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At that point, what is now Howard County, Maryland, was in Anne Arundel County, and Prince George's County included the eastern half of the District of Columbia. In 1792, the Maryland 3rd Congressional District was moved to include Montgomery County, Maryland, and the eastern half of Frederick County, Maryland. The population was about 33,000. [10]
Maryland's congressional districts since 2023 Maryland is divided into eight congressional districts , each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives . After the 2020 census , the number of Maryland 's seats remained unchanged, giving evidence of stable population growth relative to the United States at large.
After the 1790 census, Maryland gained two seats in the house. The new 2nd district consisted of Howard County, Prince George's County and Anne Arundel County. The boundary ran on a line heading north-east from the north-west corner of the District of Columbia so that a small portion of Montgomery County was also in the 2nd district. [4]
Maryland's 5th congressional district comprises all of Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert counties (a region known as Southern Maryland), as well as portions of Prince George's and Anne Arundel counties. The district is currently represented by Democrat Steny Hoyer, who from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023 was House Majority Leader.
The 3rd district encompasses all of Howard County, much of Anne Arundel County, including Annapolis, and parts of Carroll County. [3] The incumbent is Democrat John Sarbanes, who was re-elected with 60.2% of the vote in 2022. [4] On October 26, 2023, Sarbanes announced that he would not seek re-election to a tenth term in 2024. [56]
Congressional District 3 covers central Elkridge; from south of Montgomery Road and east of Interstate 95 to roughly US Route 1 and the Anne Arundel County border. Congressman John Sarbanes represents District 3. Lastly, Congressional District 2, represented by Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger , spans southward of Adcock Lane and Route 100. [37]
Her district encompasses the lower half of Anne Arundel County, including the state capital of Annapolis. Elfreth won the 22-way Democratic primary in the U.S. House of Representatives election in Maryland's 3rd congressional district and then defeated the Republican nominee in the general election. She was sworn in on January 3, 2025.
Anne Arundel County (listen ⓘ; / ə ˈ r ʌ n d əl /), also notated as AA or A.A. County, is located in the U.S. state of Maryland.As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 588,261, [1] an increase of just under 10% since 2010.