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Maryland House of Delegates District 1A

{{Short description|American legislative district}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox Maryland State Legislature district

| district = 1A

| constituency = Garrett County, part of Allegany County

| image = MD-Legislative-District-1A.svg

| delegate = Jim Hinebaugh (R)

| Democratic = 20.5

| Republican = 64.6

| Unaffiliated = 13.7

| percent white = 95.4

| percent black = 0.8

| percent native american = 0.1

| percent asian = 0.4

| percent pacific islander = 0.0

| percent other race = 0.4

| percent two or more races = 2.9

| percent hispanic = 1.1

| population = 38,903

| population year = 2020

| voting-age = 31,377

| registered = 27,037

}}

Maryland House of Delegates District 1A is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1B and 1C, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Situated on the state's western border, District 1A includes all of Garrett County, and a small portion of Allegany County.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Maryland_House_of_Delegates_District_1A|title=Maryland House of Delegates District 1A}} Since 2023, it has been represented by Jim Hinebaugh, a Republican.{{cite web |title=Members - Delegate Jim Hinebaugh, Jr. |url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/hinebaugh01 |website=mgaleg.maryland.gov |publisher=Maryland General Assembly |access-date=January 11, 2023 |date=January 11, 2023}}

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 38,903, of whom 31,377 (80.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 37,120 (95.4%) White, 302 (0.8%) African American, 42 (0.1%) Native American, 155 (0.4%) Asian, 12 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 157 (0.4%) from some other race, and 1,120 (2.9%) from two or more races.{{cite web |title=RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US24%246200000&y=2020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2021-10-23}}{{cite web |title=RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US24%246200000&y=2020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P3 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2021-10-23}} Hispanic or Latino of any race were 421 (1.1%) of the population.{{cite web |title=HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US24%246200000&y=2020&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2021-10-23}}

The district had 27,037 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 3,693 (13.7%) were registered as unaffiliated, 17,456 (64.6%) were registered as Republicans, 5,534 (20.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 205 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.{{Cite web |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/press_room/2020_stats/Eligible%20Active%20Voters%20by%20Legislative%20-%20PG20.xlsx |title=2020 Presidential General Voter Registration Counts as of Close of Registration, By Legislative |date=2020-10-17 |website=Maryland State Archives |access-date=2021-10-23}}

Past election results

=1982=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Name

!Party

!Outcome

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| align=left | George C. Edwards

| Republican

| Won{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98620433/general-assembly-winners-from-around/ |title=General Assembly winners from around the state |date=1982-11-03 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=11 |access-date=2022-03-29 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Open access}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| align=left | Andrew E. Mance

| Democratic

| Lost

=1998=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Name

!Party

!Votes

!Percent

!Outcome

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| align=left | George C. Edwards

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 7,999

| 82.7%

| Won{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html|title=1998 Gubernatorial Election}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| align=left | Lawson L. Duckworth

| Democratic

| 1,670

| 17.3%

| Lost

=2002=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Name

!Party

!Votes

!Percent

!Outcome

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| align=left | George C. Edwards

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 10,303

| 99.4%

| Won{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/g_ld01a.html|title=2002 Gubernatorial Election}}

align=left | Other Write-Ins

|

| 58

| 0.6%

|

=2006=

{{See also|2006 Maryland House of Delegates election}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Name

!Party

!Votes

!Percent

!Outcome

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| align=left | Wendell R. Beitzel

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 6,985

| 56.3%

| Won{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/results/general/legislative_district_01A.html|title = Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Legislative District 01A}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| align=left | Bill Aiken

| Democratic

| 5,406

| 43.5%

| Lost

align=left | Other Write-Ins

|

| 24

| 0.2%

|

=2010=

{{See also|2010 Maryland House of Delegates election}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Name

!Party

!Votes

!Percent

!Outcome

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| align=left | Wendell R. Beitzel

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 8,866

| 72.6%

| Won{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2010/results/General/gen_results_2010_2_01601A.html|title = 2010 General Election Results}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| align=left | James R. "Smokey" Stanton

| Democratic

| 3,333

| 27.3%

| Lost

align=left | Other Write-Ins

|

| 17

| 0.1%

|

=2014=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Name

!Party

!Votes

!Percent

!Outcome

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| align=left | Wendell R. Beitzel

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 10,637

| 99.1%

| Won{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/General/gen_results_2014_2_01601A.html|title = 2014 Election Results}}

align=left | Other Write-Ins

|

| 100

| 0.9%

|

=2018=

{{See also|2018 Maryland House of Delegates election}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Name

!Party

!Votes

!Percent

!Outcome

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| align=left | Wendell R. Beitzel

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 11,149

| 77.6%

| Won{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2018/results/general/gen_results_2018_2_01601A.html|title = 2018 Election Results}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| align=left | Michael Dreisbach

| Democratic

| 3,190

| 22.2%

| Lost

align=left | Other Write-Ins

|

| 21

| 0.1%

|

List of delegates

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

! Delegate

! Party

! Years

! Electoral history

align=left | George C. Edwards{{Cite web|url=http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?stab=03&pid=sponpage&id=edwards&tab=subject6&ys=2019RS|title = Members - Senator George C. Edwards}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 1983 –
January 10, 2007

| Elected in 1982. Retired to successfully run for the Maryland Senate in 2006.

align=left | Wendell R. Beitzel

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 10, 2007 –
January 11, 2023

| Elected in 2006. Retired in 2022.

align=left | Jim Hinebaugh

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 11, 2023 –
present

| Elected in 2022.

References

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{{Maryland General Assembly Districts}}

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