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1876–2024
State Senate District 7·Maryland

Maryland 7th State Senate District delivered D+10 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

One of Maryland's more Republican-leaning state senate districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MD
Latest
D+10
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
179,878
2024 ACS

Maryland 7th State Senate District, Maryland: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+10%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+10MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
179,8782024 5-year
Median household income
$98,5092024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
59.3%2024 5-year
Black
25.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+75 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+43 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 D · 1 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).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+10.4%
49,47439,84892,252
D
+12.9%
50,81838,89692,111
D
+3.4%
41,55038,67284,141
D
+4.9%
42,41538,33382,847
D
+3.3%
41,27638,61381,705
R
−6.4%
34,79239,61275,439
D
+0.1%
30,79230,73263,652
D
+0.6%
25,49425,14055,843
D
+0.5%
26,45426,13463,959
R
−18.9%
21,69131,88753,900
R
−26.5%
19,01232,78052,046
R
−6.0%
21,70424,79151,143
R
−9.6%
21,27625,78447,060
R
−43.2%
11,93630,59743,213
R
−14.0%
13,68819,00037,960
D
+19.4%
19,66213,28532,954
R
−2.7%
15,47816,33731,816
R
−35.8%
8,32717,59925,925
R
−25.0%
8,40614,03622,528
R
−11.9%
5,7567,32113,205
R
−13.7%
4,8146,34511,159
D
+2.8%
5,5415,24010,821
D
+16.4%
5,4083,8769,337
D
+25.3%
4,8562,8657,877
R
−23.3%
3,0044,8437,885
D
+1.5%
2,1992,1264,814
R
−8.8%
2,2562,7005,026
D
+11.3%
2,9112,3095,316
D
+74.8%
4,3179924,447
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3,7552,16788
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4,2471,64967
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2,0852,03225
R
−7.5%
1,7622,0644,032
D
+15.3%
1,7671,2823,178
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.9%
Irish
11.9%
English
9.2%
Italian
6.3%
Polish
4.4%
American
4.3%
French
0.7%
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: 40.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.4%
2.2%
75–84
3.1%
4.8%
65–74
5.7%
6.5%
55–64
7.0%
5.9%
45–54
6.4%
6.4%
35–44
6.8%
6.2%
25–34
6.6%
4.2%
18–24
4.2%
8.3%
5–17
8.0%
2.9%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$98,509
State Senate District 7 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 7$98,509
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.7%
Working age (18–64)8.0%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.6%
speak English only
Spanish4.5%
Other Indo-European4.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.5%
Other languages2.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
12.6%
Other Christian
6.6%
Non-Christian
5.2%
Methodist
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Baptist
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored in the upper Chesapeake region, District 7 delivered a roughly 16-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it a consistent outlier in a state where Democrats hold a structural advantage statewide.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-five points in 1912; the Republican margin reached forty-three points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 179,878, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $98,509 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 7, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 7, Maryland voted Democratic by 10.4 points (D+10), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 92,252 votes cast, 49,474 went Democratic and 39,848 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 7, Maryland's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 7, Maryland as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 7, Maryland last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 7, Maryland voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in State Senate District 7, Maryland?
State Senate District 7, Maryland has a population of 179,878 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 7, Maryland?
Median household income in State Senate District 7, Maryland is $98,509 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of State Senate District 7, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 7, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.