Pamela Beidle
{{Short description|American politician (born 1951)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Pamela Beidle
| image =Pamela Beidle (2024).jpg
| caption =Beidle in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|07|21}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| state_senate = Maryland
| district = 32nd
| term_start = January 9, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = James E. DeGrange Sr.
| successor =
| state_delegate1 = Maryland
| district1 = 32nd
| term_start1 = January 10, 2007
| term_end1 = January 9, 2019
| predecessor1 = Terry R. Gilleland Jr.
| successor1 = Mike Rogers
J. Sandy Bartlett
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Len
| children = 3
| education = Anne Arundel Community College (AA)
Towson University (BA)
| signature = Pamela Beidle signature.svg
| website = {{URL|https://www.pambeidle.com/|Campaign website}}
}}
Pamela Graboski Beidle (born July 21, 1951) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate from District 32 since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2007 to 2019, and was a member of the Anne Arundel County Council from 1998 to 2006.
Early life and education
Beidle was born in Baltimore. She graduated from Archbishop Spalding High School and later attended Anne Arundel Community College, earning her associate degree in business in 1977, and Towson University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude in business administration in 1994.
Career
After graduating from AACC, Beidle started her own insurance company, Beidle Insurance Agency, which she ran with her husband until 2017.{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Josh Kurtz: Are Hogan's Coattails Enough for GOP's 'Drive for Five' Senate Seats? |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2018/09/30/josh-kurtz-are-hogan-s-coattails-enough-for-gop-s-drive-for-five-senate-seats/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=September 30, 2018}} She was also a member of the Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Life Underwriters, and served on the boards of Leadership Anne Arundel and Hospice of the Chesapeake.
In 1998, Beidle won election to the Anne Arundel County Council in District 1, succeeding term-limited councilmember George F. Bachman Jr.{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Peter S. |title=Anne Arundel County |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/11/04/anne-arundel-county/dfa2a138-2d16-47db-b01e-7a9312f55152/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 4, 1998}} She was sworn in December 1998, and served until December 4, 2006.
Maryland General Assembly
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Beidle was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 10, 2007. She was a member of the Environmental Matters Committee (later renamed to the Environment and Transportation Committee) during her entire tenure.{{cite web |title=Pamela G. Beidle, Maryland State Senator |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa14495.html |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=October 30, 2023}}
In August 2017, Beidle filed to run for the Maryland Senate in District 32 in 2018, seeking to succeed retiring state senator James E. DeGrange Sr., who had encouraged her to run.{{cite news |last1=DeButts |first1=Jimmy |title=Beidle files for state Senate in Anne Arundel's District 32 |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/ac-cn-beidle-senate-0828-story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Capital Gazette |date=August 28, 2017}} The district was targeted by the Maryland Republican Party in its "Fight for Five" campaign in 2018.{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=GOP's 'Drive for Five' Stalls |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2018/11/07/gops-drive-for-five-stalls/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=November 7, 2018}} After running unopposed in the primary election, Beidle faced Republican county councilmember John Grasso in the general election,{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=Chase |last2=Davis |first2=Phil |title=Six things we learned from Anne Arundel's primary |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/ac-cn-takeaways-0627-story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Capital Gazette |date=June 27, 2018}} whom she defeated with 66.4 percent of the vote. Maryland Matters compared the general election to the 2016 United States presidential election, noting that Beidle was deep-rooted in local politics while Grasso had comparatively less political experience, held politically partisan views, and was known for making controversial Facebook posts.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Meghan |title=Beidle-Grasso Senate Race Hearkens Back to 2016 White House Election |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2018/10/22/beidle-grasso-senate-race-hearkens-back-to-2016-white-house-election/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=October 22, 2018}}
Beidle was sworn into the Maryland Senate on January 9, 2019. She has been a member of the Executive Nominations Committee and the Finance Committee since 2019. In December 2022, Senate President Bill Ferguson appointed Beidle as the chair of the Executive Nominations Committee,{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Ferguson picks Griffith and Feldman to head two newly-reconstituted Senate panels; reshuffles committee rosters |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/12/21/ferguson-picks-griffith-and-feldman-to-head-two-newly-reconstituted-senate-panels-reshuffles-committee-rosters/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=December 21, 2022}} a position she gave up to become the chair of the Finance Committee following the resignation of Melony G. Griffith in October 2023.{{cite news |last1=Sears |first1=Bryan P. |title=With committee chair's resignation, Ferguson makes changes to Senate leadership |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/10/10/with-committee-chairs-resignation-ferguson-makes-changes-to-senate-leadership/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=October 10, 2023}}
Political positions
=Education=
During the 2017 legislative session, Beidle introduced legislation to create an elected school board in Anne Arundel County. The bill passed and became law.{{cite news |last1=Yeager |first1=Amanda |title=Anne Arundel elected school board bill passes the General Assembly |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/ph-ac-cn-sine-die-0411-20170410-story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Capital Gazette |date=April 10, 2017}}
