Maryland House of Delegates District 2B

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 44,417, of whom 33,244 (74.8%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 27,619 (62.2%) White, 8,891 (20.0%) African American, 159 (0.4%) Native American, 1,011 (2.3%) Asian, 17 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,000 (4.5%) from some other race, and 4,710 (10.6%) from two or more races.^[2][3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,341 (9.8%) of the population.^[4]

The district had 25,649 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 5,954 (23.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 7,538 (29.4%) were registered as Republicans, 11,636 (45.4%) were registered as Democrats, and 291 (1.1%) were registered to other parties.^[5]

Name	Party	Outcome
Peter G. Callas	Democratic	Won[6]
W. Keller Nigh	Republican	Lost

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Peter G. Callas	Democratic	5,339	72.0%	Won[7]
Richard D. Wiles	Republican	2,103	28.0%	Lost

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Peter G. Callas	Democratic	4,892	100.0%	Won[8]

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Bruce Poole	4,219	50.0%	Democratic	Won[9]
Richard D. Wiles	4,143	50.0%	Republican	Lost

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Christopher B. Shank	Republican	4,873	51.0%	Won[10]
Bruce Poole	Democratic	4,626	49.0%	Lost

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Christopher B. Shank	Republican	7,749	72.3%	Won[11]
David M. Russo	Democratic	2,954	27.6%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		11	0.1%

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Christopher B. Shank	Republican	9,606	99.0%	Won[12]
Other Write-Ins		101	1.0%

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Neil Parrott	Republican	7,663	61.8%	Won[13]
Brien Poffenberger	Democratic	4,718	38.0%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		22	0.2%

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Brett Wilson	Republican	3,846	54.3%	Won[14]
John P. Donoghue	Democratic	3,232	45.6%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		7	0.1%

Name	Party	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Paul D. Corderman	Republican	5,457	51.9%	Won[15]
Peter E. Perini Sr.	Democratic	5,028	47.8%	Lost
Other Write-Ins		25	0.2%

The new District 2B encompasses the city of Hagerstown in Washington County.^[16] Republican incumbent Brenda J. Thiam was running for a full term after being appointed to the seat on October 6, 2020, following the appointment of Paul D. Corderman, to the Maryland Senate.

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brenda J. Thiam (incumbent)	916	54.2
	Republican	Thomas Stolz	773	45.8

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brooke Grossman	1,167	61.3
	Democratic	Ladetra Robinson	738	38.7

2022 Maryland's 2B House of Delegates district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brooke Grossman	5,001	54.15%
	Republican	Brenda J. Thiam (incumbent)	4,222	45.72%
	Write-in		12	0.13%
Total votes			9,235	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican