Maryland 6th Congressional District (MD) — Elections 1876–2024

Maryland 6th Congressional District, Maryland: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+18%. Democratic peak: D+85 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+18MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 984,3652024 5-year
Median household income: $113,8762024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 59.3%2024 5-year
Black: 13.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 14.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+85 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+33 in 1928MIT Election Lab

MCCLAIN DELANEY, AprilCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: TRONE, David (2023–2025), TRONE, David (2021–2023), TRONE, David (2019–2021), DELANEY, John (2017–2019)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

5 counties · 2 D · 3 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+18.2%	283,938	194,010	494,443
2020	D	+23.3%	291,529	179,102	482,738
2016	D	+15.5%	237,661	171,313	428,409
2012	D	+12.8%	228,291	175,403	413,471
2008	D	+15.0%	226,118	166,222	399,001
2004	D	+1.7%	188,256	181,900	374,391
2000	D	+3.9%	159,873	147,539	318,514
1996	D	+5.7%	138,805	122,672	283,212
1992	D	+4.4%	136,194	122,877	303,638
1988	R	−12.2%	114,915	147,062	263,418
1984	R	−17.6%	101,309	144,940	247,310
1980	R	−14.6%	86,853	120,384	229,487
1976	R	−2.3%	104,539	109,485	214,024
1972	R	−26.6%	72,485	125,937	201,296
1968	R	−5.3%	73,207	82,663	179,050
1964	D	+25.7%	101,445	59,994	161,439
1960	R	−9.1%	69,197	82,980	152,178
1956	R	−25.1%	49,809	83,252	133,061
1952	R	−21.6%	49,181	76,362	125,925
1948	R	−10.4%	40,029	49,418	90,711
1944	R	−8.7%	43,604	51,872	95,476
1940	D	+6.5%	52,984	46,511	100,112
1936	D	+14.6%	53,281	39,602	93,415
1932	D	+7.9%	40,451	34,413	76,904
1928	R	−33.3%	26,233	52,681	79,415
1924	R	−16.0%	20,803	29,909	56,825
1920	R	−15.6%	23,935	33,202	59,414
1916	R	−1.0%	19,216	19,603	40,117
1912	D	+85.0%	37,225	7,471	35,021
1908	—	No data	34,599	16,989	1,215
1904	—	No data	40,426	18,785	1,185
1900	—	No data	18,029	21,471	201
1896	R	−11.6%	16,224	20,647	38,006
1892	R	−0.7%	16,685	16,926	34,551
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	D	54.6%	42.8%	3,021,378
2022	O	0.0%	34.1%	2,002,336
2018	D	64.9%	30.3%	2,299,889
2016	D	60.9%	35.7%	2,726,170
2012	D	56.0%	26.3%	2,633,234
2010	D	62.2%	35.8%	1,833,858
2006	D	54.2%	44.2%	1,781,139
2004	D	64.8%	33.7%	2,321,931
2000	D	63.2%	36.7%	1,946,898
1998	D	70.5%	29.5%	1,507,447
1994	D	59.1%	40.9%	1,369,101
1992	D	71.0%	29.0%	1,841,298
1988	D	61.8%	38.2%	1,617,065
1986	D	60.7%	39.3%	1,112,637
1982	D	63.5%	36.5%	1,114,690
1980	R	33.8%	66.2%	1,286,088
1976	D	56.6%	38.9%	1,365,290

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

15.0%

Irish

10.2%

English

9.8%

Italian

4.4%

American

4.2%

Polish

2.5%

Scottish

1.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

2.2%

75–84

2.9%

4.7%

65–74

5.2%

6.5%

55–64

6.7%

6.5%

45–54

6.5%

7.0%

35–44

6.8%

6.2%

25–34

6.0%

4.2%

18–24

4.0%

8.5%

5–17

8.1%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$113,876

Congressional District 6 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 6$113,876

Maryland$103,678

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.6%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.6%

Working age (18–64)7.9%

Seniors (65+)9.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

73.6%

speak English only

Spanish11.6%

Other Indo-European6.2%

Asian & Pacific Islander5.4%

Other languages3.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

18.4%

Other Christian

7.7%

Mainline Protestant

5.5%

Non-Christian

4.6%

Methodist

4.4%

Baptist

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Maryland's 6th stretches from the Appalachian panhandle through fast-growing Montgomery County suburbs, a geographic mix that shifted the district's partisan lean sharply after court-ordered remapping in the 2010s.

The Democratic margin in Maryland 6th Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at eighty-five points in 1912; the 2024 margin was eighteen points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $113,876, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 6, Maryland vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 6, Maryland voted Democratic by 18.2 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 494,443 votes cast, 283,938 went Democratic and 194,010 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 6, Maryland's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 6, Maryland as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 6, Maryland last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 6, Maryland voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Congressional District 6, Maryland?

Congressional District 6, Maryland has a population of 984,365 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 6, Maryland?

Median household income in Congressional District 6, Maryland is $113,876 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.

What is the political history of Congressional District 6, Maryland?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 6, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Maryland 6th Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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