# Jeff Waldstreicher

Jeff Waldstreicher is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/43ee08fa-dce5-4526-8242-17e3e70baad7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43ee08fa-dce5-4526-8242-17e3e70baad7 (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

Waldstreicher sits at −0.86 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 78% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.02), from 1,043 donors and 1,163 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 94.5% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 99.5% (94.9%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · Suspended Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Salling /763427/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment West /943226/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · Motion to limit debate · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Ready /393120/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Gallion /473622/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 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 · Suspended Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day · 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 · Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · Floor Amendment Simonaire /713626/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/

## Legislation (MD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 89 bills: 89 reached committee, 59 passed one chamber, 36 passed both, 36 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 17 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 962: January 6th Insurrectionists - Prohibition on Service in Certain Government Roles (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB962/
- SB 764: Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals - Report on Estimated Cost (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB764/
- SB 909: Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB909/
- SB 722: Task Force on Not-for-Profit Funeral Establishments (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB722/
- SB 651: Real Property – Transfer–on–Death Deed – Establishment (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB651/
- SB 857: Labor and Employment - Civic and Related Activities - Protection (Maryland Employee Civic Activity and Lawful Expression Protection Act) (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB857/
- SB 721: Developmental Disabilities Services - Expedited Eligibility Determinations for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph's Act) (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB721/
- SB 652: Maryland Illegal Online Gambling Enforcement Act (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB652/
- SB 858: Department of Budget and Management - Audit and Finance Compliance Unit - Establishment (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB858/
- SB 689: Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Requirement Alterations and Extension of Report Deadline (Bri's… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB689/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $190.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/waldstreicher1
- X: https://x.com/jwaldsteicher
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffwaldstreicher/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeff_waldstreicher/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-waldstreicher-382874/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43ee08fa-dce5-4526-8242-17e3e70baad7