Aletheia McCaskill | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 44B district | |
Assumed office January 11, 2023 Servingwith Sheila Ruth | |
Preceded by | Pat Young |
Personal details | |
Born | Baltimore,Maryland,U.S. | September 30,1971
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Gwynn Oak,Maryland |
Education | Villa Julie College (BS) Community College of Baltimore County (AAS) Notre Dame of Maryland University (BS) |
Occupation | Child care provider,union activist |
Website | Campaign website |
Aletheia McCaskill (born September 30,1971) [1] is an American politician and union activist who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 44B in Baltimore County,Maryland. She was previously a candidate for District 44 of the Maryland Senate in 2018. [2]
McCaskill graduated from Carver Vo-Tech High School in 1989. She later attended Villa Julie College,where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in information systems in 1994,the Community College of Baltimore County,receiving an associate degree in early childhood development in 2010,and the Notre Dame of Maryland University,where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in early elementary education in 2021. [1]
McCaskill is the vice president of the SEIU Local 500 labor union,which represents teachers,child-care professionals,and part-time college faculty in Maryland and Washington,D.C. [3] She previously served as the leader of the union's bargaining committee and as the chairwoman of its Committee on Political Education (COPE). [4] She also previously worked as an early-learning and child-development specialist. [5]
In September 2017,McCaskill announced that she would run for Maryland Senate in District 44,challenging incumbent state senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam. [6] [7] In November 2017,McCaskill graduated from Emerge Maryland,a group dedicated to training and electing Democratic women to office. [4] Her candidacy was endorsed by SEIU Local 500 [8] 1199SEIU, [9] and gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous. [10] Despite an aggressive primary campaign,McCaskill lost to Nathan-Pulliam in the Democratic primary by a more than 2-1 margin. [11]
In 2022,McCaskill ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 44B. She came in second place alongside incumbent Sheila Ruth,receiving 23.0 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary. She was unopposed in the general election. [12]
McCaskill was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11,2023. [13] She is a member of the House Appropriations Committee. [14]
During the 2016 Baltimore mayoral election,McCaskill canvassed for then-mayoral candidate Catherine Pugh,motivated by her support for a bill to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. She was disheartened by Pugh's veto of said bill. [15]
During her 2018 state senate campaign,McCaskill said she would support raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shirley Nathan-Pulliam | 10,217 | 67.3 | |
Democratic | Aletheia McCaskill | 4,955 | 32.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sheila Ruth | 5,774 | 25.8 | |
Democratic | Aletheia McCaskill | 5,132 | 23.0 | |
Democratic | Aisha Khan | 4,714 | 21.1 | |
Democratic | Bishop Barry Chapman | 3,660 | 16.4 | |
Democratic | Patrick Cusack | 1,644 | 7.4 | |
Democratic | Shazia Shah | 1,420 | 6.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sheila Ruth | 19,682 | 51.21 | |
Democratic | Aletheia McCaskill | 18,219 | 47.40 | |
Write-in | 532 | 1.38 | ||
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