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Maryland's legislative district 1C
Maryland's legislative district 1C
Represents; parts of Allegany County and Washington County
Delegate(s)	Terry Baker (R)
Registration	52.2% Republican; 27.5% Democratic; 18.6% unaffiliated;
Demographics	87.3% White; 5.5% Black/African American; 0.2% Native American; 1.1% Asian; 0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.8% Other race; 5.1% Two or more races; 2.3% Hispanic;
Population (2020)	39,382
Voting-age population	31,702
Registered voters	25,840

Maryland House of Delegates District 1C is one of the 67 districts that compose the Maryland House of Delegates. Along with subdistricts 1A and 1B, it makes up the 1st district of the Maryland Senate. Situated in Western Maryland, District 1C covers parts of Allegany County and Washington County.^[1] Since 2023, it has been represented by Terry Baker, a Republican.^[2]

District 1C was created in the 1994 election, splitting off from District 1B, which until then had elected 2 delegates.^[3]

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 39,382, of whom 31,702 (80.5%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 34,371 (87.3%) White, 2,157 (5.5%) African American, 92 (0.2%) Native American, 418 (1.1%) Asian, 3 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 317 (0.8%) from some other race, and 2,010 (5.1%) from two or more races.^[4]^[5] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 914 (2.3%) of the population.^[6]

The district had 25,840 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 4,813 (18.6%) were registered as unaffiliated, 13,484 (52.2%) were registered as Republicans, 7,098 (27.5%) were registered as Democrats, and 238 (0.9%) were registered to other parties.^[7]

Past Election Results

1994

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Casper R. Taylor Jr.	Democratic	5,928	100.0%	Won^[8]

1998

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Casper R. Taylor Jr.	Democratic	6,205	70.1%	Won^[9]
Eileen Brinker Steele	Republican	2,648	29.9%	Lost

2002

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
LeRoy E. Myers Jr.	Republican	5,657	50.3%	Won^[10]
Casper R. Taylor Jr.	Democratic	5,581	49.6%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		8	0.1%

2006

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
LeRoy E. Myers Jr.	Republican	6,398	57.2%	Won^[11]
Brian K. Grim	Democratic	4,769	42.7%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		13	0.1%

2010

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
LeRoy E. Myers Jr.	Republican	7,554	69.7%	Won^[12]
Ronald Lohr	Democratic	3,267	30.1%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		22	0.2%

2014

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Mike McKay	Republican	6,388	57.0%	Won^[13]
Nick Scarpelli	Democratic	4,809	42.9%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		9	0.1%

2018

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Mike McKay	Republican	10,228	82.1%	Won^[14]
Daniel DelMonte	Green	2,177	17.5%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		54	0.4%

List of delegates

Delegate	Party	Years	Electoral history
Casper R. Taylor Jr.	Democratic	January 1995 – January 8, 2003	Lost reelection in 2002.
LeRoy E. Myers Jr.	Republican	January 8, 2003 – January 2015	Retired December 1, 2014.^[15]
Mike McKay	Republican	January 2015 – present	Elected in 2014. Retired to successfully run for the Maryland Senate in 2022.
Terry Baker	Republican	January 11, 2023 – present	Elected in 2022.