1841. [data unknown/missing] |
22 | ![]() John P. Kennedy |
Whig | Elected in 1841. [data unknown/missing] |
1843–present: One seat[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
References[edit]
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1974" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1988" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1996" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ Elections, Maryland State Board of. "2008 Special 4th Congressional General Election Official Results". www.elections.state.md.us.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives.
- ^ "Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. December 2, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland Secretary of State. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Official 2020 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts, 1788-1841 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978) p. 8-9
- ^ Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 42-43
- ^ Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 93-94