Adelaide C. Eckardt (born September 8, 1943) is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland Senate, representing District 37.

She defeated Democratic incumbent Robert Alan Thornton Jr.[2] and served with fellow Republican Kenneth D. Schisler.

She ran in 1990, but was defeated by Kenneth D. Schisler, Robert Alan Thornton Jr., and Democrat Samuel Q. Johnson III.

Later that same year, she became a Psychiatric Nurse Clinical Specialist at Eastern Shore Hospital Center[7] and worked there until 2003.

Finally, she was listed as a member of Maryland's Top 100 Women by the Daily Record,[14] a local newspaper, in 2003, 2005, and 2007.

[16] No candidate received the majority of the vote, forcing a runoff between Eckardt and former Cambridge commissioner Steve Rideout on September 20, 2022.

[18] In November 2022, Governor-elect Wes Moore announced that Eckardt would serve on the steering committee of his transition team.