Maryland's 7th Congressional District

Maryland's 7th Congressional District

Incumbent

Kweisi Mfume

Assumed office: May 5, 2020

Maryland's 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Kweisi Mfume (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Maryland representatives represented an average of 773,160 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 723,741 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2024

Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)

Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 14 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Kweisi Mfume defeated Scott Collier and Ronald Owens-Bey in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume (D)	80.3	232,849
		Scott Collier (R)	17.2	49,799
	Submit photo	Ronald Owens-Bey (L)	2.4	6,840
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	649

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 290,137
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Sigmon (Progressive Party)
• Michael Scott (People's Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Kweisi Mfume defeated Tashi Davis in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume	88.4	88,727
		Tashi Davis	11.6	11,640

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,367
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Scott Collier defeated Wayne McNeal and Lorrie Sigley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Collier	47.4	4,289
		Wayne McNeal	31.0	2,804
	Submit photo	Lorrie Sigley	21.6	1,951

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,044
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2022

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Kweisi Mfume defeated Scott Collier in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume (D)	82.1	151,640
		Scott Collier (R)	17.7	32,737
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	424

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 184,801
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Kweisi Mfume defeated Tashi Davis, Wayne McNeal, and Elihu Eli El in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume	85.2	80,118
		Tashi Davis	7.6	7,141
		Wayne McNeal	5.2	4,890
	Submit photo	Elihu Eli El	2.0	1,885

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,034
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Scott Collier defeated Lorrie Sigley, Michael Pearson, and Ray Bly in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Collier	34.6	2,873
	Submit photo	Lorrie Sigley	27.1	2,245
	Submit photo	Michael Pearson	23.0	1,906
		Ray Bly	15.3	1,271

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,295
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2020

Regular election

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Kweisi Mfume defeated Kim Klacik, Charles Smith, and Ray Bly in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume (D)	71.6	237,084
		Kim Klacik (R)	28.0	92,825
		Charles Smith (D) (Write-in)	0.0	21
		Ray Bly (R) (Write-in)	0.0	16
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,052

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 330,998
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Schuman (Independent)
• Amber Ivey (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume	74.3	113,061
		Maya Rockeymoore Cummings	10.0	15,208
		Jill Carter	8.7	13,237
	Submit photo	Alicia Brown	1.2	1,841
	Submit photo	Charles Stokes	0.9	1,356
		T. Dan Baker	0.7	1,141
		Jay Jalisi	0.7	1,056
		Harry Spikes	0.7	1,040
		Saafir Rabb	0.6	948
		Mark Gosnell	0.5	765
	Submit photo	Darryl Gonzalez	0.3	501
		Jeffrey Woodard	0.2	368
		Gary Schuman	0.2	344
	Submit photo	Michael Howard Jr.	0.2	327
	Submit photo	Jermyn Michael Davidson	0.2	298
	Submit photo	Dan Hiegel	0.1	211
		Charles Smith	0.1	189
	Submit photo	Matko Lee Chullin III	0.1	187
		Adrian Petrus	0.1	170

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 152,248
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Terri L. Hill (D)
• Brian Britcher (D)
• F. Michael Higginbotham (D)
• Talmadge Branch (D)
• Leslie Grant (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Klacik	68.8	16,465
		Elizabeth Matory	14.2	3,401
		William Newton	5.3	1,271
		Ray Bly	5.2	1,234
	Submit photo	Brian Brown	4.7	1,134
	Submit photo	M.J. Madwolf	1.8	442

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,947
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Anderson (R)
• Mekkah Mohammed (R)
• Reba Hawkins (R)

Special election

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District special election, 2020

