Maryland's 7th congressional district

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Maryland's 7th congressional district is a predominantly urban, majority-Black U.S. House district centered on Baltimore that has long been a stronghold for Democratic representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
abolished 1843 ⓘ
contains City of Baltimore ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore

parts of Baltimore County ⓘ
parts of Howard County ⓘ
containsMajorCity Baltimore ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created 1793 ⓘ
currentRepresentative Kweisi Mfume ⓘ
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
demographics majority African American population ⓘ
predominantly urban ⓘ
elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
federalDistrictNumber 7 ⓘ
focusesOnIssues civil rights ⓘ
economic development in Baltimore ⓘ
urban policy ⓘ
hasHighPopulationDensity true ⓘ
hasHistoryOf continuous Democratic representation for several decades ⓘ
hasNumberOfSeats 1 ⓘ
hasRepresentativeSince Kweisi Mfume, 2020 ⓘ
knownFor majority-Black population ⓘ
strong Democratic Party lean ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn Baltimore metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore
majorityMinorityDistrict true ⓘ
notableRepresentative Elijah Cummings ⓘ
Kweisi Mfume ⓘ
partOf Maryland congressional delegation ⓘ
partyControl Democratic Party stronghold ⓘ
politicalIdeology liberal-leaning ⓘ
postalAbbreviationState MD ⓘ
previousRepresentative Elijah Cummings ⓘ
previousRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
recreated 1950 ⓘ
recreatedFrom at-large congressional district of Maryland ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority Maryland General Assembly ⓘ
representedBy Kweisi Mfume in the 118th United States Congress ⓘ
representedIn United States Congress ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
urbanRuralCharacter overwhelmingly urban ⓘ
votingPattern reliably Democratic in federal elections ⓘ

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Kweisi Mfume → electedFrom → Maryland's 7th congressional district ⓘ
Frizzell Gray → represented → Maryland's 7th congressional district ⓘ
Parren J. Mitchell → districtRepresented → Maryland's 7th congressional district ⓘ
Elijah Cummings → representedDistrict → Maryland's 7th congressional district ⓘ
Joseph H. Nicholson → congressional district represented → Maryland’s 7th congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Maryland's 7th congressional district