Maryland's 7th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives encompasses almost the entire city of Baltimore and some of Baltimore County. The district was created following the census of 1790, which gave Maryland one additional representative in the House. It was abolished in 1843 but was restored in 1950 as a west Baltimore district. It has been drawn as a majority-African American district since 1973. Democrat Kweisi Mfume is the current representative, winning a special election on April 28, 2020, to finish the term of Elijah Cummings, who died in October 2019.[3] Mfume had previously held the seat from 1987 to 1996.
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Representative |
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Area | 294.25 sq mi (762.1 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 744,504 | ||
Median household income | $56,870[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Occupation |
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Cook PVI | D+30[2] |
Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Gore 84% - 14% |
2004 | President | Kerry 73% - 26% |
2008 | President | Obama 78% - 19% |
2012 | President | Obama 76% - 22% |
2016 | President | Clinton 74% - 22% |
2020 | President | Biden 78% - 20% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (Incumbent) | 134,066 | 87.1 | |
Republican | Kenneth Kondner | 19,773 | 12.8 | |
Write-ins | 135 | 0.10 | ||
Total votes | 153,974 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (Incumbent) | 137,047 | 73.6 | |
Republican | Joseph Ward | 49,172 | 26.4 | |
Total votes | 186,219 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (Incumbent) | 179,189 | 73.4 | |
Republican | Tony Salazar | 60,102 | 26.4 | |
Green | Virginia Rodino | 4,727 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 244,018 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (Incumbent) | 158,830 | 98.1 | |
Write-ins | 3,147 | 1.9 | ||
Total votes | 161,977 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (Incumbent) | 227,379 | 79.5 | |
Republican | Michael Hargadon | 53,147 | 18.6 | |
Libertarian | Ronald Owens-Bey | 4,727 | 1.8 | |
Write-ins | 280 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 286,020 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (Incumbent) | 152,669 | 75.2 | |
Republican | Frank Mirabile | 46,375 | 22.8 | |
Libertarian | Scott Spencer | 3,814 | 1.9 | |
Write-ins | 210 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 203,068 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (incumbent) | 247,770 | 76.5 | |
Republican | Frank C. Mirabile | 67,405 | 20.8 | |
Libertarian | Ronald M. Owens-Bey | 8,211 | 2.5 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 432 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 323,818 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (incumbent) | 144,639 | 69.7 | ||
Republican | Corrogan R. Vaughn | 55,860 | 27.2 | ||
Libertarian | Scott Soffen | 6,103 | 3.0 | ||
n/a | Write-ins | 207 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 206,809 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (incumbent) | 238,838 | 74.9 | |
Republican | Corrogan R. Vaughn | 69,556 | 21.8 | |
Green | Myles B. Hoenig | 9,715 | 3.0 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 601 | 0.2 | |
Republican | Wayne T. Newton (write-in) | 202 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 318,912 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elijah Cummings (incumbent) | 202,345 | 76.4 | |
Republican | Richmond Davis | 56,266 | 21.3 | |
Libertarian | David Griggs | 5,827 | 2.2 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 272 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 264,710 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Kweisi Mfume | 111,955 | 73.8% | ||
Republican | Kimberly Klacik | 38,102 | 25.1% | ||
Independent | Peter James (write-in) | 1 | 0.0% | ||
Independent | Other Write-Ins | 1,660 | 1.1% | ||
Total votes | 151,718 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kweisi Mfume (incumbent) | 237,084 | 71.6 | |
Republican | Kimberly Klacik | 92,825 | 28.0 | |
Write-in | 1,089 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 330,998 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kweisi Mfume (incumbent) | 151,640 | 82.1 | |
Republican | Scott Collier | 32,737 | 17.7 | |
Write-in | 424 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 184,801 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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