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Kweisi Mfume defeated Kim Klacik in the special general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on April 28, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume (D)	73.8	111,955
		Kim Klacik (R)	25.1	38,102
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	1,661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,718 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kweisi Mfume	43.0	31,415
		Maya Rockeymoore Cummings	17.1	12,524
		Jill Carter	16.0	11,708
		Terri L. Hill	7.4	5,439
		F. Michael Higginbotham	4.4	3,245
		Harry Spikes	3.5	2,572
		Saafir Rabb	1.8	1,327
		Jay Jalisi	1.7	1,257
		Talmadge Branch	1.1	810
		Mark Gosnell	0.8	579
		T. Dan Baker	0.5	377
	Submit photo	Charles Stokes	0.4	297
		Paul Konka	0.3	251
	Submit photo	Darryl Gonzalez	0.3	245
	Submit photo	Alicia Brown	0.2	180
	Submit photo	Leslie Grant	0.2	176
		Anthony Carter Sr.	0.2	155
	Submit photo	Jay Fred Cohen	0.2	150
	Submit photo	Matko Lee Chullin III	0.1	79
		Charles Smith	0.1	75
		Adrian Petrus	0.1	60
	Submit photo	Nathaniel Costley Sr.	0.1	49
	Submit photo	Dan Hiegel	0.0	31
	Submit photo	Jermyn Michael Davidson	0.0	31

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 73,032
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on February 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Klacik	40.2	4,525
		Elizabeth Matory	24.3	2,740
	Submit photo	James Arnold	12.4	1,401
		Reba Hawkins	8.1	913
		Christopher Anderson	7.6	852
		William Newton	3.7	414
		Ray Bly	2.1	236
	Submit photo	Brian Brown	1.6	185

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 11,266
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2018

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Elijah Cummings defeated Richmond Davis and David Griggs in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elijah Cummings (D)	76.4	202,345
		Richmond Davis (R)	21.3	56,266
		David Griggs (L)	2.2	5,827
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	272

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264,710 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Incumbent Elijah Cummings defeated John Moser, Anthony Carter Sr., Charles Stokes, and Charles Smith in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elijah Cummings	91.5	81,679
		John Moser	2.6	2,289
		Anthony Carter Sr.	2.5	2,267
	Submit photo	Charles Stokes	2.5	2,247
		Charles Smith	0.9	833

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 89,315
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7

Richmond Davis defeated Michael Pearson, William Newton, and Ray Bly in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 7 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richmond Davis	31.3	3,554
	Submit photo	Michael Pearson	29.9	3,392
		William Newton	22.3	2,536
		Ray Bly	16.5	1,877

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 11,359
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2016

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 7th Congressional District, Democratic incumbent Elijah Cummings (D) defeated Corrogan Vaughn (R), Myles Hoenig (G) and William T. Newton (R write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cummings defeated Adrian Petrus in the Democratic primary. Vaughn defeated Ray Bly and William T. Newton in the Republican primary, which remained uncalled until the official primary canvass. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings Incumbent	74.9%	238,838
	Republican	Corrogan Vaughn	21.8%	69,556
	Green	Myles Hoenig	3%	9,715
	N/A	Write-in	0.3%	803
Total Votes				318,912
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Elijah Cummings Incumbent	92.1%	130,555
Adrian Petrus	7.9%	11,272
Total Votes		141,827
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Corrogan Vaughn	41.6%	10,645
William Newton	41.4%	10,599
Ray Bly	17%	4,351
Total Votes		25,595
Source: Maryland Secretary of State

2014

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 7th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Elijah Cummings (D) defeated challengers Corrogan Vaughn (R) and Scott Soffen (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings Incumbent	69.9%	144,639
	Republican	Corrogan Vaughn	27%	55,860
	Libertarian	Scott Soffen	3%	6,103
	Write-in	Others	0.1%	207
Total Votes				206,809
Source: Maryland Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Corrogan Vaughn
• Elijah Cummings - Incumbent a
• Scott Soffen

June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary

• Elijah Cummings - Incumbenta
• Bryant Alexander
• Fred Donald Dickson, Jr.

