Result

House Majority Leader David Moon (D-Takoma Park) and fellow Democratic Dels. Jheanelle Wilkins (D-Silver Spring)and Lorig Charkoudian (D-Takoma Park) won new four-year terms in Maryland House of Delegates District 20 on Tuesday, Nov. 3. No Republican was on the ballot, so the three incumbents faced only write-in votes for the district’s three seats. ​

Moon finished first with 31,806 votes (33.34%), followed by Charkoudian with 31,640 (33.17%) and Wilkins with 31,217 (32.73%), according to the Maryland State Board of Elections. Write-in votes totaled 724, or 0.76%.

Candidates and Platforms

Moon has served in the House since 2015 and has been majority leader since 2023. His campaign website puts standing up to President Trump and answering “attacks on Maryland’s people, policies and budget” at the top of his list, along with making life in Maryland more affordable. It also lists housing affordability, renters’ protections and universal health care that covers dental, vision, mental health and prescription drugs.

Wilkins, who joined the House in 2017, became chair of the House Ways and Means Committee in January, according to Montgomery Community Media, which also reported that Charkoudian was named vice chair of the Economic Matters Committee. Wilkins’ BallotReady profile lists her support for equal pay for women, a fairer state tax structure and paid leave of at least 12 weeks to care for a new child or family member.

Charkoudian, in the House since 2019, wrote in a May post on her campaign website that the 2026 session “prioritized making bills more affordable while optimizing our use of clean energy.” She named affordability, accountability and opportunity as her guiding principles.

District and Chamber

District 20 is a Montgomery County district centered on Silver Spring and Takoma Park. It elects three delegates at large: voters choose up to three candidates, and the top three finishers win.

All 141 House seats were on the ballot this year. Democrats won 102 of them in 2022, and as of Friday, Nov. 6, they appeared on track to take as many as four Republican-held seats as mail-in ballots were counted, Maryland Mattersreported. The new term begins Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2027, when the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis.

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