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State Senator · Legislative District 11 · 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 raceShelly Hettleman has represented Maryland District 11 since 2014, serving in the House of Delegates for five years before being appointed to fill a Senate vacancy in 2020 and elected to represent District 11 in the Senate in 2022. She was raised in the Greengate community within the 11th District and lives with her husband Jeff and children Jonathan and Rachel in the Dumbarton community. In the Senate, she serves on the Budget and Taxation Committee where she chairs the Pension Subcommittee, co-chairs the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, leads the Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, and serves on the Joint Committee on Pensions. She was first elected to office because she believes profoundly in public service and has practiced what she preaches throughout her life with effective public-interest work, community service, devotion to family values, integrity and independence.
Sources: Campaign website
She ran for office because she believes so profoundly in public service.
Throughout her life, she has practiced what she preaches. Her record of effective public-interest and community service, her devotion to family and family values, and her integrity and independence are proven.
She continues to demonstrate her commitment to the 11th District, where she and her family have deep roots. She has not done that with flashy promises, but with hard work on behalf of families, children and seniors.
Source: shellyhettleman.com
Reproductive Health
Expanding privacy protections for reproductive health consumers and providers; broadening the access and availability of contraceptives
“Shelly was the lead sponsor of a number of bills that have become law on a variety of important issues: expanding privacy protections for reproductive health consumers and providers... broadening the access and availability of contraceptives”
Housing
Ensuring access to counsel for renters facing eviction
“ensuring access to counsel for renters facing eviction”
Criminal Justice
Creating a Correctional Ombudsman for the criminal justice system; reforming geriatric and medical parole system
“creating a Correctional Ombudsman for the criminal justice system, reforming our geriatric and medical parole system”
Education
Helping college students seek transparency in their student loan debt; expanding tax credit availability for loan debt to graduate students; investing in quality K-12 education and access to affordable higher education
“helping college students seek transparency in their student loan debt, expanding tax credit availability for loan debt to graduate students... Investing in quality K-12 education and access to affordable higher education”
Seniors
Protecting older adults from abuse; broadening protection and support for older adults
“protecting older adults and children from abuse and cryptocurrency scams, broadening the access and availability of contraceptives”
Public Safety
Protecting survivors of sexual assault including standards for the preservation and testing of rape kits
“passing an array of bills protecting survivors of sexual assault including standards for the preservation and testing of rape kits”
Government Ethics
Government accountability and program evaluation
“Government accountability and program evaluation”
“helping college students seek transparency in their student loan debt, expanding tax credit availability for loan debt to graduate students; Investing in quality K-12 education and access to affordable higher education”
Source“ensuring access to counsel for renters facing eviction”
Source“creating a Correctional Ombudsman for the criminal justice system, reforming our geriatric and medical parole system”
Source“protecting older adults and children from abuse; broadening the access and availability of contraceptives”
Source“expanding privacy protections for reproductive health consumers and providers, broadening the access and availability of contraceptives”
Source“passing an array of bills protecting survivors of sexual assault including standards for the preservation and testing of rape kits”
Source“Government accountability and program evaluation”
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