# Charlotte Crutchfield

Charlotte Crutchfield is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 19
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0f51a760-22e6-4a05-8be0-983dffe30e42

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f51a760-22e6-4a05-8be0-983dffe30e42 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Crutchfield sits at −1.07 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 93% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.07 (standard error 0.03), from 268 donors and 1,156 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.7% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 100% (97.0%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · On Third Reading (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · On Third Reading (Const) · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Grammer /423321/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · Motion to Suspend Rules from 1st to 2nd Rdg (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · Committee Amendments · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Miller /863422/1 Ruled Out of Order Decision of the Chair · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Schmidt /413029/1 Ruled out of order Decision of the Chair · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Buckel /403926/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Szeliga /633228/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Long, R. /183623/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/

## Legislation (MD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 118 bills: 118 reached committee, 65 passed one chamber, 41 passed both, 41 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 60 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1435: Health Insurance - Required Coverage - Hormone-Related Care (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1435/
- HB 1300: African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1300/
- HB 1353: Homeless Individuals - Fee and Examination Exemptions (passed one chamber, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1353/
- HB 1309: Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1309/
- HB 1299: Real Property - Residential Sales - Communications During Appraisal Process (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1299/
- HB 1290: Child in Need of Assistance - Proceedings - Child's Right to be Present (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1290/
- HB 1280: Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program - Feasibility Study (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1280/
- HB 1144: Child Support - Adjusted Actual Income - Definition (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1144/
- HB 1131: Public Health - Pregnancy Loss - Prohibited Actions (Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1131/
- HB 1118: Health, Health Insurance, and Health Occupations - Perinatal Behavioral Health Conditions (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1118/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/crutchfield01
- Campaign site: https://www.voteforcharlotte.com/
- X: https://x.com/Char4Delegate19
- X: https://x.com/CharCrutchfield
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/voteforcharlotte/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0f51a760-22e6-4a05-8be0-983dffe30e42