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Maryland 1st District is the state's headline race: rated Solid R by Cook Political Report.

Every seat in the delegation below, in district order. A colored band across the top of a cell means a rater has made a claim about that race. A cell with no band is a settled seat, tinted by its 2024 presidential margin, which is a measured past result and not a 2026 forecast.

Fig. 2 · The Maryland delegation

All 8 Maryland House seats carry a rating.

Ratings Cook Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball, as of September 3, 2026. A band means a rater made a claim.
Baselines 2024 presidential vote, The Downballot, as of August 10, 2026. A tint with no band is a measured past result.
Receipts FEC filings, as of July 15, 2026. This is the Maryland as-of date, not a site-wide one.
01 Solid R 02 Solid D 03 Solid D 04 Solid D 05 Solid D 06 Solid D 07 Solid D 08 Solid D
No Senate race is in Thin Gold's tracked inventory for Maryland this cycle. This is an assumption, with a reason, not a statutory fact (NBV-394): our inventory not carrying a race may mean no seat is up in Maryland, or it may mean our own coverage has a gap, and we cannot currently tell those two apart.

Maryland races rated Toss-Up

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No Maryland race is a Toss-Up this cycle.

Maryland races no rater covers

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Every Maryland race carries a rating this cycle.

How a cell is encoded, and on what evidence

Rater judgment A handicapper's published claim about a specific race.

  • Solid D, band
  • Solid R, band

Assumption, with reason What we infer, and why it is not yet a fact.

  • Not on the 2026 ballot, per our inventory

Ratings drawn from Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball , current as of September 3, 2026. Settled seats are tinted by their 2024 presidential-vote baseline as of August 10, 2026, sourced from The Downballot, and carry no band, because a baseline is a measured past result and never a rating. Fundraising figures from FEC filings, as of July 15, 2026.

Fig. 2

What the delegation says

Maryland 1st District is the state's headline race: rated Solid R by Cook Political Report.

How to vote in Maryland

Registration deadlines, ID rules, and early-voting dates vary by state and by election. Thin Gold does not track these facts directly; the links above go straight to the authorities that do. Link set checked August 13, 2026.

The full Maryland delegation, all 8 races Open the table · 8 rows
Race Rating Candidates Raised (D / R)
Maryland 1st District Solid R Candidates TBD $713.4K / $2.3M
Maryland 2nd District Solid D Candidates TBD $1.0M / $20.2K
Maryland 3rd District Solid D Candidates TBD $1.1M / $12.7K
Maryland 4th District Solid D Candidates TBD $774.5K / ·
Maryland 5th District Solid D Candidates TBD $15.9M / $15.6K
Maryland 6th District Solid D Candidates TBD $38.7M / $543.0K
Maryland 7th District Solid D Candidates TBD $620.8K / ·
Maryland 8th District Solid D Candidates TBD $7.4M / $28.5K