# Paul Corderman

Paul Corderman is a Republican member of the Maryland Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2020-09-01
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6605f7aa-80cb-4ee0-8d0d-18cff943f158

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6605f7aa-80cb-4ee0-8d0d-18cff943f158 (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

Corderman has served since 2020.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 228 donors and 1,147 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 97.0% (94.9%). 46 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 68 bills: 68 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 28 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 0. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 35 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2102: Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission (Fair Districts for Maryland Act) (in committee, 2026-08-03) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB2102/
- SB 1006: Maryland State Flag Protection Act (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB1006/
- SB 991: Public Information Act - Inspectors General - Access of Public Records (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB991/
- SB 975: Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Individuals With Disabilities (in committee, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB975/
- SB 934: Education - Public School Construction - Funding (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB934/
- SB 896: Vehicle Laws - Registration Fees - Alterations (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB896/
- 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 935: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Donations to Food Banks and Other Charitable Entities (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB935/
- SB 762: Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB762/
- SB 713: Criminal Procedure - Verdict of Not Criminally Responsible - Eligibility for Evaluation for Discharge (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB713/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/corderman02
- Campaign site: http://www.paulcorderman.com/
- X: https://x.com/PaulCorder
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorCorderman/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator_corderman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6605f7aa-80cb-4ee0-8d0d-18cff943f158