During debate on the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in 2019, Beidle expressed concern with the education reform bill's Concentration of Poverty Grants, which provided extra funds to schools with high populations of students that receive free or reduced-price lunches, saying that she wanted the percentage floor required to receive the grants to be lowered.{{cite news |last1=Gaines |first1=Danielle E. |title=Senate Moves Forward on Kirwan Recommendations, Funding |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/04/03/senate-moves-forward-on-kirwan-recommendations-funding/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=April 3, 2019}}
=Environment=
During the 2021 legislative session, Beidle introduced a bill that would require the state to switch to safer alternatives in firefighting foam and ban PFAS chemicals in food packaging.{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Senators Consider Sweeping Climate Bill - And More Modest Measures |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/01/28/senators-consider-sweeping-climate-bill-and-more-modest-measures/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=January 29, 2021}}
=Gun policy=
During the 2013 legislative session, Beidle was one of 18 Democratic state delegates to vote against the Firearm Safety Act of 2013, a bill that placed restrictions on firearm purchases and magazine capacity in semi-automatic rifles.{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=John |title=How the Maryland House of Delegates voted on gun-control legislation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/how-the-maryland-house-of-delegates-voted-on-gun-control-legislation/2013/04/03/31c92cae-9c90-11e2-9bda-edd1a7fb557d_story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 3, 2013}}
During the 2019 legislative session, Beidle introduced legislation to repeal of the state's Handgun Permit Review Board, which handled concealed carry applications.{{cite news |last1=Gaines |first1=Danielle E. |title=Fate of Handgun Board Unclear as Senate Panel Rejects Hogan Nominees |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/02/19/fate-of-handgun-board-unclear-as-senate-panels-rejects-hogan-nominees/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=February 19, 2019}} The bill passed, but was vetoed by Governor Larry Hogan;{{cite news |title=Calling Hogan's Vetoes: How'd We Do? |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/05/30/calling-hogans-vetoes-howd-we-do/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 30, 2019}} the legislature overrode Hogan's veto during the 2020 legislative session.{{cite web |title=Legislation - SB1000 |url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/legislation/details/sb1000?ys=2019rs |publisher=Maryland General Assembly |access-date=November 4, 2023}} She also voted against Hogan's appointments to the board, claiming that there was "too much secrecy" surrounding the board's decisions.{{cite news |last1=Gaines |first1=Danielle E. |title=Senate Votes Down Nominees to Handgun Review Board |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/02/22/senate-votes-down-nominees-to-handgun-review-board/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=February 22, 2019}}
=Health care=
In 2019, Beidle voted against the End-of-Life Option Act, which would have provided palliative care to terminally ill adults.{{cite news |last1=Wiggins |first1=Ovetta |title=No aid-in-dying in Maryland this year: Bill fails with tie vote in Senate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/2019/03/27/2d128d82-4ffd-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 28, 2019}}
During the 2022 legislative session, Beidle introduced legislation to prohibit health care companies from raising prices on "essential goods or services" by more than 10 percent during a state of emergency.{{cite news |last1=DePuyt |first1=Bruce |title=Amid 'Staggering' Nursing Shortage, Lawmakers Target Price Gouging Concerns |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/02/02/amid-staggering-nursing-shortage-lawmakers-target-price-gouging-concerns/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=February 2, 2022}} She also introduced a bill requiring Maryland to stay in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact for an additional eight years,{{cite news |last1=DePuyt |first1=Bruce |title=Patients and Doctors Love Telehealth, But Law Needs Updating, Lawmaker Says |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/02/11/patients-and-doctors-love-telehealth-but-law-needs-updating-lawmaker-says/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=February 11, 2022}} which passed and was signed into law by Governor Larry Hogan.{{cite web |title=Legislation - SB0386 |url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0386?ys=2022rs |website=Maryland General Assembly |access-date=November 4, 2023}}
In April 2022, Beidle spoke in support of legislation to provide paid sick leave, recalling when her business continued to pay a worker who took off after she and her mother were diagnosed with cancer.{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Erin |last2=Wiggins |first2=Ovetta |title=Overriding Hogan, lawmakers expand abortion access, create paid leave |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/09/maryland-lawmakers-override-hogan/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 9, 2022}}
=Minimum wage=
During the 2014 legislative session, Beidle voted against legislation to raise the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2017.{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=John |title=How the Maryland House voted on legislation to raise the state's minimum wage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/how-the-maryland-house-voted-on-the-minimum-wage-bill-today/2014/03/07/7e42ee90-a63e-11e3-9cff-b1406de784f0_story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 7, 2014}}
=Policing=
During the 2021 legislative session, Beidle expressed concerns with the Maryland Police Accountability Act, also known as Anton's Law, especially with provisions to repeal the state's Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, and introduced an amendment to the bill to remove "unfounded and unsubstantiated complaints" from records that could be obtained under the Maryland Public Information Act. The amendment was rejected by the Maryland Senate in a 21-26 vote.{{cite news |last1=Gaskill |first1=Hannah |title=Rifts Form Among Senate Democrats Over Police Transparency |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/03/02/rifts-form-among-senate-democrats-over-police-transparency/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=March 2, 2021}}
