Maggie McIntosh
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| Del. Maggie McIntosh | |
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Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
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| In office 1992 – present |
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| Born | December 22, 1947 Quinter, Kansas |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Website | www.delmaggie.com |
Margaret L. McIntosh, commonly known as Maggie McIntosh, is an American politician from the state of Maryland. The Chairman of the Environmental Matters Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates, she has been a member of the House of Delegates since November 1992.[1] She is a former Baltimore City Public School teacher who now chairs one of the six standing committees of the Maryland House of Delegates.[2] A Democrat, she represents the state's 43rd district in Baltimore City.
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[edit] Education
McIntosh received her Bachelor’s Degree in arts education from Wichita State University in 1970 and her Master of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins University, 1987.
[edit] Legislative career
Maggie McIntosh was appointed to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates in November 1992. Two years later she was elected to a full term representing the 42nd District of Baltimore City and parts of Baltimore County. She has been re-elected in 1998, 2002 and 2006, but had to run in a substantially different district after the post-2000 round of redistricting; the 43rd, which she now represents, contains only 10% of the voters from her previous district, the 42nd. Nevertheless, in 2002, she placed first in a Democratic primary election in her new district which included five serving or former delegates vying for three seats. In the House of Delegates, McIntosh first served on the Appropriations Committee. She chaired the Subcommittee on Personnel and was a member of the Education and Economic Development and Capitol Subcommittees. In 1998, McIntosh assumed the position of Vice Chairman of the Commerce and Government Matters Committee. In 2001, she was named House Majority Leader. In January 2003, McIntosh was named chairman of the House Environmental Matters Committee.
[edit] Legislative notes
- voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154)[3]
- voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361)[4]
- voted for electric deregulation in 1999 (HB703)[5]
- voted for income tax reduction in 1998 (SB750)[6]
- voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)[7]
- voted in favor of increasing the sales tax whilst simultaneously reducing income tax rates for some income brackets - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2)[8]
- sponsored House Bill 30 in 2007, allowing the state to confiscate unused portions of gift certificates after 4 years.House Bill 30
[edit] Past election results
- 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 43rd District[1]
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Curt Anderson, Democratic 22,315 29.4% Won Maggie McIntosh, Democratic 22,093 29.1% Won Ann Marie Doory, Democratic 21,219 28.0% Won Armand F. Girard, Republican 3,425 4.5% Lost David G.S. Greene, Green 2,619 3.5% Lost Brandy Baker, Green 2,267 3.0% Lost Richard J. Ochs, Green 1,772 2.3% Lost
- 2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 43rd District[9]
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- Voters to choose three:
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Maggie McIntosh, Democratic 21,993 32.5% Won Curt Anderson, Democratic 21,131 30.8% Won Ann Marie Doory, Democratic 19,999 29.15% Won John A. Heath, Republican 5,243 7.64% Lost Morning Sunday, Green(Write-In) 152 .22% Lost Other Write-Ins 97 .14% Lost
- 1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 42[2]
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- Voters to choose three:
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Samuel I. Rosenberg, Dem. 21,768 30% Won James W. Campbell, Dem. 20,903 29% Won Maggie McIntosh, Dem. 20,443 29% Won Jeffrey B. Smith Jr., Rep. 8,399 12% Lost
[edit] Firsts
Delegate McIntosh is the first woman to be appointed majority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates [10] and the first openly gay person in the Maryland General Assembly.[11][12] She is also the first woman to serve as the chairman of the Environmental Matters Committee where she has steered several major legislative initiatives to passage. The Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, which funded upgrades at wastewater treatment plants around the state, is among McIntosh's accomplishments, as well as an annexation measure passed in 2006 in which she brought counties and municipalities together. One of McIntosh's chief initiatives in 2007 is the Chesapeake Bay Green Fund, which would levy a surcharge on new development to pay for Bay restoration.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ House of Delegates Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Mar. 3, 2007
- ^ House of Delegates Results. Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Nov. 6, 2007
