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Carl Jackson (Maryland)
2025 - Present
2027
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Carl Jackson (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 8. He assumed office on February 5, 2025. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.
Jackson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 8. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Gov. Wes Moore (D) appointed Jackson to the Maryland State Senate District 8 on February 5, 2025, to replace Katherine Klausmeier.[1]
Biography
Carl Jackson was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Overlea High School in 2002. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Strayer University in 2008 and an MBA from Strayer University in 2017. His career experience includes working as an administrative analyst, payroll supervisor, payroll coordinator, and financial assistant.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Jackson was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Jackson was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Harry Bhandari (D) | 21.6 | 19,702 |
| ✔ |  | Carl Jackson (D) | 20.8 | 18,950 |
| ✔ |  | Nick Allen (D) | 19.8 | 18,062 |
| Kathleen Smero (R) | 13.0 | 11,838 | ||
| Timothy M. Neubauer (R) | 12.4 | 11,259 | ||
| Glen Geelhaar (R) | 12.3 | 11,243 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 74 | ||
| Total votes: 91,128 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 (3 seats)
Incumbent Carl Jackson, incumbent Harry Bhandari, and Nick Allen advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Jackson | 34.0 | 7,712 |
| ✔ | | Harry Bhandari | 33.8 | 7,678 |
| ✔ | | Nick Allen | 32.2 | 7,306 |
| Total votes: 22,696 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Annel McCollim (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 (3 seats)
Timothy M. Neubauer, Kathleen Smero, and Glen Geelhaar defeated Manpreet Hundal in the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Timothy M. Neubauer | 28.7 | 2,672 | |
| ✔ | Kathleen Smero | 28.2 | 2,629 | |
| ✔ | Glen Geelhaar | 28.0 | 2,609 | |
| Manpreet Hundal | 15.1 | 1,404 | ||
| Total votes: 9,314 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Bromwell (D) | 18.0 | 22,485 |
| ✔ | | Harry Bhandari (D) | 17.7 | 22,094 |
| ✔ |  | Joseph Boteler III (R) | 16.7 | 20,802 |
| Carl Jackson (D) | 16.2 | 20,232 | |
| Joe Cluster (R) | 16.1 | 20,084 | ||
| Joe Norman (R) | 15.2 | 18,898 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 99 | ||
| Total votes: 124,694 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 (3 seats)
Incumbent Eric Bromwell, Harry Bhandari, and Carl Jackson defeated Joe Werner in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Bromwell | 31.2 | 6,595 |
| ✔ | | Harry Bhandari | 28.1 | 5,941 |
| ✔ | | Carl Jackson | 24.8 | 5,246 |
 | Joe Werner | 15.8 | 3,335 | |
| Total votes: 21,117 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 8 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Cluster | 25.1 | 3,558 | |
| ✔ | | Joseph Boteler III | 21.2 | 3,008 |
| ✔ | Joe Norman | 18.4 | 2,609 | |
| Norma Secoura | 12.6 | 1,786 | ||
| Kevin Leary | 11.2 | 1,589 | ||
| Ben Boehl | 8.8 | 1,244 | ||
 | Jared Wineberg | 2.8 | 401 | |
| Total votes: 14,195 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 7.
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2023
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In 2023, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 23.
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2022
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In 2022, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 10 to March 10.
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2021
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In 2021, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 11 to April 25.
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2020
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In 2020, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 13 to March 12.
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2019
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In 2019, the Washington State Legislature was in session from January 14 through April 28.
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Katherine Klausmeier (D) |
Maryland State Senate District 8 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Maryland House of Delegates District 8 2019-2025 |
Succeeded by Kim Ross (D) |
