Brooke Grossman | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 2B district | |
Assumed office January 11, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Brenda J. Thiam |
Personal details | |
Born | Clinton Township,Macomb County,Michigan,U.S. | September 25,1978
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Hagerstown,Maryland,U.S. |
Website | Campaign website |
Brooke Grossman (born September 25,1978) is an American politician who is a member for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 2B in Washington County. [1]
Grossman graduated from Brunswick High School and attended Kaplan University,where she earned a B.S. degree in human service administration in 2016. [1] She currently works as the chief mission officer for Horizon Goodwill Industries [2] [3] and chairs the county's homeless coalition. [4]
In May 2018,the Washington County Board of Commissioners appointed Grossman to a three-year term as a citizen at-large representative to its Emergency Services Advisory Council. [5]
In 2020,Grossman unsuccessfully ran for in the Hagerstown City Council, [6] placing seventh with 8.7 percent of the vote. [7]
In 2022,Grossman ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 2B,challenging incumbent state delegate Brenda J. Thiam. She won the Democratic primary on July 19,2022,receiving 61.3 percent of the vote, [8] and later defeated Thiam in the general election on November 8. [2] [9]
Grossman was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11,2023. [10] She is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. [11]
Grossman lives in southern Hagerstown. [12]
In January 2022,Grossman requested that the Washington County Board of Commissioners provide $10,000 in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to help with the costs of quarantining COVID-19 positive homeless people. The motion for the request was approved 4-0 by the Board of Commissioners. [4]
In February 2022,Grossman criticized a petition released by state delegate Brenda J. Thiam against the newly drawn legislative redistricting maps. [13]
In May 2022,Grossman signed a Chesapeake Climate Action Network resolution to move Maryland to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035 and to remove trash incineration from the state's "clean energy" classification. [14]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Tiara Burnett | 6,840 | 13.6 | |
Kristin B. Aleshire | 6,178 | 12.5 | |
Tekesha Martinez | 5,601 | 11.3 | |
Shelley McIntire | 5,380 | 10.8 | |
Bob Bruchey | 4,770 | 9.6 | |
Peter E. Perini,Sr. | 4,717 | 9.5 | |
Brooke Grossman | 4,293 | 8.7 | |
Penny May Nigh | 4,024 | 8.1 | |
Austin Heffernan | 3,817 | 7.7 | |
Brenda J. Thiam | 3,772 | 7.6 | |
Write-in | 202 | 0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brooke Grossman | 1,167 | 61.3 | |
Democratic | Ladetra Robinson | 738 | 38.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brooke Grossman | 5,001 | 54.15 | |
Republican | Brenda J. Thiam (incumbent) | 4,222 | 45.72 | |
Write-in | 12 | 0.13 | ||
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