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House of Delegates, District 33B

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A delegate votes on Maryland laws and the state budget in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Chuck Cook

Democratic

Senior advisor, Maryland Department of Housing

The gist

  • Supports making data center owners pay infrastructure costs.
  • Supports union construction and community benefit agreements for data centers.
  • Supports expanding public transportation.
  • Supports prioritizing education, public safety and transportation.
  • Pledges to protect residents regardless of immigration status.
More about Chuck
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  1. Supports making data center owners pay infrastructure costs.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Those who own and develop data centers need to cover the costs of the additional infrastructure and power generation, not the ratepayers.”
  2. Supports union construction and community benefit agreements for data centers.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “they need to be 100% union built with community benefit agreements”
  3. Supports expanding public transportation.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “The only way to clear up the congestion on our roads is by making public transportation more widely available.”
  4. Supports prioritizing education, public safety and transportation.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Education, Public Safety, Transportation.”
  5. Pledges to protect residents regardless of immigration status.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “I'll do everything within my power to protect the people of Maryland, regardless of their immigration status.”
Photo of Stuart M. Schmidt, Jr.
Stuart M. Schmidt, Jr.Official portrait — Maryland General Assembly

Stuart M. Schmidt, Jr.

RepublicanIncumbent

The gist

  • Supports leaving the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
  • Supports data centers only if self-supplied with energy and water.
  • Supports housing growth on existing infrastructure, not farmland.
  • Supports a clear legal path to citizenship for immigrants.
  • Sponsored making firearm theft a felony.In office
  • Sponsored allowing juvenile interrogations with parental consent.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

More about Stuart
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  1. Supports leaving the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “We should depart RGGI asap”
  2. Supports data centers only if self-supplied with energy and water.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “provide 100% of their own energy, and supply their own water for cooling”
  3. Supports housing growth on existing infrastructure, not farmland.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Grow the housing supply by utilizing current infrastructure & not developing any more farmland.”
  4. Supports a clear legal path to citizenship for immigrants.

    VOTE411 voter guide: House of Delegates District 33B

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Maryland Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Immigrants should have a clear legal path to citizenship”
  5. Sponsored making firearm theft a felony.

    Delegate Stuart Michael Schmidt, Jr.: Maryland General Assembly member page

    Government record · Maryland General Assembly · mgaleg.maryland.gov

    “Gun Theft Felony Act of 2026”
    HB 863 (2026): Gun Theft Felony Act of 2026

    Government record · Maryland General Assembly · mgaleg.maryland.gov

    “Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony”
  6. Sponsored allowing juvenile interrogations with parental consent.

    Delegate Stuart Michael Schmidt, Jr.: Maryland General Assembly member page

    Government record · Maryland General Assembly · mgaleg.maryland.gov

    “Juvenile Justice Restoration Act”
    HB 449 (2026): Juvenile Justice Restoration Act

    Government record · Maryland General Assembly · mgaleg.maryland.gov

    “custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents”

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