# Sara Love

Sara Love is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2024-06-13
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b9f21b96-4bb5-43e8-a5d8-19cec0332315

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b9f21b96-4bb5-43e8-a5d8-19cec0332315 (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

Love sits at −1.00 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Love says (MD 2025–26 session)

19 classified statements: 19 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Love | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 26.3% | 42.9% | 259 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 10.5% | 3.4% | 16 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 15.8% | 16.1% | 153 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 20% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Energy 20% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Environmental Protection 20% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 20% (State Senate Democrats 1.0%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State Senate Democrats 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.00 (standard error 0.03), from 477 donors and 1,172 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 97.1% (94.9%). 20 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 96 bills: 96 reached committee, 60 passed one chamber, 43 passed both, 42 became law. Cosponsored 0. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 21 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 992: Public Utilities - Large Load Customers - Registration and Demand Response Program (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB992/
- SB 988: Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB988/
- 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 909: Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB909/
- SB 651: Real Property – Transfer–on–Death Deed – Establishment (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB651/
- SB 659: Prekindergarten Programs and Primary and Secondary Schools - Student Privacy Policy Requirements and Discrimination Reporting (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB659/
- SB 860: Department of Aging – Aging Resilience Fund – Establishment (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB860/
- SB 907: Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB907/
- 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 660: Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Response to Immigration Enforcement Actions (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB660/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $76.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 74% 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.

- 2025-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1959698593389936689
- 2025-04-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1907816266401722464
- 2025-03-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1903957381567979539
- 2025-03-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1902110193619554452
- 2025-02-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1887181374315983019
- 2025-02-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1887188447309500830
- 2025-02-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1886748779468001543
- 2025-02-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1886173507161047215
- 2025-01-30 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1885016490384240725
- 2025-01-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/SaraLove4MD/status/1884667130353693026

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/love02
- Campaign site: https://saralove4md.com/
- X: https://x.com/SaraLove4MD
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaraLove4MD/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sara.love4md/?locale=en_gb
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saralove4md/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-love-763a378/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b9f21b96-4bb5-43e8-a5d8-19cec0332315