Johnny Salling

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 6 · Republican

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276 roll-call votes on record - 230 yes, 44 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 6 (Maryland) since Jan 2015. github.com ↗

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276

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276 votes · 230 yes · 44 no · 1 excused · 1 not voting. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Mar 27, 2026

LATEST: YESBaltimore City Sheriff's Office - Collective Bargaining - CompensationHB 503 · Mar 27, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 91% of Maryland Senate members

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Score+0.89 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.21 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.68)

Compared with140 members of Maryland Senate members (1996–2022)

Covers2015–2022

● This person Democrats (94) Republicans (46)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsConservative

More conservative than 62% of 2022 Maryland Senate candidates

Details

Score+0.53 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.56 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.09)

Compared with103 members of 2022 Maryland Senate candidates

Covers2014–2022

● This person Democrats (58) Republicans (45)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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