Maryland House of Delegates District 40

The 40th district is home to Baltimore's Druid Hill Park

Maryland House of Delegates District 40 is one of 47 legislative districts in the state of Maryland and one of the 5 located entirely within Baltimore City. Voters in this district select three Delegates every four years to represent them in the Maryland House of Delegates.
The 40th district is located in the central western portions of Baltimore City and contains the Druid Park Lake, Druid Hill Park and The Maryland Zoo.

Educational institutions

Coppin State University, Baltimore City Community College, University of Maryland School of Law, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore are all located in the 40th district.

High schools

The 40th district is also home to two of Baltimore's oldest African-American highschools: Douglass High School (1883) and Carver Vocational Technical High School (1925).

Elected representatives

Each of Maryland's 47 legislative districts has one state senator and three delegates. The 40th district is represented in Annapolis by Delegates Shawn Z. Tarrant, Barbara A. Robinson and Frank M. Conaway, Jr.

During the four years prior to the 2006 elections, two of the delegates, Howard "Pete" Rawlings and Tony Fulton, died while in office. Marshall Goodwin and Catherine E. Pugh were appointed to finish their terms. Rawlings and Fulton were democrats, as are Goodwin and Pugh. Prior to the 2006 democratic primary, the only incumbent delegate in the district, Salima Marriott, decided to run for the Senate seat being vacated by the district's senator. Catherine Pugh also decided to run for the same seat leaving the newly appointed Goodwin as the only incumbent in the race. The vacancies drew a large crowd of contenders; including Conaway, Barbara Robinson and Shawn Tarrant, who all finished ahead of Goodwin. The General Election in November, therefore, featured all newcomers for the three open seats.

General election results, 2006

• 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 40th District^[1]

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Frank M. Conaway, Jr. Dem.	16,432	32.4%	Won
Barbara A. Robinson, Dem.	16,032	31.6%	Won
Shawn Z. Tarrant, Dem.	13,921	27.5%	Won
Jan E. Danforth, Green	4,135	8.2%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	177	0.3%

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