Teresa Saavedra Woorman, a Democrat serving as a delegate in the Maryland House of Delegates for District 16, is running for re-election on Nov. 3, 2026.

District 16 covers parts of Bethesda and surrounding communities. Three seats are open. Voters may choose up to three candidates, according to BallotReady. Woorman is one of five certified candidates: Democrats Marc Korman and Sarah Wolek, Republican Ann Guthrie Hingston and Bob White of the Working Class.

Candidate information

  • Name: Teresa Saavedra Woorman
  • Party: Democratic
  • Office sought: Maryland House of Delegates, District 16
  • Birthplace: Puebla, Mexico (Sept. 2, 1991)
  • Education: Associate of arts in international business, Montgomery College (2012); bachelor's in government and politics, University of Maryland (2015)
  • Early schooling: Montgomery County public schools; Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland
  • Awards: Emerging Leader Award, Latino Democratic Club of Montgomery County (2024); Dorothy Davidson Award, Montgomery County Young Democrats (2023)

Experience and public service

Woorman holds the position of deputy majority whip in the Maryland House of Delegates, according to the Maryland Manual On-Line. She serves on the Health Committee, where her subcommittee assignments include elder and long-term care, maternal, infant and child health, and public health and minority health disparities.

She also works as public information officer at Montgomery County Government, a position she has held since 2023, according to BallotReady.

Before winning her seat, Woorman spent years in Annapolis as a legislative staffer. She worked as chief of staff and legislative director for four delegates: Marice I. Morales of District 19 (2016 to 2018), Pamela E. Queen and Emily K. Shetty of District 14 (2019), and James W. Gilchrist of District 17 (2019 to 2021), according to the Maryland Manual On-Line.

She also served as a policy fellow in the Maryland State Senate in 2015 and as deputy finance director for the Brooke Lierman for Maryland campaign in 2021, according to the same source.

On the campaign side, Woorman managed Pete Foselman's 2018 bid for Montgomery County Council in District 1. She managed the 21st District Democratic Team campaign from 2018 to 2019 and managed Marc Elrich's county executive campaign from 2021 to 2022, according to the Maryland Manual On-Line.

Her civic involvement includes serving as vice chair of the Legislative Review Committee of the Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus beginning in 2025 and as a member of the Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus. She is also a member of the Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health through School-based Programs. Woorman served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2020 and 2024.

In Montgomery County, she served as vice president of the Montgomery County Young Democrats, where she was programs director from 2018 to 2019. She served as executive vice president of the Young Democrats of Maryland from 2023 to 2024. She also served as secretary of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee and chair of the board of directors of Pro-Choice Maryland (c)(3), according to the Maryland Manual On-Line.

Endorsements

The following organizations have endorsed Woorman, according to BallotReady:

  • AFL-CIO
  • Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO
  • Maryland State Education Association
  • Progressive Maryland
  • Reproductive Justice Maryland

Candidate information was drawn from the Maryland Manual On-Line and BallotReady. The Bethesda Beacon did not interview the candidate for this profile. Voters can find more information about all District 16 candidates through their local board of elections.