Republican Primary

• Corrogan Vaughna
• Ray Bly

Libertarian Party Candidates

• Scott Soffen

2012

See also: Maryland's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 7th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Elijah Cummings (D) won. He defeated Ty Busch (D), Charles Smith (D), Frank Mirabile, Jr. (R) and Ronald Owens-Bey (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings Incumbent	76.5%	247,770
	Republican	Frank Mirabile, Jr.	20.8%	67,405
	Libertarian	Ronald Owens-Bey	2.5%	8,211
	Democratic	Ty Busch (Write-in)	0%	10
	Democratic	Charles Smith (Write-in)	0%	28
	N/A	Other Write-ins	0.1%	394
Total Votes				323,818
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Elijah Cummings won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank Mirabile, Jr. (R) and Scott Spencer (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings incumbent	75.2%	152,669
	Republican	Frank Mirabile, Jr.	22.8%	46,375
	Libertarian	Scott Spencer	1.9%	3,814
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	210
Total Votes				203,068

2008
On November 4, 2008, Elijah Cummings won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael T. Hargadon (R) and Ronald M. Owens-Bey (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings incumbent	79.5%	227,379
	Republican	Michael T. Hargadon	18.6%	53,147
	Libertarian	Ronald M. Owens-Bey	1.8%	5,214
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	280
Total Votes				286,020

2006
On November 7, 2006, Elijah Cummings won re-election to the United States House. He defeated write-in candidates in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings incumbent	98.1%	158,830
	N/A	Write-in	1.9%	3,147
Total Votes				161,977

2004
On November 2, 2004, Elijah Cummings won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tony Salazar (R) and Virginia T. Rodino (Green) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings incumbent	73.4%	179,189
	Republican	Tony Salazar	24.6%	60,102
	Green	Virginia T. Rodino	1.9%	4,727
Total Votes				244,018

2002
On November 5, 2002, Elijah Cummings won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joseph E. Ward (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings incumbent	73.6%	137,047
	Republican	Joseph E. Ward	26.4%	49,172
Total Votes				186,219

2000
On November 7, 2000, Elijah Cummings won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kenneth Kondner (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 7 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Elijah Cummings incumbent	87.1%	134,066
	Republican	Kenneth Kondner	12.8%	19,773
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	135
Total Votes				153,974

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Maryland after the 2020 census

Maryland adopted new congressional district boundaries on April 4, 2022, when Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed revised redistricting legislation that the General Assembly had finalized on March 30, 2022. Hogan signed the new map after state Attorney General Brian Frosh withdrew his appeal of Circuit Court Judge Lynne Battaglia's ruling overturning the state's previous congressional redistricting plan. The state Senate approved the revised congressional district boundaries 30-13 with all votes in favor by Democrats and all votes opposed by Republicans on March 29, 2022. The House of Delegates approved the revised map on March 30, 2022, by a vote of 94-41 with all 'yes' votes by Democrats and 40 Republicans and one Democrat voting 'no.'

How does redistricting in Maryland work? In Maryland, the primary authority to adopt both congressional and state legislative district lines rests with the state legislature. The governor submits a state legislative redistricting proposal (an advisory commission appointed by the governor assists in drafting this proposal). The state legislature may pass its own plan by joint resolution, which is not subject to gubernatorial veto. If the legislature fails to approve its own plan, the governor's plan takes effect. Congressional lines are adopted solely by the legislature and may be vetoed by the governor.

The Maryland Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous, compact, and "give 'due regard' for political boundaries and natural features." No such requirements apply to congressional districts.

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2010-2011

This is the 7th Congressional District of Maryland after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Maryland after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Maryland State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+31. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 31 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 7th the 14th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 7th the 17th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 81.0%-17.5%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 7th the 18th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 81.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 17.5%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+26. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 26 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 7th Congressional District the 41st most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.90. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.90 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Maryland
• Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
• Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
• Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
• Maryland's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 7

Footnotes

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Angela Alsobrooks (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

John Olszewski (D)

District 3

Sarah Elfreth (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

April McClain-Delaney (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)