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Melissa Wells
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| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 40th district |
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| Assumed office January 9, 2019 Serving with Marlon Amprey (D), Frank M. Conaway Jr. (D), Nick Mosby (D)
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| Preceded by | Antonio Hayes (D) |
| Constituency | Baltimore City |
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| Born | October 3, 1983 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Baltimore, Maryland |
Melissa R. Wells (born October 3, 1983) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, currently representing 40th Legislative District, based in west Baltimore City.
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Early life and career
Wells was born on October 3, 1983. She attended University of California at Riverside in 2006, where she earned a B.A. degree in political science and law and sociology. She later attended American University in 2010, where she earned a M.A. degree in public policy. After graduating, she worked as a policy assistant for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies until 2014 and as a field advisor at Triple Point Interactions and program associate at PolicyLink until 2015. She is currently the regional director of the Baltimore-DC Building Trades Union.
In the legislature
Wells was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 9, 2019. She was an unsuccessful candidate for assistant majority leader of the House of Delegates, losing to state delegate Wanika B. Fisher in a 25-13 vote among the class of freshman Democratic legislators. Since 2020, she has served as Deputy Majority Whip.
Committee assignments
- Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019–present (housing & real property subcommittee, 2019–present; land use & ethics subcommittee, 2019–present; natural resources, agriculture & open space subcommittee, 2020–present)
Other memberships
- 1st Vice-Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2020–present (member, 2019–present)
- Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2021–present
- Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019–present
- 2nd Vice-Chair, Baltimore City Delegation, 2020–present
- Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019–present
Electoral history
| Maryland House of Delegates 40th District Democratic Primary Election, 2018 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Nick Mosby | 6,306 | 21 |
| Democratic | Melissa Wells | 4,423 | 14 |
| Democratic | Frank M. Conaway, Jr. | 4,230 | 14 |
| Democratic | Westley West | 3,099 | 10 |
| Democratic | Gabriel Auteri | 2,905 | 10 |
| Democratic | Terrell Boston-Smith | 2,867 | 9 |
| Democratic | Sanjay Thomas | 1,646 | 5 |
| Democratic | Sarah Matthews | 1,361 | 4 |
| Democratic | Latia Hopkins | 1,231 | 4 |
| Democratic | Anees Abdul-Rahim | 1,075 | 4 |
| Democratic | Brian Murphy | 898 | 3 |
| Democratic | Timothy Mercer | 370 | 1 |
| Democratic | Blair DuCray | 240 | 1 |
| Maryland House of Delegates 40th District General Election, 2018 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Nick Mosby | 19,726 | 31 |
| Democratic | Melissa Wells | 18,952 | 29 |
| Democratic | Frank M. Conaway, Jr. | 6,306 | 26 |
| Green | Joshua Harris | 8,833 | 14 |
| Other/Write-in | Other/Write-in | 337 | 1 |
| Write-in | Will Hanna | 148 | 0 |
