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State Senator · Legislative District 16 · Maryland · 2026 Primary
Maryland State Senators represent their local districts in the General Assembly, where they propose and vote on laws covering issues like education, transportation, and public safety. They are responsible for approving the state’s annual budget and have the unique power to confirm or reject the Governor’s appointments for judges and agency leaders. This office is critical because its decisions determine how state tax dollars are spent and which policies govern your local community.
View all candidates in this raceSara Love was appointed to the Maryland State Senate by Governor Moore in June 2024 for District 16. She was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018, where she served on the Environment & Transportation Committee and chaired its Motor Vehicle & Transportation Subcommittee. Prior to legislative service, she spent her career focused on reproductive rights and civil liberties after graduating from Princeton University and earning a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. She worked as general counsel to nine clinics across the country, then became General Counsel and Legal Director at NARAL Pro-Choice America where she led federal reproductive rights policy work. Her legislative service includes serving on the Chesapeake Bay Commission (which she chaired in 2025), the Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, and the Joint Committee on Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area. She also serves on the McLean School Board of Trustees.
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I am a firm believer in public schools. Not only are they a place for children to be educated and to grow, but they are the center of a community.
As part of her Senate responsibilities, Sara serves on the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state legislative body whose mission is to protect the Bay. She chaired the Commission and the Maryland Delegation in 2025.
service is the rent we pay for the space we take up on this earth.
Source: saralove4md.com
Public Education
Supports public schools as center of community; passed Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act reforms Blueprint plan preserving funding for community schools and low-wealth families; supports teacher recruitment and retention investments.
“I am a firm believer in public schools. Not only are they a place for children to be educated and to grow, but they are the center of a community.”
Anti-Bias Training
Supported County School Board Member Anti-Bias Training Act expanding anti-bias including anti-Semitism training requirements to county school board members.
“County School Board Member Anti-Bias Training Act (SB 293/HB 324) (Senator Feldman/Delegate Korman)(2025) expands anti-bias, including anti-Semitism, training requirements to county school board members”
Youth Technology
Supported Youth-Centric Technology and Social Media Resource Guide creating youth-centric electronic technology product guide for parents about children's use of technology.
“Youth-Centric Technology and Social Media Resource Guide (HB 1316/SB 8970(Delegate Wolek/Senator Love) (2025) would create a youth-centric electronic technology and social media product guide that parents and others can use to make better informed choices about children, pre-teens, and teen's use of technology”
Library Materials
Supported Freedom to Read Act establishing state policy on library materials and process for school systems to review challenged books.
“The Freedom to Read Act (SB 738/HB 785)(2024) states the policy of the State of Maryland with respect to library materials, and sets up a process by which school systems must review challenged books”
Learning Loss
Supported Blueprint 2.0 providing more support to address learning loss after COVID-19 distance-learning closures.
“After a year of distance-learning due to COVID-19 school closures, a growing number of students fell further behind. The Blueprint Revision bill: provided more support to address learning loss”
HBCU Funding
Supported HB 1 providing $577M to settle decade-long lawsuit and level playing field for all students regardless of background, race, or college attended.
“HB 1 provided $577M to settle a decade-long lawsuit and level the playing field for all students – regardless of their background, race, or the college they attend.”
Special Education
Supported Support Special Education Schools increasing funding for Nonpublic Special Education Schools providing special education for public-school-funded children who cannot receive appropriate education in public school.
“Support Special Education Schools (SB 958/HB 1365) (Senator Zucker/Delegate Korman)(2021) increases funding for Nonpublic Special Education Schools”
Teacher Compensation
Supported Blueprint for Maryland's Future hiring and keeping high-quality, diverse teachers by paying teachers salary comparable to other fields.
“Hiring and keeping high-quality, diverse teachers by paying teachers a salary comparable to other fields”
“I am a firm believer in public schools. Not only are they a place for children to be educated and to grow, but they are the center of a community.”
Source“As part of her Senate responsibilities, Sara serves on the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state legislative body whose mission is to protect the Bay. She chaired the Commission and the Maryland Delegation in 2025.”
Source“She chaired the Land Use, Transportation, and Public Safety Committee for the Montgomery County House Delegation.”
Source“She served on the Environment & Transportation Committee and two of its subcommittees, the Motor Vehicle & Transportation Subcommittee, which she chaired.”
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