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Lisa A. Gladden is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She is currently serving in her 2nd term in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 41 in Baltimore City.
[edit] Background
Born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 6, 1964, Gladden attended Duke University and the University of Maryland School of Law before entering practice as an attorney in the Office of the Public Defender. She was active with the American Bar Association, the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, and with the Democratic Party. [1]
[edit] In the legislature
Gladden was elected to the Maryland State Senate in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. She has been heavily mentored and risen quickly through the ranks, currently holding the position of Majority Whip. Gladden is also vice-chair of the Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy and a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
- Legislative notes
- 2006
- voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154)[4]
- 2007
- voted in favor of prohibiting ground rents in 2007(SB106)[5]
- voted in favor of the Tax Reform Act of 2007 (HB2)[6]
- voted in favor of slots (SB3)[7]
[edit] Democratic party activist
Gladden campaigning in Columbia, S.C. a day before the democratic primary there.
In December of 2007, Gladden was chosen by the Obama for President campaign to appear on the ballot, in the Maryland democratic presidential primary, as a female delegate for Obama from Maryland's 7th congressional district, [8] Gladden finished first among the female delegates and will go to the 2008 Democratic Convention, in Denver Colorado, as a delegate committed to Barack Obama.
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