Current members of the Maryland State Senate

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Party composition of state senate districts.
Party composition of state senate districts.

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]

Contents

[edit] Current party composition of the Senate

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 33
  Republican Party 14
  Vacant Seat 0
 Total
 47
 Government Majority
 19

[edit] Current Leadership

Position Name Party District
President of the Senate Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Democratic 27
President Pro Tem Nathaniel J. McFadden Democratic 45
Majority Leader Edward J. Kasemeyer Democratic 12
Majority Whip Lisa A. Gladden Democratic 41
Minority Leader David R. Brinkley Republican 4
Minority Whip Allan H. Kittleman Republican 9

[edit] Current State Senators

District
 Counties Represented
 Senator
 Party
 First
Elected
 Primary
Committee[3]
 Executive
Nominations[3]
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 King, Nancy J.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

[edit] Specific

  1. ^ a b Maryland Senate:Origin and Functions
  2. ^ Brody, Allen and Sedarn, Sean. "Hogan resigns from Senate", The Gazette, July 18, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-09. 
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c d This Senator was originally appointed to office by the Governor to fill an open seat.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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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