U.S. Representative — Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District

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What this office is

A United States Representative is a federal legislator elected from one congressional district. Maryland’s 3rd is one of the state’s eight House seats. The term is two years. The whole House stands for election every even-numbered year.

This page is Side One: inform, educate, inspire. It is not the race, not legal advice, and not an official government notice. For the 2026 cycle, use the election twin.

Confirm the current Member and the official map on House.gov — Find your Representative and the Clerk of the House.

How the job fits this community

The 2026 ballot uses Maryland’s 2022 map. The 3rd is the Annapolis / suburban-Bay seat: much of Anne Arundel (including Annapolis) and Howard County (Columbia) on that drawing.

Anne Arundel is split with the 2nd. This is not the Shore 1st and not the Baltimore City 7th. Confirm the address.

Federal work here is a state capital, a Navy-adjacent map, and a planned suburb. Annapolis files military records and a capital inbox. Columbia files like a professional suburb. Casework is SSA, VA, and a commute that does not stop at the Beltway.

The Representative is the human hinge between this suburban-Bay map and Washington.

What the job entails

Legislate. Introduce and cosponsor bills. Sit on committees. Vote.
The purse. The House originates revenue bills. Appropriations decide what actually gets built or staffed.
Oversight. Hearings and letters that watch the executive branch.
Casework. SSA, VA, IRS, USCIS, military records, passports.
District presence. Town halls, city halls, employers, schools — the district is the employer.
Two homes. Washington for votes and committees. The district for the people who hired the office.

What a day is like

There is no single Tuesday. In Washington: a visitor from Annapolis and a visitor from Columbia. In the district: a capital desk and a Howard County stop.

The staff is the office. A serious Member is a serious principal: clear priorities, honest casework, no rumor as policy.

Place snapshot (verify official sources)

State: Maryland · Chamber: U.S. House · Seat: District 3 of 8
Map for 2026: The 2022 map
On that map: much of Anne Arundel including Annapolis; Howard County
Always verify — Anne Arundel is split — voter services

Orientation adapted from public congressional-district descriptions and Maryland official election / planning sources for education. The map and the Member of record are whatever those official sources and House.gov say today.

What this is not

Not a U.S. Senator (statewide, six-year term).
Not the Governor.
Not the Mayor of Baltimore or a county executive.
Not a campaign flyer. This page does not tell anyone who to vote for.

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The arena: 2026 election — Maryland’s 3rd

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