Sara Love

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Sara Love
Democratic Party
Candidate, Maryland State Senate District 16
Maryland State Senate District 16
Tenure
2024 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
2
Predecessor: Ariana Kelly (D)
Prior offices
Maryland House of Delegates District 16
Years in office: 2019 - 2024
Predecessor: Bill Frick (D)
Successor: Teresa Woorman (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$55,526
Per diem
$125/day lodging + $63/day meals.
Elections and appointments
Last election
June 23, 2026
Next election
November 3, 2026
Appointed
June 3, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Princeton University
Law
Northwestern University Law School
Personal
Profession
Public policy director
Contact
Official website
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
Personal Facebook
Personal LinkedIn

Sara Love (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 16. She assumed office on June 13, 2024. Her current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Love (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Maryland State Senate to represent District 16. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026.[source] She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 23, 2026.

Gov. Wes Moore appointed Love to the state Senate in June 2024 to replace former Sen. Ariana Kelly (D).[1]

Biography

Sara Love earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a law degree from Northwestern University Law School. Her career experience includes working as a public policy director.[2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Love was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Love was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Love was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Love was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 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

2026

See also: Maryland State Senate elections, 2026

General election

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General election for Maryland State Senate District 16

Incumbent Sara Love is running in the general election for Maryland State Senate District 16 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Sara Love
Sara Love (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 16

Incumbent Sara Love defeated Lou Bartolo in the Democratic primary for Maryland State Senate District 16 on June 23, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sara Love
Sara Love
 
90.7
 
18,380
Image of Lou Bartolo
Lou Bartolo Candidate Connection
 
9.3
 
1,895

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,275
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2022

See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

Incumbent Ariana Kelly, incumbent Marc Korman, and incumbent Sara Love won election in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ariana Kelly
Ariana Kelly (D)
 
33.1
 
41,600
✔
Image of Marc Korman
Marc Korman (D)
 
33.0
 
41,506
✔
Image of Sara Love
Sara Love (D)
 
32.7
 
41,153
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
1,572

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 125,831
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

Incumbent Marc Korman, incumbent Sara Love, and incumbent Ariana Kelly advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on July 19, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marc Korman
Marc Korman
 
33.5
 
19,650
✔
Image of Sara Love
Sara Love
 
33.4
 
19,547
✔
Image of Ariana Kelly
Ariana Kelly
 
33.1
 
19,375

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 58,572
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2018

See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

Incumbent Ariana Kelly, incumbent Marc Korman, and Sara Love defeated Bill Day in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ariana Kelly
Ariana Kelly (D)
 
30.6
 
45,617
✔
Image of Marc Korman
Marc Korman (D)
 
29.4
 
43,861
✔
Image of Sara Love
Sara Love (D)
 
29.4
 
43,760
Image of Bill Day
Bill Day (R)
 
10.3
 
15,321
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
520

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 149,079
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marc Korman
Marc Korman
 
24.3
 
13,598
✔
Image of Ariana Kelly
Ariana Kelly
 
21.8
 
12,197
✔
Image of Sara Love
Sara Love
 
20.2
 
11,299
Image of Samir Paul
Samir Paul
 
20.2
 
11,287
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Jordan Cooper
 
6.5
 
3,613
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Nuchhi Currier
 
3.8
 
2,131
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Joseph Hennessey
 
2.1
 
1,183
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Marc Lande
 
1.0
 
563

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 55,871
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 (3 seats)

Bill Day advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 16 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bill Day
Bill Day
 
100.0
 
1,942

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 1,942
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Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Sara Love campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Maryland House of Delegates District 16Won general$68,452 $39,244
2018Maryland House of Delegates District 16Won general$177,990 N/A**
Grand total$246,442 $39,244
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Maryland General Assembly in 2019.

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External links

Candidate

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Maryland Matters, "Love sworn in as newest senator from Montgomery County," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ Sara Love for Maryland State Senate, "Meet Sara," accessed July 2, 2024


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