Riding profile

MD-2

US House district — MD · Mixed · us md

The question

MD-2: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

MD-2, a mixed riding in MD, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 19-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 62% vote share, against 37% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

OLSZEWSKI, JOHN ANTHONY JR.

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Olszewski, John Anthony Jr.

  • Republican Challenger

    Wallace, David Drain II

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
25.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.5%
  • Republican 37.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereMD-2 62.5%37.5%0.1%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +10.6 46.6% −9.2 5.4% −5.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
18.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.4 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026