Maryland House of Delegates District 1C is one of the 71 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1A and 1B, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Situated in Western Maryland, District 1C covers parts of Allegany County and Washington County. It is represented by one delegate. Since 2023, it has been represented by Terry Baker, a Republican.

District 1C was created in the 1994 election, splitting off from District 1B, which until then had elected 2 delegates.

Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 39,382, of whom 31,702 (80.5%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 34,371 (87.3%) White, 2,157 (5.5%) African American, 92 (0.2%) Native American, 418 (1.1%) Asian, 3 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 317 (0.8%) from some other race, and 2,010 (5.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 914 (2.3%) of the population.

The district had 25,840 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 4,813 (18.6%) were registered as unaffiliated, 13,484 (52.2%) were registered as Republicans, 7,098 (27.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 238 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.

Past Election Results

1994 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Casper R. Taylor Jr. Democratic 5,928 100.0% Won

1998 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Casper R. Taylor Jr. Democratic 6,205 70.1% Won Eileen Brinker Steele Republican 2,648 29.9% Lost

2002 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome LeRoy E. Myers Jr. Republican 5,657 50.3% Won Casper R. Taylor Jr. Democratic 5,581 49.6% Lost Other Write-Ins 8 0.1%

2006

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome LeRoy E. Myers Jr. Republican 6,398 57.2% Won Brian K. Grim Democratic 4,769 42.7% Lost Other Write-Ins 13 0.1%

2010

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome LeRoy E. Myers Jr. Republican 7,554 69.7% Won Ronald Lohr Democratic 3,267 30.1% Lost Other Write-Ins 22 0.2%

2014 NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Mike McKay Republican 6,388 57.0% Won Nick Scarpelli Democratic 4,809 42.9% Lost Other Write-Ins 9 0.1%

2018

NamePartyVotesPercentOutcome Mike McKay Republican 10,228 82.1% Won Daniel DelMonte Green 2,177 17.5% Lost Other Write-Ins 54 0.4%

2022

Two-term Republican incumbent Mike McKay announced on July 21, 2021, that he would run for state Senate instead of seeking a third term.

List of delegates

Delegate Party Years Electoral history Casper R. Taylor Jr. Democratic January 1995 –January 8, 2003 Lost reelection in 2002. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. Republican January 8, 2003 –January 2015 Retired December 1, 2014. Mike McKay Republican January 2015 –present Elected in 2014. Retired to successfully run for the Maryland Senate in 2022. Terry Baker Republican January 11, 2023 –present Elected in 2022.

References

External links Ballotpedia: Maryland House of Delegates District 1C