# Karen Young

Karen Young is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eebac21f-2ba7-4368-a8e9-fcc20672ad1e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eebac21f-2ba7-4368-a8e9-fcc20672ad1e (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

99% of Young’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Maryland, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.03), from 295 donors and 1,192 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Maryland Senate 93.6%). Party unity 98.7% (94.9%). 11 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 91 bills: 91 reached committee, 53 passed one chamber, 38 passed both, 34 became law. Cosponsored 0. 58.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland Senate 60.0%; rank 28 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 987: Corporate Income Tax - Addition Modification - Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB987/
- 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 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 750: Local Government - Trap-Neuter-Return Policies for Community Cats - Requirements and Restrictions (Ash's Law) (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB750/
- SB 727: Municipal Elections - Qualified Electronic Transmission Systems - Authorization for Use (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB727/
- 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 919: Homeowners Associations - Reserve Funding, Meeting Notices, Voting, and Records (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/SB919/
- 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 $52.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/young04
- Campaign site: https://lewisyoungforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/kmlcmky
- X: https://x.com/KarenLewisYoung
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/klewisyoung/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Karen-Lewis-Young-for-Senate-100077122672033/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klewisyoung/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-lewis-young-81b3a528/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eebac21f-2ba7-4368-a8e9-fcc20672ad1e