State

State Senator, 3rd District

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Maryland laws and the state budget and confirms the Governor's appointments.

Candidates Compare by issue

Shelley Aloi

Republican

Frederick

The gist

Supports limits on data centers' energy, water and noise.
Supports parents' final say over children's education decisions.
Opposes new taxes and fees on working families.
Supports keeping repeat violent offenders off the streets.
Pledges to rein in health care costs and red tape.
Pledges clearer public records and budget transparency.

More about Shelley

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Supports limits on data centers' energy, water and noise.
Shelley Aloi for Maryland State Senate - District 3
Campaign website · Shelley Aloi for Maryland · shelleyaloi.com
“Shelley will fight for real limits on energy draw, water use, noise, and pollution”
Supports parents' final say over children's education decisions.
Shelley Aloi for Maryland State Senate - District 3
Campaign website · Shelley Aloi for Maryland · shelleyaloi.com
“Parents, not Annapolis bureaucrats, should have the final say in decisions about their children's education, health, and well-being”
Opposes new taxes and fees on working families.
Shelley Aloi for Maryland State Senate - District 3
Campaign website · Shelley Aloi for Maryland · shelleyaloi.com
“Shelley will fight new taxes and fees on working families and push for a state budget that lives within its means.”
Supports keeping repeat violent offenders off the streets.
Shelley Aloi for Maryland State Senate - District 3
Campaign website · Shelley Aloi for Maryland · shelleyaloi.com
“Support law enforcement and firefighters, keep repeat violent offenders off Frederick's streets”
Pledges to rein in health care costs and red tape.
Shelley Aloi for Maryland State Senate - District 3
Campaign website · Shelley Aloi for Maryland · shelleyaloi.com
“Shelley will work to protect access, rein in costs, and cut the red tape that gets in the way of patients and providers.”
Pledges clearer public records and budget transparency.
Shelley Aloi for Maryland State Senate - District 3
Campaign website · Shelley Aloi for Maryland · shelleyaloi.com
“Shelley will push for clear public records, honest budgeting, and real accountability to Frederick voters.”

Karen Lewis Young

DemocraticIncumbent

State senator · Frederick

The gist

Opposes tax breaks for data centers.
Opposes shifting data center energy costs to ratepayers.
Supports letting counties tax data centers more, residents less.
Co-sponsored the 2026 law ending 287(g) agreements with ICE.
Supports housing construction incentives and zoning reforms.
Sponsored letting pharmacists treat minor conditions.In office

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

More about Karen

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Opposes tax breaks for data centers.
Issues - Karen Lewis Young for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Karen Lewis Young · lewisyoungforsenate.com
“She opposes giving tax breaks to data centers.”
Opposes shifting data center energy costs to ratepayers.
Issues - Karen Lewis Young for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Karen Lewis Young · lewisyoungforsenate.com
“Karen opposes data centers passing on the costs of their infrastructure to other ratepayers.”
Supports letting counties tax data centers more, residents less.
Issues - Karen Lewis Young for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Karen Lewis Young · lewisyoungforsenate.com
“She has been working to empower counties to tax data centers' real and personal property more and residents less”
Co-sponsored the 2026 law ending 287(g) agreements with ICE.
Issues - Karen Lewis Young for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Karen Lewis Young · lewisyoungforsenate.com
“Karen was the lead cosponsor of 2026's SB245, which immediately ended all 287(g) agreements throughout the state.”
Supports housing construction incentives and zoning reforms.
Issues - Karen Lewis Young for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Karen Lewis Young · lewisyoungforsenate.com
“Karen supports incentives to construct more housing; zoning reforms; and the creative renovation of existing spaces”
Sponsored letting pharmacists treat minor conditions.
Senator Karen Lewis Young, member page, Maryland General Assembly
Government record · Maryland General Assembly · Legislation: SB 506 · mgaleg.maryland.gov
“Health Occupations - Pharmacists - Minor Conditions and HIV Prevention and Treatment”

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