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Chris Van Hollen is the senior United States Senator from Maryland, having served in the Senate since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1959, the son of a U.S. Foreign Service officer, and grew up partly abroad before attending Swarthmore College, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and Georgetown University Law Center. Before his Senate career, he served eight terms in the House of Representatives representing Maryland's 8th Congressional District, where he became ranking member of the House Budget Committee and a leading Democratic voice on fiscal policy. He was elected to the Senate in 2016 to fill the seat vacated by retiring Senator Barbara Mikulski.

In the Senate, Van Hollen serves on the Appropriations Committee and the Budget Committee, where he has been a consistent advocate for federal investment in education, infrastructure, and healthcare. He has developed a reputation as a pragmatic legislator capable of working across the aisle on complex fiscal matters, and he chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee during election cycles. He has been an outspoken advocate on foreign policy matters, particularly regarding U.S. support for humanitarian aid and civilian protection in conflict zones.

Angela Alsobrooks is the junior United States Senator from Maryland, having served in the Senate since 2025 after being elected in 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, she was born in Prince George's County, Maryland, and earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland and her law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. Before her Senate election, she served two terms as the Prince George's County Executive, overseeing one of the largest jurisdictions in the mid-Atlantic region, and previously served as the county's state's attorney for a decade. She made history as the first Black woman ever elected to the United States Senate from Maryland.

Alsobrooks entered the Senate with a background rooted in public safety, local governance, and community development. Her tenure as county executive emphasized economic revitalization, public transit expansion, and closing opportunity gaps in one of the nation's most diverse suburban counties. In the Senate she has focused on issues including housing affordability, criminal justice, and broadening economic access, drawing on her extensive executive experience managing large government operations.

Andy Harris is the United States Representative for Maryland's 1st Congressional District, which covers the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay and the northeastern corner of the state including Harford County. A member of the Republican Party, he has served in the House since 2011. Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1957 and earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, going on to practice as an anesthesiologist. Before his election to Congress, he served in the Maryland State Senate for more than a decade and also served as a naval flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Harris is the only Republican member of Maryland's congressional delegation, representing a reliably conservative district in an otherwise heavily Democratic state. He sits on the House Appropriations Committee, where he has focused on fiscal restraint and healthcare policy reflecting his background as a physician. A consistent voice for limited government and traditional conservative values, he has been among the more ideologically committed members of the House GOP conference throughout his tenure.

Johnny Olszewski is the United States Representative for Maryland's 2nd Congressional District, which encompasses Baltimore County and portions of the greater Baltimore region. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 2025, having been elected in 2024. Olszewski was born in Baltimore County and attended the University of Maryland and Towson University. Before his election to Congress, he served two terms as Baltimore County Executive, leading one of Maryland's most populous jurisdictions, and earlier served in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Olszewski entered Congress with a strong background in local executive leadership, having overseen significant investments in Baltimore County's schools, infrastructure, and environmental programs during his tenure as county executive. He has focused on issues including education funding, workforce development, and the revitalization of communities in the Baltimore metropolitan area. His election reflected the continued transformation of Maryland's 2nd District and the Baltimore suburbs as a competitive political battleground.

Sarah Elfreth is the United States Representative for Maryland's 3rd Congressional District, which covers portions of Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County, and Howard County. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the House since 2025, having been elected in 2024. Elfreth was born in Baltimore and earned degrees from Wake Forest University and Georgetown University. Before her election to Congress, she served in the Maryland State Senate representing a district in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, and she previously worked as a policy advocate and nonprofit leader.

Elfreth has built her career around environmental advocacy, land conservation, and climate policy. As a state senator, she championed the Climate Solutions Now Act and worked on Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, earning a reputation as one of Maryland's leading legislative voices on environmental issues. In Congress, she has carried those priorities to the federal level while also focusing on transportation, housing affordability, and expanding economic opportunity in the Baltimore-Washington corridor communities she represents.

