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Maryland State Missed
Votes Scorecard

1%
In Maryland, the average Senate missed 1% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
MD SD-07 R J.B. Jennings
15%
170 1156 1
MD SD-10 D Delores Kelley
13%
146 1156 2
MD SD-39 D Nancy King
4%
42 1156 3
MD SD-24 D Joanne Benson
3%
37 1156 4
MD SD-36 R Stephen Hershey
3%
36 1156 5
MD SD-43 D Mary Washington
3%
34 1156 6
MD SD-12 D Clarence Lam
2%
27 1156 7
MD SD-41 D Jill Carter
2%
24 1156 8
MD SD-27 D Michael Jackson
2%
21 1156 9
MD SD-34 R Bob Cassilly
1%
17 1156 10
MD SD-45 D Cory McCray
1%
17 1156 10
MD SD-32 D Pamela Beidle
1%
15 1156 12
MD SD-40 D Antonio Hayes
1%
15 1156 12
MD SD-09 D Katie Hester
1%
15 1156 12
MD SD-16 D Susan Lee
1%
15 1156 12
MD SD-06 R Johnny Salling
1%
10 1156 16
MD SD-21 D James Rosapepe
1%
9 1156 17
MD SD-22 D Paul Pinsky
1%
8 1156 18
MD SD-03 D Ronald Young
1%
7 1156 19
MD SD-08 D Katherine Klausmeier
1%
6 1156 20
MD SD-20 D William Smith
1%
6 1156 20
MD SD-17 D Cheryl Kagan
0%
5 1156 22
MD SD-42 R Chris West
0%
5 1156 22
MD SD-29 R Jack Bailey
0%
4 1156 24
MD SD-13 D Guy Guzzone
0%
4 1156 24
MD SD-25 D Melony Griffith
0%
3 1156 26
MD SD-33 R Edward Reilly
0%
3 1156 26
MD SD-30 D Sarah Elfreth
0%
2 1156 28
MD SD-28 D Arthur Ellis
0%
2 1156 28
MD SD-11 D Shelly Hettleman
0%
2 1156 28
MD SD-26 D Obie Patterson
0%
2 1156 28
MD SD-18 D Jeff Waldstreicher
0%
2 1156 28
MD SD-14 D Craig Zucker
0%
2 1156 28
MD SD-47 D Malcolm Augustine
0%
1 1156 34
MD SD-37 R Adelaide Eckardt
0%
1 1156 34
MD SD-15 D Brian Feldman
0%
1 1156 34
MD SD-46 D William Ferguson
0%
1 1156 34
MD SD-35 R Jason Gallion
0%
1 1156 34
MD SD-04 R Michael Hough
0%
1 1156 34
MD SD-19 D Benjamin Kramer
0%
1 1156 34
MD SD-38 R Mary Carozza
0%
0 1156 41
MD SD-02 R Paul Corderman
0%
0 1156 41
MD SD-01 R George Edwards
0%
0 1156 41
MD SD-23 D Douglas Peters
0%
0 1156 41
MD SD-05 R Justin Ready
0%
0 1156 41
MD SD-31 R Bryan Simonaire
0%
0 1156 41
MD SD-44 D Charles Sydnor
0%
0 1156 41
Methodology

The 2021 Maryland Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – MARYLAND 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Maryland’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 1,156 votes in the Maryland Senate and 1,322 votes in the Maryland House during the 2021 regular and special sessions. The votes were cast from 1/15/2021 – 12/9/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding.

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