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How many Republican U.S. House representatives does Maryland have in 2025?
Executive Summary
Maryland has one Republican member in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2025: Representative Andy (Andrew) Harris of Maryland’s 1st Congressional District; multiple authoritative listings and congressional trackers concur on this figure while alternative lists claiming many Republican Maryland legislators appear to conflate state legislative offices with U.S. House seats or misattribute names [1] [2] [3]. The clearest, consistent reporting across Ballotpedia, GovTrack and Wikipedia-derived lists identifies eight total U.S. House seats for Maryland in the 2025 Congress with only the 1st District held by a Republican, and the other seven held by Democrats, which makes the correct answer one Republican U.S. House representative from Maryland in 2025 [4] [2] [3].
1. The competing claims and what they actually say — sorting the noise from the record
One set of analyses in the provided material explicitly states that Maryland has one Republican U.S. House representative, Andrew (Andy) Harris, representing the 1st District; these statements appear in multiple entries and congressional listings that enumerate Maryland’s federal delegation [1] [3]. Another provided analysis presents a list of names labeled as Republicans but that list includes individuals with state legislative district designations (for example District 37B, 36, 1C) and names that do not match the federal delegation roster; this indicates that the outlying claim of seven Republicans is derived from a conflation of Maryland state legislators with U.S. House members, not an accurate count of federal representatives [5]. The authoritative cross-checks—Ballotpedia, GovTrack and other congressional lists in the materials—uniformly report eight U.S. House seats for Maryland in 2025, with Andy Harris as the sole Republican [4] [2] [3].
2. The strongest sources and why they converge on one Republican
GovTrack and the consolidated representative lists captured in the provided analyses enumerate Maryland’s 2025 delegation and identify Andy Harris as the only Republican among eight members; the GovTrack-derived analysis explicitly lists the other seven members as Democrats—Johnny Olszewski, Sarah Elfreth, Glenn Ivey, Steny Hoyer, April McClain Delaney, Kweisi Mfume, and Jamie Raskin—which aligns with the standard federal delegation rosters used by journalists and civic sites [2]. Ballotpedia and Wikipedia-derived congressional-delegation pages shown in the materials corroborate this count and naming, making the convergence across independent trackers compelling evidence that Maryland’s U.S. House delegation in 2025 includes one Republican and seven Democrats [4] [3].
3. Why the alternative list of several Republicans is unreliable
The alternative analysis that claims multiple Republican U.S. House representatives appears to list statehouse legislators and district labels (for example “District 37B,” “District 1C”), which are not U.S. House district identifiers, and includes names not found on federal rosters; that mismatch strongly indicates the source mixed state legislative offices with federal congressional seats rather than reporting the composition of the U.S. House delegation. The provided note on that analysis even flags this limitation, stating the source “does not explicitly confirm the number of Republican U.S. House representatives” and therefore cannot be taken as a reliable count of Maryland’s federal delegation [5]. Given the clear mismatch in jurisdiction and the lack of corroboration from dedicated federal-delegation trackers, the multi-Republican claim is not supported by the primary federal rosters in the materials.
4. Broader context: redistricting, partisan balance, and potential agendas
Maryland’s congressional map and delegation composition are politically salient and have been the subject of discussion about redistricting and partisan balance, which can generate lists that mix state and federal offices or emphasize partisan narratives; one of the provided sources includes content about mid-decade redrawing debates, indicating an active political context where messy lists can be spread with partisan agendas [6]. The authoritative rosters in Ballotpedia, GovTrack, and congressional delegation pages focus on federal seats and show the delegation as seven Democrats and one Republican in 2025, which matches election outcomes and official seat assignments and reduces the likelihood that the single-Republican finding is a reporting error [4] [2] [3]. Readers should treat lists that mix office types with caution and check authoritative federal rosters when counting U.S. House members.
5. Bottom line and how to verify independently
The correct, verifiable answer is that Maryland has one Republican U.S. House representative in 2025 — Andy (Andrew) Harris in the 1st District; this is supported by multiple congressional trackers and representative lists found in the provided analyses [1] [2] [3]. To verify independently, consult authoritative federal-delegation trackers such as Ballotpedia’s list of U.S. Representatives from Maryland, GovTrack’s Maryland delegation page, or the official House of Representatives roster; avoid relying on compilations that mix state legislative districts with U.S. House seats, which generate the erroneous claim of many Republican federal representatives [4] [2].