# Aletheia McCaskill

Aletheia McCaskill is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 44B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 44B
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/311ecab9-74b4-4c0f-849b-c077dfbb291f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/311ecab9-74b4-4c0f-849b-c077dfbb291f (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

McCaskill sits at −0.94 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 87% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.94 (standard error 0.04), from 144 donors and 546 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 92.9% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 99.8% (97.0%). 4 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 114 bills: 114 reached committee, 50 passed one chamber, 37 passed both, 37 became law. Cosponsored 0. 43.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 96 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1598: Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1598/
- HB 1540: University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center - Funding - Repeal of Termination Date (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1540/
- HB 1488: Constitutional Language - Modernization (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1488/
- HB 1559: Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1559/
- HB 1397: School Construction - Gross Area Baseline Calculation - Aquatic Facilities (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1397/
- HB 1492: Collective Bargaining - Public Employees - Revocation of Certification and School and Library Employees' Right to Strike (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1492/
- HB 1433: Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining - Definition of Supervisory Employee (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1433/
- HB 1490: Family Investment Program - Temporary Cash Assistance - Good Cause and Adequate Reason Exceptions (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1490/
- HB 1389: Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1389/
- HB 1434: Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment (became law, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1434/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.2K (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/mccaskill01
- Campaign site: https://www.mccaskill4md.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McCaskill4the44th/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mccaskill4the44th/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/311ecab9-74b4-4c0f-849b-c077dfbb291f