Melissa Wells
- Democratic · Maryland House of Delegates District 40 · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election
- First race on record
- 2018
- Races
- Won 2 of 2
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score −0.769 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 158 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | State House, MD | Won | 32.7% | |
| 2018 | State House, MD | Won | 29.4% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
More about Melissa Wells
Offices held (3 terms and offices)
- State House, Maryland
- State House, Maryland
- State House, Maryland
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (7 sources)
Ballot listing, elections.maryland.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026.
Open States people (current) CSVs
Who holds the seat. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0 (Open States people data).
Compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns. Not an official source.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026. License: see sources.json.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- First win in our records: State House district 40, 2018-11-06. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Melissa Wells: state campaign finance, state voting records.
DataSources: DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Nov 1, 2026