J.B. Jennings

Republican Party

Maryland State Senate District 7

Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

15

Prior offices:

Maryland House of Delegates

Years in office: 2002 - 2010

Compensation

Base salary

$55,526/year

Per diem

$125/day for lodging. $63/day for meals.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Associates

Essex Community College, 1995

Bachelor's

University of Baltimore, 1997

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air National Guard

Personal

Profession

Pilot

Contact

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J.B. Jennings (Republican Party) is a member of theMaryland State Senate, representingDistrict 7. He assumed office on January 12, 2011. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Jennings (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theMaryland State Senate to representDistrict 7. He won in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Jennings served in theMaryland House of Delegates from 2003 to 2011.

Biography

Jennings' professional experience includes working as the co-owner and president of The Mill of Hereford, a volunteer firefighter with the Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Company and a dairy farmer with Cedar Side Farm.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Jennings was assigned to the following committees:

• Legislative Policy Committee
• Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight Committee
• Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight Committee
• Legislative Information Technology and Open Government Committee
• Budget & Taxation Committee
• Rules Committee

2023-2024

Jennings was assigned to the following committees:

• Budget & Taxation Committee
• Rules Committee
• Cybersecurity, Information Technology, & Biotechnology Committee
• Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight Committee
• Joint Committee on Federal Relations (decommissioned)
• Legislative Information Technology and Open Government Committee
• Legislative Policy Committee

2021-2022

Jennings was assigned to the following committees:

• Legislative Information Technology and Open Government Committee
• Federal Relations Committee
• Finance Committee
• Cybersecurity, Information Technology, & Biotechnology Committee
• Federal Relations Committee
• Legislative Information Technology and Open Government Committee

2019-2020

Jennings was assigned to the following committees:

• Executive Nominations Committee
• Finance Committee
• Rules Committee

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Jennings served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Jennings served on these committees:

Note: Jennings also served on the Special Committee on Pensions, the Special Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Subcommittee on Health Occupations.

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Jennings served on these committees:

Note: Jennings also served on theJoint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems.

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2022

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 7

IncumbentJ.B. Jennings won election in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.B. Jennings (R)	96.0	37,513
		Other/Write-in votes	4.0	1,555

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 7

IncumbentJ.B. Jennings advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 7 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.B. Jennings	100.0	11,141

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2018

See also:Maryland State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maryland State Senate District 7

IncumbentJ.B. Jennings defeatedDonna Hines in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.B. Jennings (R)	66.9	40,070
		Donna Hines (D)	33.0	19,780
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	69

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,919 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 7

Donna Hines advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 7 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donna Hines	100.0	6,193

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,193
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 7

IncumbentJ.B. Jennings advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland State Senate District 7 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.B. Jennings	100.0	9,757

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2014

See also:Maryland State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theMaryland State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thefiling deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014.Kim Letke was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentJ.B. Jennings was unopposed in the Republican primary. Jennings defeated Letke in the general election.^[1][2][3]

Maryland State Senate District 7, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	J.B. JenningsIncumbent	74.7%	36,913
	Democratic	Kim Letke	25.3%	12,502
Total Votes				49,415

2010

See also:Maryland State Senate elections, 2010

Jennings defeated Democratic candidateRebecca Nelson by a margin of 28,890 to 14,848 in the November 2 general election.^[4]

In the September 14 primary election, Jennings defeated Alfred Redmer by a margin of 5,547 to 3,547.^[5]

Maryland State Senate, District 7 (2010) General Election
Candidates		Votes	Percent
J.B. Jennings (R)		28,890	66%
Rebecca Nelson (D)		14,848	34%

Maryland State Senate, District 7 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
J.B. Jennings		5,431	61%
Alfred Redmer		3,456	38.9%

2006

See also:Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2006

On November 7, 2006, J.B. Jennings ran for District 7 of theMaryland House of Delegates, winning the third of three seats, behindPatrick McDonough andRichard Impallaria but beating Linda Hart, Jack Sturgill, Rebecca Nelson, and Kim Fell.^[6]

J.B. Jennings raised $46,126 for his campaign.^[7]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

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2016

2015

2014

2013

2016 Republican National Convention

See also:Republican National Convention, 2016

Jennings wasan at-large delegate to the2016 Republican National Convention fromMaryland. All 38 delegates from Maryland were bound toDonald Trump.^[8] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Delegate rules

See also:RNC delegate guidelines from Maryland, 2016 andRepublican delegates from Maryland, 2016

District-level delegates from Maryland to theRepublican National Convention were elected directly by voters in thestate primary election on April 26, 2016. At-large delegates were elected at the Republican state convention in May 2016. Delegates from Maryland were bound through the first two rounds of voting unless released by their candidate or their candidate failed to receive 35 percent or more of the vote in the first round of voting.

Maryland primary results

See also:Presidential election in Maryland, 2016

Maryland Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Jeb Bush	0.6%	2,770	0
Ben Carson	1.3%	5,946	0
Chris Christie	0.3%	1,239	0
Ted Cruz	19%	87,093	0
Carly Fiorina	0.2%	1,012	0
Mike Huckabee	0.2%	837	0
John Kasich	23.2%	106,614	0
Rand Paul	0.3%	1,533	0
Marco Rubio	0.7%	3,201	0
Rick Santorum	0.1%	478	0
Donald Trump	54.1%	248,343	38
Totals		459,066	38
Source:The New York Times andMaryland Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also:2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Maryland had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Maryland's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in a given district received all of that district's delegates.^[9][10]

Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. Maryland's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.^[9][10]

Personal

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Jennings is married. He has been a member of the Environmental Noise Advisory Council; Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus; Maryland Fire, Rescue and Emergency Medical Services Caucus; Maryland Rural Caucus and Taxpayers Protection Caucus.^[11]

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