Maryland Legislative District 9

{{Infobox Maryland State Legislature district

| district = 9

| constituency = parts of Howard County and Montgomery County

| image = MD Legislative District 2022.9.png

| senate = Katie Fry Hester (D)

| delegate = {{plainlist|

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| Democratic = 41.0

| Republican = 34.4

| Unaffiliated = 23.2

| percent white = 62.0

| percent asian = 22.4

| percent black = 7.5

| percent hispanic = 4.2

| percent native american = 0.2

| percent pacific islander = 0

| percent other race = 1.5

| percent two or more races = 6.5

| population = 144,375

| population year = 2020

| voting-age = 109,088

| registered = 103,542

}}

Maryland's Legislative District 9 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers parts of Montgomery County and Howard County. The district is divided into two sub-districts for the Maryland House of Delegates: District 9A and District 9B.{{Cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/07leg/dist/html/2012.html#dist9 |title=LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTING PLAN OF 2012 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 9 |date=2018-03-29 |website=Maryland State Archives |access-date=2021-10-17}}

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 144,375, of whom 109,088 (75.6%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 89,543 (62.0%) White, 10,757 (7.5%) African American, 287 (0.2%) Native American, 32,325 (22.4%) Asian, 47 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,105 (1.5%) from some other race, and 9,338 (6.5%) 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=2021-10-17}}{{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=2021-10-17}} Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,067 (4.2%) 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=2021-10-17}}

The district had 103,542 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 24,054 (23.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 35,582 (34.4%) were registered as Republicans, 42,420 (41.0%) were registered as Democrats, and 918 (0.9%) 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=2021-10-15}}

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2023–2027 legislative term in the State Senate by Katie Fry Hester (D) and in the House of Delegates by Chao Wu (D, District 9A), Natalie Ziegler (D, District 9A) and M. Courtney Watson (D, District 9B).{{Cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/sendist.html |title=Maryland Senators By District |website=Maryland State Archives |date=2023-01-28 |access-date=2023-02-05}}{{Cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hsedist.html |title=Maryland Delegates By District |website=Maryland State Archives |date=2023-01-28 |access-date=2023-02-05}}

Election history

=Multi-member Senate district (1967–1975)=

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nowrap rowspan=3| January 2, 1963
–
January 8, 1975

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| rowspan=3| J. Joseph Curran Jr.

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan=3| Redistricted from Baltimore City's 3rd district and re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 43rd district.

| nowrap | January 18, 1967
–
January 18, 1970

| Joseph L. Manning

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| Elected in 1966.
Died.{{cite news |title=Obituary for Joseph L. Manning |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-obituary-for-joseph-l/158203689/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 18, 1970 |via=Newspapers.com}}

nowrap | January 22, 1970
–
January 13, 1971

| Merle H. Manning

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| Appointed to finish Manning's term.{{cite news |title=Merle Manning is sworn in |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-merle-manning-is-sworn-i/158204177/ |access-date=October 31, 2024 |work=The Daily Times |date=January 22, 1970 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Retired.

nowrap | January 13, 1971
–
January 8, 1975

| John Carroll Byrnes

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| Elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 44th district.