# Mary-Dulany James

Mary-Dulany James is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 34
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/72a5c405-0523-4ea4-9029-024c49d76cb3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72a5c405-0523-4ea4-9029-024c49d76cb3 (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

James voted against the majority of Maryland Senate Democrats 112 times; party unity 73%, in the bottom 5% of the Maryland Senate (average 94.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.24 (standard error 0.01), from 102 donors and 531 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 73% (94.9%). 112 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 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 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 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 38 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 0. 80.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 2 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 956: Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls - Collection (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB956/
- SB 651: Real Property – Transfer–on–Death Deed – Establishment (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB651/
- 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 906: Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Death or Serious Bodily Injury (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB906/
- SB 743: Workgroup to Study State Laws on Electric Bicycles - Establishment (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB743/
- SB 770: Economic Development - Maryland's Future Board - Establishment (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB770/
- SB 776: Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children - Establishment (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB776/
- SB 707: Mental Health Law - Danger to the Life or Safety of the Individual or of Others - Definition (Right to Treatment) (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB707/
- SB 828: State Finance - Delinquent Federal Funds (Federal Obligations Enforcement Act) (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB828/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/james01
- Campaign site: https://www.mdjamesforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/MaryDulanyJames
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryDulanyJamesForMaryland/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-dulany-james-a4b45990/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72a5c405-0523-4ea4-9029-024c49d76cb3