#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
On November 11, the House voted 245-175 to force a standalone vote on the Major Richard Star Act, which would stop cutting the retirement pay of about 58,000 combat-wounded veterans. Every no vote came from a Republican. Here are the 153 on this site, and the 85 of them whose names are on the bill.
On November 10, the House voted 211-204 to bury the articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in committee. Here is what he has done, and the 182 Republicans on this site who voted to protect him.
After the worst Republican night in years, the explanations came fast: messaging, Biden, Trump's tone, and 'Jesus Christ could have run and would have lost.' All five of these Republicans voted for Trump's budget bill. Voters got the bills for it, not the talking points.
Harris won Maryland with 62.6% of the vote to 34.1%, a margin of 28.5 points, with 69.4% of eligible voters turning out. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
1 of 10 — 10%. In the U.S. House, Maryland has 1 Republican and 7 Democrats; in the Senate, 0 Republicans and 2 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from Maryland, on Wikipedia.)
Maryland ranks #14 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare Maryland directly to other states on our Compare States page.
We grade Republican incumbents running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost Maryland. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
