# Chao Wu

Chao Wu is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 9A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 9A
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6bfe5c90-c168-41e5-a36d-6dcab4c0f5be

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6bfe5c90-c168-41e5-a36d-6dcab4c0f5be (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

53% of Wu’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Maryland, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## What Wu says (MD 2025–26 session)

57 classified statements: 57 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Wu | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.5% | 10.4% | 547 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 12.3% | 39.2% | 692 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 2.9% | 399 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.5% | 14.4% | 603 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 29% (State House Democrats 11%); Transportation and Public Works 29% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 14% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Emergency Management 14% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 439 donors and 566 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 94.8% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 96.7% (97.0%). 30 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, 49 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 0. 43.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 99 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1456: Consumer Protection - Residential Property Advertisement - Ownership Verification (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1456/
- HB 1385: Health Insurance - Use of Artificial Intelligence - Human Evaluation (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1385/
- HB 1472: Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1472/
- HB 1562: Consumer Protection - Telecommunications Service Outage - Automatic Credit (Automatic Telecommunications Service Outage Credit Act) (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1562/
- HB 1521: Income Tax - Credit for Contributions, Volunteerism, and Employment Initiatives for At-Risk Youth (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1521/
- HB 1360: Maryland Public Ethics Law - Regulated Lobbyists - Reporting Requirements (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1360/
- HB 1468: Hospitals - Patients in Active Labor - Safe Discharge Labor Plans (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1468/
- HB 1295: Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1295/
- HB 1283: Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls - Collection (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1283/
- HB 1173: State Procurement - Contractors and Vendors - Restrictions on Use of State Funds and Resources (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1173/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $75.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 53% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-11-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1986423612489052217
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1982637376855031911
- 2025-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1979765042129317920
- 2025-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1973562458905387505
- 2025-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1973847962490188240
- 2025-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1960074489380671790
- 2025-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1960074780385632416
- 2025-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1957429934504218711
- 2025-07-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1947060394633179154
- 2025-07-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Wu4Delegate/status/1943138127586922496

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/wu01
- Campaign site: https://chaowu.org/
- X: https://x.com/Wu4Delegate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wu4Delegate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wu4delegate/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrChaoWu
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaowu2009/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6bfe5c90-c168-41e5-a36d-6dcab4c0f5be