| Victor R. Ramirez | |
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| Member of the Maryland Senate from the 47th district |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 12, 2011 |
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| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 47th district |
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| In office January 8, 2003 – January, 11 2011 |
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| Succeeded by | Michael G. Summers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 20, 1974 San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Betsy Ramirez |
| Religion | Catholic |
Victor R. Ramirez is the current State Senator for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 1974. His family soon after moved to the United States and he lived in Mount Rainier, Maryland.
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Ramirez attended Mt. Rainier and Thomas S. Stone Elementary, Hyattsville Middle School, and graduated from Northwestern High School. He received his B.A. from Frostburg State University in 1996 and his J.D from St. Thomas School of Law in Miami in 2001.
Ramirez was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2001 and began a practice in his own name. He was elected as State Delegate in 2003.
Ramirez was a member of House of Delegates from 2003 to 2011. Ramirez is also a member of the Joint Committee on Federal Relations and has served as a member of the Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility (2003–04), the Ways and Means Committee, (2003–06), the Ways and Mean's subcommittee on education (2003–04), finance resources subcommittee, (2003–06) tax & revenue subcommittee, 2004–06). Ramirez hasChair, Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2007- (vice-chair, 2003–06). Member, Maryland Educators Caucus, 2005-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-. In January 2007 he proposed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to attend college paying in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. [1]
In 2010 Ramirez defeated the incumbent senator from district 47 and now serves in the Maryland senate.
| Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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| Jolene Ivey, Democratic | 12,860 | 35.5% | Won |
| Victor R. Ramirez, Democratic | 12,231 | 33.6% | Won |
| Doyle L. Niemann, Democratic | 11,229 | 30.8% | Won |
| Other write-ins | 120 | .3% |
During the 2008 democratic presidential primary, Ramirez endorsed the campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama and was co-founder of Latinos for Obama in Maryland.