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Kris Fair
2023 - Present
2027
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Kris Fair (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 3. He assumed office on January 11, 2023. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.
Fair (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 3. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Fair completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Kris Fair lives in Maryland. Fair graduated from Linganore High School. He earned an associate degree from Frederick Community College in 2008 and a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Hood College in 2012. His career experience includes working as the executive director of the Frederick Center, legislative director for Delegate Karen Lewis Young (D), director of team success for a salon, and in various other roles with nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and government agencies.[1][2]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Fair was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2022
See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 3 (3 seats)
Incumbent Ken Kerr, Karen Simpson, and Kris Fair defeated Kathy Diener and Justin Wages in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Kerr (D) | 24.9 | 26,270 |
| ✔ |  | Karen Simpson (D) | 24.6 | 25,945 |
| ✔ |  | Kris Fair (D)  | 24.3 | 25,602 |
| Kathy Diener (R) | 13.0 | 13,699 | ||
 | Justin Wages (R) | 12.8 | 13,535 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 429 | ||
| Total votes: 105,480 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 3 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 3 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Kerr | 19.8 | 5,628 |
| ✔ | | Kris Fair | 19.7 | 5,598 |
| ✔ | | Karen Simpson | 15.6 | 4,450 |
 | Josh Bokee | 12.7 | 3,618 | |
| Tarolyn Thrasher | 12.3 | 3,489 | ||
| William Reid | 11.6 | 3,295 | ||
 | Stephen Slater | 8.3 | 2,364 | |
| Total votes: 28,442 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 3 (3 seats)
Justin Wages and Kathy Diener advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 3 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Justin Wages | 50.5 | 3,893 |
| ✔ | Kathy Diener | 49.5 | 3,818 | |
| Total votes: 7,711 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Distel (R)
- Tim Cansler (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kris Fair completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fair's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Equity – Our society is currently built on a multi-tier system that guarantees access and benefits to those at the top, ensures upward mobility is nearly impossible for the bottom, and everyone in between struggles daily trying to build a better life for themselves and their families. I want to champion policies that ensure all Marylanders have an equitable ability to reach their fullest potential by removing systemic and systematic barriers. These include access to financial resources, proper representation, appropriate school funding, and addressing the inequities of historically disenfranchised communities.
- Transparency – To ensure equity and build faith in our institutions, we must make our governmental process more transparent. This includes easily accessible information about governmental policies and legislation, open meetings accessible online, understandable language explaining the impact of legislation, and required opportunities for residents to meet with their elected officials.
- Justice – We must ensure that all Marylanders have access to the same rights, quality of life, and opportunity. Justice includes women’s access to reproductive freedom, proper gun safety, access to natural resources, appropriate accountability, environmental protection, access to affordable healthcare, equitable education, supporting communities with disabilities, easing the pressure on seniors with fixed incomes, and pay parity.
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 8.
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2023
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In 2023, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 11 to April 10.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Maryland House of Delegates District 3 |
Officeholder Maryland House of Delegates District 3 |
Footnotes
