# Cory McCray

Cory McCray is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate for district 45.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 45
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/be00c352-4825-4b80-97cd-954097e3a482

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be00c352-4825-4b80-97cd-954097e3a482 (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

The policy areas McCray talks about and legislates on agree at 0.20 on a 0–1 scale, the lowest of 228 State Senate Democrats.

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

300 classified statements: 300 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 | McCray | 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 | 25.0% | 42.9% | 265 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 5.0% | 16.1% | 264 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 83% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 75% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Environmental Protection 2.7% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Health 2.7% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Families 1.3% (State Senate Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.02), from 899 donors and 1,148 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 98.8% (94.9%). 12 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 not voting · 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 93 bills: 93 reached committee, 62 passed one chamber, 51 passed both, 48 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 16 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 979: Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes (in committee, 2026-02-15) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB979/
- SB 982: Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB982/
- SB 983: Higher Education - Academic Program Approval - Objections Process Alteration and Study (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB983/
- 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 964: Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB964/
- SB 764: Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals - Report on Estimated Cost (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB764/
- 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 699: Health Insurance - Physical Therapy - Copayments, Coinsurance, and Deductibles (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB699/
- SB 946: Historic Revitalization Tax Credit - Alterations (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB946/
- SB 898: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Behavior Technicians - Reimbursement (became law, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB898/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $165.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 91% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2114381679141741046
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2112531433218863544
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2110883604746195039
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2109987107091747209
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2109088551342404094
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2103815186423693393
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2103523910398443585
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2101644046829547644
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2094229346818937126
- 2026-08-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/corymccray/status/2092993526388724128

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/mccray02
- Campaign site: https://corymccrayformaryland.com/
- X: https://x.com/corymccray
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectCoryMccray/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/corymccray/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQbZLFofmR5v40DgcGtlpA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-mccray-b06a052a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/be00c352-4825-4b80-97cd-954097e3a482