- Lead
- 34,214
- Total
- 62,329
- vs nation
- D+56.4
Maryland 10th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 37,305
- Total
- 62,848
- vs nation
- D+54.9
- Lead
- 26,347
- Total
- 51,017
- vs nation
- D+49.6
- Lead
- 26,342
- Total
- 51,035
- vs nation
- D+47.8
- Lead
- 24,891
- Total
- 49,768
- vs nation
- D+42.7
- Lead
- 18,940
- Total
- 44,625
- vs nation
- D+44.9
- Lead
- 17,606
- Total
- 39,181
- vs nation
- D+44.4
- Lead
- 14,157
- Total
- 34,330
- vs nation
- D+32.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+54.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 125,8352024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,278 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 98.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $98,7462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 29.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 52.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+4.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 44, MD · twin score 97.8
presidential history
Party record book
Maryland 10th State Senate 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
81.8%
41,216 votes · D+64.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 79.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
51.2%
13,277 votes · R+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 48.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
49,488votes
78.7% of the vote · D+59.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 47,155 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
13,277votes
51.2% of the vote · R+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 12,967 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+59.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+39.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +56.4 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
−18.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+2.8 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −18.6 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+54.9, this district ranks among the most reliably Democratic in the state, suggesting a densely populated urban core where contested general elections are rare and primary outcomes typically decide representation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 4.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.9 points.
A population of 125,835, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,746 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 44 and State Senate District 23.
The state-senate 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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