- Lead
- 48,682
- Total
- 61,336
- vs nation
- D+80.8
Maryland 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 55,840
- Total
- 65,933
- vs nation
- D+80.2
- Lead
- 49,905
- Total
- 57,987
- vs nation
- D+84.0
- Lead
- 50,216
- Total
- 58,137
- vs nation
- D+82.5
- Lead
- 47,492
- Total
- 55,895
- vs nation
- D+77.7
- Lead
- 34,558
- Total
- 46,550
- vs nation
- D+76.7
- Lead
- 28,138
- Total
- 39,608
- vs nation
- D+70.5
- Lead
- 21,772
- Total
- 34,283
- vs nation
- D+55.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+79.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 135,4332024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,027 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 66.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $105,9332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 69.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86.4 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Legislative District 24, MD · twin score 99.5
presidential history
Party record book
Maryland 26th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
92.8%
53,974 votes · D+86.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 92.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
49.3%
12,352 votes · D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 49.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
60,305votes
91.5% of the vote · D+84.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 54,168 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
12,352votes
49.3% of the vote · D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 10,007 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Hillary Clinton2016
+84.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+86.1 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +82.5 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
−10.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+14.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · −13.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+79.4, District 26 ranks among the most lopsided state house districts in the country, reflecting a densely concentrated Democratic electorate that leaves little competitive space in general elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 79.4 points.
A population of 135,433, a 6% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $105,933 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Legislative District 24 and State Legislative District 25.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Maryland 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/24026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.