DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Benjamin Brooks

Maryland State Senator, District 10 since 2022. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2030.

Maryland State Senator, District 10Born 1950

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 50; 133 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.3%; Chamber median 3.2%
With party: 99%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +95.8; Won 2026
Next election: 2030; Nov 5, 2030

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Electric Universal Service Program Work Group · chair
Executive Nominations · chair
Audit and Evaluation
Committee on the Management of Public Funds
Education, Energy and the Environment
Rules

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 133 sponsored · 50 became law

BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw

SB 263 Education - Dependent Children of Active Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures
Armed Forces and Uniformed Services · Became law May 2026

SB 507 Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning
Accessibility · Became law May 2026

SB 242 Modernizing Civil Relief for Service Members Act
Abandoned Vehicles · Became law May 2026

SB 1 Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification
Appeals · Became law May 2026

SB 720 Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Collaborative (Artificial…
Accessibility · Became law May 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Brooks sits in the Maryland State Senate

Brooks is closer to the center than 45% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Arthur Ellis, Jim Rosapepe, Sara Love

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:52 PM ET

With Brooks’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Maryland State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Brooks’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Brooks	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Mar 27, 2026	HB 711: Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 28–8
Mar 27, 2026	SB 594: Cannabis - Advertising - Alterations	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 38–8
Mar 27, 2026	SB 12: Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirement	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 35–11
Mar 27, 2026	HB 141: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 32–11
Mar 27, 2026	HB 1249: Certified Recovery Residences - Refusing Services to Individuals Receiving…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 36–10

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Brooks was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Maryland House of Delegates, District 10 Maryland State Senate, District 10

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Maryland Legislative District 10	Won	D+95.8	D+56.8	+39.0
2022	Maryland State Senate, District 10	Won	D+57.4	—	—
2018	Maryland House of Delegates, District 10	Won	R+0.6	—	—
2014	Maryland House of Delegates, District 10	Won	R+0.5	—	—
2014	Maryland House of Delegates, District 10 (primary)	Won	−9.9	—	—