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Maryland House of Delegates District 43 is one of 47 legislative districts in the state of Maryland and one of the 5 located entirely within Baltimore City. Voters in this district select three Delegates every four years to represent them in the Maryland House of Delegates.
The neighborhoods of Abell, Cedarcroft, Charles Village, Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, Ednor Gardens-Lakeside, Guilford, Homeland, Hillen, Lake Evesham, Lauraville, Mid-Govans, Northwood, Pen Lucy, Radnor-Winston, Ramblewood, Stonewood-Pentwood-Winston, Tuscany-Canterbury, Waverly, Wilson Park and Woodbourne Heights, Baltimore make up the majority of the district.
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Universities
Several of Maryland's larger institutions of higher education are located within the 43rd district. With the district being redrawn in 2012 per the 2010 census, most of the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus is in the 43rd. The district also includes Morgan State University, Loyola University Maryland and the Notre Dame of Maryland University.
High schools
The 43rd district is also home to Baltimore City College, the oldest high school in Maryland. Other high schools in the district include: W. E. B. Du Bois High School, Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, Reginald F. Lewis High School and the Baltimore Career Academy.
Elected representatives
Each of Maryland's 47 legislative districts has one state senator and three delegates. The 43rd district is represented in Annapolis by Senator Joan Carter Conway, Delegates Curt Anderson (J.D), Maggie McIntosh and Mary L. Washington (Ph.D).
Three of the 43rd district representatives hold leadership positions in the Maryland General Assembly: Conway is chairman of the Senate's Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, McIntosh is chairman of the House's Environmental Matters Committee and Anderson is chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation and a past chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. The 43rd district delegation is rated one of the most influential delegations in the state.