Glenn Ivey is the United States Representative for Maryland's 4th Congressional District, which covers most of Prince George's County, one of the most populous and diverse counties in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 2023, having been elected in 2022. Ivey was born in Baltimore and earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his law degree from Harvard Law School. Before his election to Congress, he served two terms as the State's Attorney for Prince George's County, overseeing one of the busiest prosecutorial offices in Maryland, and earlier served in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Ivey's background as a prosecutor has shaped his legislative focus on criminal justice, public safety, and community investment. In Congress he serves on the House Judiciary Committee, where his legal expertise informs his work on federal law enforcement and justice policy. He has also focused on economic development in Prince George's County, a jurisdiction that despite its wealth of talent and proximity to Washington has historically received less federal investment than neighboring jurisdictions.

Steny Hoyer is the United States Representative for Maryland's 5th Congressional District, which covers Southern Maryland including St. Mary's, Charles, and Calvert counties, as well as portions of Prince George's County and the communities surrounding Joint Base Andrews. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 1981, making him one of the longest-serving members in congressional history. Hoyer was born in New York City in 1939 and earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He previously served in the Maryland State Senate, where he was president of that body.

Over his decades in the House, Hoyer rose to become one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress, serving as House Majority Leader during the 111th through 117th Congresses — a period that included the passage of the Affordable Care Act — and serving as House Minority Whip when Democrats were in the minority. He has been a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and a leading voice on disability rights, having co-authored and championed the Americans with Disabilities Act. His longevity and institutional knowledge have made him a central figure in the operations of the House Democratic Caucus.

April McClain Delaney is the United States Representative for Maryland's 6th Congressional District, which covers Western Maryland and portions of Montgomery County including communities in the Blue Ridge foothills and the Washington suburbs. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the House since 2025, having been elected in 2024. McClain Delaney was born in Kankakee, Illinois, and earned degrees from Georgetown University and Georgetown University Law Center. Before her election, she led several nonprofit organizations focused on immigration, civil rights, and access to opportunity, and is the wife of former Representative and presidential candidate John Delaney, who previously held this congressional seat.

McClain Delaney entered Congress with deep roots in advocacy and a commitment to expanding economic access and civil rights. Her nonprofit work focused particularly on immigrant communities and underserved populations, experiences that have shaped her legislative priorities around immigration reform, social investment, and community development. She represents a district that has shifted significantly in its political character over the past decade as Montgomery County's suburbs have grown and diversified.

Kweisi Mfume is the United States Representative for Maryland's 7th Congressional District, which covers most of Baltimore City and portions of Baltimore County. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 2020, returning to the seat he previously held from 1987 to 1996. Mfume was born Frizzell Gray in Baltimore in 1948 and grew up in poverty; he later earned a degree from Morgan State University and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. After his first stint in Congress, he served for a decade as the president and CEO of the NAACP, one of the most prominent civil rights organizations in the country, before returning to electoral politics.

Mfume's career has spanned legislative leadership, civil rights advocacy, and community organizing across Baltimore. In the House, he serves on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He has focused on civil rights enforcement, economic development in Baltimore, healthcare access, and combating systemic inequality — issues that have defined his decades of public service. His return to Congress following his NAACP leadership brought a depth of civil rights expertise rarely found in the legislative branch.

Jamie Raskin is the United States Representative for Maryland's 8th Congressional District, which covers Montgomery County suburbs of Washington including Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Rockville, and Gaithersburg. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in the House since 2017. Raskin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1962 and is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Before his election to Congress, he was a professor of constitutional law at American University Washington College of Law for more than two decades and served in the Maryland State Senate.

Raskin is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and a leading Democratic voice on constitutional law, democracy, and civil liberties. He gained national prominence as the lead House impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of President Donald Trump following the January 6th Capitol attack — a trial he conducted while grieving the death of his son, Tommy, who died by suicide days earlier. He has focused on voting rights, campaign finance reform, governmental accountability, and the defense of democratic institutions throughout his tenure.