# Johnny Salling

Johnny Salling is a Republican member of the Maryland Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2015-01-14
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6a5dec66-3631-424f-aceb-6aa9f107cea1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a5dec66-3631-424f-aceb-6aa9f107cea1 (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

100% of Salling’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Maryland, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 96 donors and 1,167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 91.3% (94.9%). 57 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 105 bills: 105 reached committee, 56 passed one chamber, 48 passed both, 44 became law. Cosponsored 0. 53.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 33 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 980: Property Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans and Surviving Spouses - Alterations (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB980/
- SB 961: Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB961/
- 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 903: Education - Engagement Policies and School Compact (Maryland Public Education Parental Partnership Act) (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB903/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,700 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/salling01
- X: https://x.com/J_R_Salling
- X: https://x.com/SenJohnnyRay
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorjohnsalling/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator_salling/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-salling-05a611154/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a5dec66-3631-424f-aceb-6aa9f107cea1