=Social issues=
In 2012, Beidle voted for the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which legalized same-sex marriage in Maryland.{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=John |title=Md. same-sex marriage: How the House voted |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/md-same-sex-marriage-how-the-house-voted/2012/02/17/gIQALC8wKR_blog.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 17, 2012}}
During the 2021 legislative session, Beidle supported legislation to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia.{{cite news |last1=Gaskill |first1=Hannah |title=Senate Passes Bill to Decriminalize Hypodermic Needles, Other Drug Paraphernalia |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/03/24/senate-passes-bill-to-decriminalize-hypodermic-needles-other-drug-paraphernalia/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=March 24, 2021}}
=Taxes=
During the 2013 legislative session, Beidle voted against a bill to index the state's gas tax to inflation to pay for transportation projects.{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=John |title=How the Maryland House voted on transportation funding |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/how-the-maryland-house-voted-on-transportation-funding/2013/03/22/8ac32056-9323-11e2-8ea1-956c94b6b5b9_story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 22, 2013}} In March 2023, she was one of five Democrats to vote for an amendment that would have repealed this bill.{{cite news |last1=Sears |first1=Bryan P. |title=Republicans seek gas tax consistency, Democrats warn of a reckoning |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/03/20/republicans-seek-gas-tax-consistency-democrats-warn-of-a-reckoning/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=March 20, 2023}}
During the 2022 legislative session, Beidle supported legislation to extend the state's tax on health insurance companies.{{cite news |last1=Gaskill |first1=Hannah |title=Roundup: Senate Passes Abortion Bill to Governor, Panel Backs Insurer Fee, Bill Honoring Slain Officer Amended |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/03/29/roundup-senate-passes-abortion-bill-to-governor-panel-backs-insurer-fee-bill-honoring-slain-officer-amended/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=March 30, 2022}}
=Transportation=
In June 2002, Beidle said she opposed a proposal to build a maglev line between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.{{cite news |last1=Davenport |first1=Christian |title=Two Possible Routes For Maglev Rejected |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/06/13/two-possible-routes-for-maglev-rejected/98c14116-02d3-41a7-993c-334641ec5e8b/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 13, 2002}} In April 2022, she introduced legislation that would make it more expensive for the Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail company to build the maglev line by requiring it to pay 25 percent of costs associated with acquiring land through condemnation to the jurisdiction where the land is located.{{cite news |last1=DePuyt |first1=Bruce |title=Maglev Foe Launches 11th Hour Bid to Impose New Costs on Rail Firm |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/04/05/maglev-foe-launches-11th-hour-bid-to-impose-new-costs-on-rail-firm/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=April 6, 2022}}
In 2016, Beidle introduced legislation that would require the Maryland Department of Transportation to use a scoring system to determine which state transportation projects to fund.{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Josh |title=Md. Democrats announce transportation agenda |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/md-democrats-announce-transportation-agenda/2016/02/16/f5f32d56-d4b3-11e5-be55-2cc3c1e4b76b_story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 16, 2016}} The bill passed, but was vetoed by Governor Larry Hogan; legislators overrode his veto later that year.{{cite news |last1=Hicks |first1=Josh |title=Hogan proposes repeal of transportation-planning law he tried to block |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-proposes-repeal-of-transportation-planning-law-he-tried-to-block/2016/12/14/76a0d23c-c1ad-11e6-8422-eac61c0ef74d_story.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 14, 2016}}
During the 2020 legislative session, Beidle supported legislation to add citizen members to the state's Chesapeake Bay Bridge Reconstruction Advisory Group.{{cite news |last1=DePuyt |first1=Bruce |title=Bay Bridge Advisory Panel Likely to Add Citizen Members |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2020/02/18/bay-bridge-advisory-panel-likely-to-add-citizen-members/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=February 19, 2020}}
Personal life
Beidle is married to her husband Len. Together, they have three children.{{cite news |title=Pamela Beidle voter guide |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/08/18/birthplace-and-date-baltimor/3497f5d6-30e0-4f6d-bdb8-767313a0cb04/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 18, 2005}}
Electoral history
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| title = Anne Arundel County Council District 1 Democratic primary election, 1998{{cite web
| title = Anne Arundel County, Maryland Primary Election Returns
| work = Maryland State Archives
| url = https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/an/elect/primary/an1998p.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle
|votes = 4,193
|percentage = 63.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Gerald M. Wagner
|votes = 2,396
|percentage = 36.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Anne Arundel County Council District 1 election, 1998{{cite web
| title = Anne Arundel County, Maryland General Election Returns
| work = Maryland State Archives
| url = https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/an/elect/general/an1998.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle
|votes = 11,811
|percentage = 64.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Gerald P. Starr
|votes = 6,420
|percentage = 35.2
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 21
|percentage = 0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
