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The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis. The State House also houses the Maryland State Senate and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Maryland. Each delegate has offices in Annapolis,in the nearby Casper R. Taylor Jr. House Office Building.
The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution. The United States is a federation;consequently,the government of Maryland,like the other 49 state governments,has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders,except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.
The Maryland Senate,sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate,is the upper house of the General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single-member districts,the Senate is responsible,along with the Maryland House of Delegates,for passage of laws in Maryland,and for confirming executive appointments made by the Governor of Maryland.
Charles R. Boutin was an American attorney and politician who served in the Maryland House of Delegates from the 34A and 36th districts from 1999 to 2005,as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to his tenure in the state legislature he was active in local politics in Aberdeen,Maryland,with him serving on the city council and as mayor.
Thomas E. Hutchins is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 28,which covers a portion of Charles County,Maryland,prior to being selected to be the secretary of Maryland State Police.
W. Louis Hennessy is an American jurist who serves as judge in the District Court for Charles County,Maryland. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 28.
Charles A. McClenahan was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 38,which covers Somerset,Wicomico,&Worcester Counties.
Bonita Lynne Cullison is an American teacher,labor official,and politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in District 19 since 2011.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maryland,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland were held on November 8,2016,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Maryland,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26.
The 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018. The date included the election of the governor,lieutenant governor,and all members of the Maryland General Assembly. Incumbent governor Larry Hogan and Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford,both Republicans,were re-elected to a second term against Democrat Ben Jealous,the former NAACP CEO,and his running mate Susan Turnbull. This was one of eight Republican-held governorships up for election in a state carried by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Charles E. Sydnor III is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 44 since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented District 44B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2020.
Maryland's Legislative District 8 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. The district currently consists of part of Baltimore County,Maryland. The district includes the communities of Carney,Overlea,Parkville,Perry Hall,Rosedale,Rossville,Towson,and White Marsh. The District was established in 1975. The district also represented a small portion of Northeast Baltimore City,Maryland from 1995 to 2002.
Edith Jerry Patterson is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing district 28 in Charles County,since 2015. She previously served as a county commissioner from 2002 to 2010 and a member of the Board of Education for Charles County from 1983 to 1995.
Mark Soo Chang is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 32 since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he unsuccessfully ran in the 2024 U.S. House of Representatives election in Maryland's 3rd congressional district,losing to state senator Sarah Elfreth in the Democratic primary.
Nicholas Patrick Charles II is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 25 since 2023. He previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2019 to 2023.
Debra M. Davis is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 28 since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as a member of the Charles County Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2018.
Nicole Annette Williams is an American attorney and politician serving as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 22,which represents a portion of Prince George's County,Maryland.
Carl W. Jackson is an American politician who serves as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 8,which is in Baltimore County,Maryland.
Cathi Forbes is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represents District 43B in the Maryland House of Delegates. Governor Larry Hogan first appointed her to succeed former state delegate Stephen Lafferty in 2019,in what was then District 42A. She was then elected to a four-year term in 2022,representing District 43B,which was drawn based on the 2020 Census.
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- ↑ "Maryland House of Delegates, Appointments by Governor to". 2017-09-24. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ↑ "House of Delegates Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 29, 2007.