Current members of the Maryland State Senate
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This is a list of the Current members of the Maryland State Senate. The Maryland State Senate is the upper house of the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Maryland. One Senator is elected from each of the state's 47 electoral districts. The leader of the Senate is known as the President, currently Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr..[1]
Senators are elected in even years when the President of the United States is not being elected, similar to most other state offices in Maryland. The most recent election was in November, 2006. Senators are not term-limited. Should a Senator resign from office before his or her term expires, the local central committee of the party to which the retiring senator belonged makes a recommendation to the Governor for whom to appoint to the open seat. It is tradition for the Governor to appoint the recommended person.[1] Four of the current members of the Maryland State Senate were originally appointed and have since been elected in their own right. One vacancy will be filled by appointment before the 2008 session of the General Assembly.[2]
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[edit] Current party composition of the Senate
Affiliation | Members |
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Democratic Party | 33 | |
Republican Party | 14 | |
Vacant Seat | 0 | |
Total |
47 | |
Government Majority |
19 |
[edit] Current Leadership
[edit] Current State Senators
District |
Counties Represented |
Senator |
Party |
First Elected |
Primary Committee[3] |
Executive Nominations[3] |
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1 | Allegany, Garrett, and Washington | George Edwards | Republican | 2006 | Finance | |
2 | Washington | Donald F. Munson | Republican | 1990 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
3 | Frederick and Washington | Alex Mooney | Republican | 1998 | Judicial Proceedings | |
4 | Carroll and Frederick | David R. Brinkley | Republican | 2002 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
5 | Baltimore County and Carroll | Larry E. Haines | Republican | 1990 | Judicial Proceedings | Member |
6 | Baltimore County | Norman Stone | Democrat | 1966 | Judicial Proceedings | Member |
7 | Baltimore and Harford | Andrew P. Harris | Republican | 1998 | Education, Health, and Environment | Member |
8 | Baltimore County | Katherine A. Klausmeier | Democrat | 2002 | Finance | Member |
9 | Carroll and Howard | Allan H. Kittleman | Republican | 2004[4] | Finance | Member |
10 | Baltimore County | Delores G. Kelley | Democrat | 1994 | Finance | Chair |
11 | Baltimore County | Robert Zirkin | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | |
12 | Baltimore County and Howard | Edward J. Kasemeyer | Democrat | 1986 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
13 | Howard | James N. Robey | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | |
14 | Montgomery | Rona E. Kramer | Democrat | 2002 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
15 | Montgomery | Robert J. Garagiola | Democrat | 2002 | Finance | |
16 | Montgomery | Brian E. Frosh | Democrat | 1994 | Judicial Proceedings (Chair) | Member |
17 | Montgomery | Jennie M. Forehand | Democrat | 1994 | Judicial Proceedings | Member |
18 | Montgomery | Rich Madaleno | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | |
19 | Montgomery | Michael G. Lenett | Democrat | 2006 | Education, Health, and Environment | |
20 | Montgomery | Jamin B. Raskin | Democrat | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings | |
21 | Anne Arundel and Prince George's | James Rosapepe | Democrat | 2006 | Education, Health, and Environment | |
22 | Prince George's | Paul Pinsky | Democrat | 1994[4] | Education, Health, and Environment | |
23 | Prince George's | Douglas J.J. Peters | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | |
24 | Prince George's | Nathaniel Exum | Democrat | 1998 | Finance | |
25 | Prince George's | Ulysses Currie | Democrat | 1994 | Budget and Taxation (Chair) | Member |
26 | Prince George's | C. Anthony Muse | Democrat | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings | |
27 | Calvert and Prince George's | Mike Miller | Democrat | 1974 | n/a[5] | Member |
28 | Charles | Mac Middleton | Democrat | 1994 | Finance (Chair) | Member |
29 | Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's | Roy Dyson | Democrat | 1994 | Education, Health, and Environment (Vice-Chair) | |
30 | Anne Arundel | John Astle | Democrat | 1994 | Finance (Vice-Chair) | |
31 | Anne Arundel | Bryan Simonaire | Republican | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings | |
32 | Anne Arundel | James E. DeGrange, Sr. | Democrat | 1998 | Budget and Taxation | Vice-Chair |
33 | Anne Arundel | Janet Greenip | Republican | 2002 | Education, Health, and Environment | |
34 | Cecil and Harford | Nancy Jacobs | Republican | 1998 | Judicial Proceedings | |
35 | Harford | Barry Glassman | Republican | 1998 | Finance | |
36 | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's | E. J. Pipkin | Republican | 2002 | Finance | |
37 | Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico | Richard F. Colburn | Republican | 1994 | Education, Health, and Environment | |
38 | Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester | J. Lowell Stoltzfus | Republican | 1992[4] | Budget and Taxation | |
39 | Montgomery | Nancy J. King[6] | Democrat | 2007 | committee not yet assigned | |
40 | Baltimore City | Catherine E. Pugh | Democrat | 2006 | Finance | |
41 | Baltimore City | Lisa A. Gladden | Democrat | 2002 | Judicial Proceedings (Vice-Chair) | |
42 | Baltimore County | James Brochin | Democrat | 2002 | Judicial Proceedings | |
43 | Baltimore City | Joan Carter Conway | Democrat | 1997[4] | Education, Health, and Environment (Chair) | |
44 | Baltimore City | Verna L. Jones | Democrat | 2002 | Budget and Taxation | |
45 | Baltimore City | Nathaniel J. McFadden | Democrat | 1994 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
46 | Baltimore City | George W. Della, Jr. | Democrat | 1982 | Finance | |
47 | Prince George's | David C. Harrington | Democrat | 2008 |
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] General
- General Assembly: Senate. Maryland Manual Online. Maryland State Archives (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
[edit] Specific
- ^ a b Maryland Senate:Origin and Functions
- ^ Brody, Allen and Sedarn, Sean. "Hogan resigns from Senate", The Gazette, July 18, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
- ^ a b Each Senator has at least two standing committee assignments. The first is to one of the four legislative committees: Budget and Taxation, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (listed in this table as Education, Health, and Environment), Finance, or Judicial Proceedings. A number of Senators have secondary committee assignments, most prominently to the Executive Nominations Committee, which oversees the constitutional responsibility of the Senate to approve nominations by the Governor. Assignment to this committee is noted under the Executive Nominations column, though assignment to the Rules committee or any Ad Hoc committees is not noted.
- ^ a b c d This Senator was originally appointed to office by the Governor to fill an open seat.
- ^ The President of the Senate does not serve on any of the four standing legislative committees. He does, however, serve on both the Executive Nominations and the Rules Committees.
- ^ State Senator Patrick Hogan resigned, and in accordance with state law and tradition, the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee recommended Delegate King, who the Governor will appoint to fill the remainder of Hogan's term.
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