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| title = Anne Arundel County Council District 1 election, 2002{{cite web
| title = Anne Arundel County, Maryland General Election Returns
| work = Maryland State Archives
| url = https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/an/elect/general/an2002.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle (incumbent)
|votes = 12,465
|percentage = 64.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bob Gouge
|votes = 6,760
|percentage = 35.2
}}
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland House of Delegates District 32 Democratic primary election, 2006{{cite web
| title = Official 2006 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for Legislative District 32
| work = Maryland State Board of Elections
| url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/results/primary/legislative_district_32.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mary Ann Love (incumbent)
|votes = 8,035
|percentage = 33.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Theodore Sophocleus (incumbent)
|votes = 7,960
|percentage = 33.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle
|votes = 7,745
|percentage = 32.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland House of Delegates District 32 election, 2006{{cite web
| title = Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Legislative District 32
| work = Maryland State Board of Elections
| url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/results/general/legislative_district_32.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle
|votes = 17,964
|percentage = 18.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mary Ann Love (incumbent)
|votes = 17,697
|percentage = 18.3
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Theodore Sophocleus (incumbent)
|votes = 17,661
|percentage = 18.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark S. Chang
|votes = 16,569
|percentage = 17.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Terry R. Gilleland Jr. (incumbent)
|votes = 13,632
|percentage = 14.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Wayne Charles Smith
|votes = 13,153
|percentage = 13.6
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 75
|percentage = 0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland House of Delegates District 32 election, 2010{{cite web
| title = Official 2010 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates
| work = Maryland State Board of Elections
| url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2010/results/General/gen_results_2010_2_01632.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle (incumbent)
|votes = 20,409
|percentage = 19.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Theodore Sophocleus (incumbent)
|votes = 18,947
|percentage = 17.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mary Ann Love (incumbent)
|votes = 18,830
|percentage = 17.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Stephanie A. Hodges
|votes = 17,477
|percentage = 16.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Wayne Smith
|votes = 16,865
|percentage = 15.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = David P. Starr
|votes = 14,582
|percentage = 13.6
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 123
|percentage = 0.1
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland House of Delegates District 32 election, 2014{{cite web
| title = Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates
| work = Maryland State Board of Elections
| url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2014/results/General/gen_results_2014_2_01632.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle (incumbent)
|votes = 17,120
|percentage = 20.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark S. Chang
|votes = 15,904
|percentage = 18.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Theodore J. Sophocleus (incumbent)
|votes = 14,995
|percentage = 17.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Tim Walters
|votes = 13,066
|percentage = 15.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark Angell
|votes = 12,327
|percentage = 14.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Joseph Fioravante
|votes = 12,012
|percentage = 14.0
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 85
|percentage = 0.1
}}
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 32 Democratic primary election, 2018{{cite web
| title = Official 2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for State Senator
| work = Maryland State Board of Elections
| url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2018/results/primary/gen_results_2018_1_01532.html }}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle
|votes = 7,383
|percentage = 100.0
}}
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = Maryland Senate District 32 election, 2018{{cite web
| title = Official 2018 Gubernatorial General Election results for State Senator
| work = Maryland State Board of Elections
| url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2018/results/general/gen_results_2018_2_01532.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle
|votes = 30,384
|percentage = 66.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = John Grasso
|votes = 15,306
|percentage = 33.4
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 70
|percentage = 0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
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| title = Maryland Senate District 32 election, 2022{{cite web
| title = Official 2022 Gubernatorial General Election results for State Senator
| work = Maryland State Board of Elections
| url = https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2022/general_results/gen_results_2022_6_32.html }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Beidle (incumbent)
|votes = 23,380
|percentage = 65.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kimberly Ann June
|votes = 12,103
|percentage = 34.0
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 76
|percentage = 0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
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- {{cite web |title=Pam Beidle for MD State Senate D32 |url=https://www.pambeidle.com/ |access-date=November 4, 2023 |language=en}}
- {{cite web |title=Members - Senator Pamela Beidle |url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/beidle01 |publisher=Maryland General Assembly |access-date=November 4, 2023 |date=November 1, 2023}}
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