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Sara Love
2024 - Present
2027
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Sara Love (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 16. She assumed office on June 13, 2024. Her current term ends on January 13, 2027.
Love (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Maryland State Senate to represent District 16. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 23, 2026.[source]
Gov. Wes Moore appointed Love to the state Senate in June 2024 to replace former Sen. Ariana Kelly (D).[1]
Biography
Sara Love earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a law degree from Northwestern University Law School. Her career experience includes working as a public policy director.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Love was assigned to the following committees:
- Environment and Transportation Committee
- Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Committee
2021-2022
Love was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Love 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
2026
See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on June 23, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 16
Incumbent Sara Love is running in the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 16 on June 23, 2026.
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2022
See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)
Incumbent Ariana Kelly, incumbent Marc Korman, and incumbent Sara Love won election in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ariana Kelly (D) | 33.1 | 41,600 |
| ✔ |  | Marc Korman (D) | 33.0 | 41,506 |
| ✔ | | Sara Love (D) | 32.7 | 41,153 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 1,572 | ||
| Total votes: 125,831 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)
Incumbent Marc Korman, incumbent Sara Love, and incumbent Ariana Kelly advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marc Korman | 33.5 | 19,650 |
| ✔ | | Sara Love | 33.4 | 19,547 |
| ✔ | | Ariana Kelly | 33.1 | 19,375 |
| Total votes: 58,572 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)
Incumbent Ariana Kelly, incumbent Marc Korman, and Sara Love defeated Bill Day in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ariana Kelly (D) | 30.6 | 45,617 |
| ✔ | | Marc Korman (D) | 29.4 | 43,861 |
| ✔ | | Sara Love (D) | 29.4 | 43,760 |
 | Bill Day (R) | 10.3 | 15,321 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 520 | ||
| Total votes: 149,079 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marc Korman | 24.3 | 13,598 |
| ✔ | | Ariana Kelly | 21.8 | 12,197 |
| ✔ | | Sara Love | 20.2 | 11,299 |
 | Samir Paul | 20.2 | 11,287 | |
| Jordan Cooper | 6.5 | 3,613 | ||
| Nuchhi Currier | 3.8 | 2,131 | ||
| Joseph Hennessey | 2.1 | 1,183 | ||
| Marc Lande | 1.0 | 563 | ||
| Total votes: 55,871 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)
Bill Day advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Day | 100.0 | 1,942 |
| Total votes: 1,942 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
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2022
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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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2022
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In 2022, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 12 to April 11.
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2021
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In 2021, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 13 to April 12.
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2020
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In 2020, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 18.
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2019
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In 2019, the Maryland General Assembly was in session from January 9 through April 8.
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
