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State Senator, 38th District

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Nov 3, 2026

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

Lino V. Cressotti

Democratic

Berlin

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Mary Beth CarozzaOfficial portrait — Maryland General Assembly

Mary Beth Carozza

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator · Worcester County

The gist

  • Opposes Blueprint spending as unaffordable.
  • Sponsored the Fairness in Girls' Sports Act.In office
  • Sponsored a ban on coercing ingestion of abortion drugs.In office
  • Sponsored a voter registration list accuracy bill.In office
  • Sponsored an oyster rotational harvest pilot program.In office
  • Sponsored qualification standards for child custody evaluators.In office

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

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  1. Opposes Blueprint spending as unaffordable.

    Mary Beth Carozza (campaign home page)

    Campaign website · Friends of Mary Beth Carozza · marybethcarozza.com

    “It's simply unaffordable. If you can't pay for [Blueprint] you are passing on an unfunded mandate to the taxpayers”
  2. Sponsored the Fairness in Girls' Sports Act.

    Senator Mary Beth Carozza: Maryland General Assembly member page (biography and sponsored legislation)

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

    “Education - Interscholastic and Intramural Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams and Sports - Designation (Fairness in Girls' Sports Act)”
  3. Sponsored a ban on coercing ingestion of abortion drugs.

    Senator Mary Beth Carozza: Maryland General Assembly member page (biography and sponsored legislation)

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

    “Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act)”
  4. Sponsored a voter registration list accuracy bill.

    Senator Mary Beth Carozza: Maryland General Assembly member page (biography and sponsored legislation)

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

    “Maryland Voter Registration List Accuracy and Integrity Act”
  5. Sponsored an oyster rotational harvest pilot program.

    Senator Mary Beth Carozza: Maryland General Assembly member page (biography and sponsored legislation)

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

    “Oysters - Rotational Harvest - Pilot Program”
  6. Sponsored qualification standards for child custody evaluators.

    Senator Mary Beth Carozza: Maryland General Assembly member page (biography and sponsored legislation)

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

    “Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications”

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