Shawn Z. Tarrant

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Shawn Z. Tarrant

Maryland House of Delegates
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2007
Preceded by	Catherine Pugh
Constituency	northwestern Baltimore City

Born	July 30, 1965 (1965-07-30) (age 42) Freeport, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Brenda (Mcdaniels)
Children	Kayla and Shawn, Jr.
Residence	Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation	Director of State Policy
Religion	Baptist

Shawn Z. Tarrant is an American politician who represents the 40th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates.[1] Tarrant is a member of the House Health and Government Operations Committee and the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.[2]

1 Background
2 Three open seats
- 2.1 General election results, 2006
- 2.2 Legislative notes
3 References

[edit] Background

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Delegate Tarrant graduated from Norfolk State University 1989 with BA Finance/Marketing. In Spring 1985 became member of Epsilon Zeta Chp. NSU of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Currently a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi and member of the Baltimore Alumni Chapter. Prior to running for ofice he was the president of Ashburton Area Association, a community improvement group in his neighborhood. He is married and has two children. Tarrant is employed with a Fortune 500 company as a Director of State Policy and is a deacon at Union Baptist Church, in Baltimore. [3]

[edit] Three open seats

During the four year term prior to Tarrant's candidacy for the House of Delegates, two of the delegates, Howard "Pete" Rawlings and Tony Fulton, died while in office. Marshall Goodwin and Catherine Pugh were appointed to finish their terms. Rawlings and Fulton were democrats, as are Goodwin and Pugh. Prior to the 2006 democratic primary, the only incumbent delegate in the district, Salima Marriott, decided to run for the Senate seat being vacated by the district's senator. Catherine Pugh also decided to run for the same seat leaving the newly appointed Goodwin as the only incumbent in the race. The vacancies drew a large crowd of contenders; [4] including Tarrant, Barbara Robinson and Frank M. Conaway, Jr., who all finished ahead of Goodwin. The General Election in November, therefore, featured all newcomers for the three open seats.

[edit] General election results, 2006

2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 40th District^[1]

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Frank M. Conaway, Jr. Dem.	16,432	32.4%	Won
Barbara A. Robinson, Dem.	16,032	31.6%	Won
Shawn Z. Tarrant, Dem.	13,921	27.5%	Won
Jan E. Danforth, Green	4,135	8.2%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	177	0.3%

[edit] Legislative notes

voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359)[5]
voted in favor of prohibiting ground rents in 2007(SB106)[6]
voted in favor of increasing the sales tax by 20% - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2)[7]
voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)[8]

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Executive	Governor (List) • Lt. Governor • Secretary of State

Legislative	General Assembly • Senate (Senators, President) • House of Delegates (Members, Speaker)

Judicial	Court of Appeals (Judges) • Court of Special Appeals

Constitutional Officers	Comptroller • Treasurer • Attorney General

Independent Agencies	Maryland Public Service Commission • Maryland Lottery • Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy