The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution. The United States is a federation;consequently,the government of Maryland,like the other 49 state governments,has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders,except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.
Kumar Prabhakar Barve is an American Democratic Party politician. He is a member of the Maryland Public Service Commission,to which he was appointed by Governor Wes Moore in May 2023. He was previously a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing district 17 in Montgomery County,from 1991 to 2023. He was the first Indian-American to be elected to a state legislature in the United States. From 2002 to 2015,Barve served as Majority Leader of the House of Delegates.
Karen Slater Montgomery is an American politician and artist from the state of Maryland. A Democrat,she served as the state senator for the Maryland State Senate from Maryland's 14th District,which includes parts of Silver Spring,Burtonsville,Olney,Barnesville,Brookeville,Laytonsville,and Damascus in Montgomery County in the Washington,D.C. suburbs. She was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. From 2002 to 2010 she served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. She resigned from her senate position on January 1,2016 because of vision problems that limited her ability to drive at night.
Carmen Amedori is an American journalist and politician. She was elected in 1998 to the Maryland House of Delegates for District 5A,from Carroll County. After being re-elected in 2002 she served in the Maryland General Assembly until 2004,when she was appointed by Governor Bob Ehrlich to the state Parole Commission where she served until 2009. Carmen is a background actor and has had a featured extra role on House of Cards and also has played the lead in productions with Siren's Media. She is a writer and a licensed realtor.
Richard Weldon was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland District 3B,which then included parts of Frederick and Washington County,Maryland. He defeated Lisa Baugher in 2002 for the new 3B district. He defeated Paul Gilligan in 2006 to retain his seat.
Margaret L. "Maggie" McIntosh is an American politician from the state of Maryland. She was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1993 to 2023. She is a former Baltimore City Public School teacher who now chairs one of the six standing committees of the Maryland House of Delegates. A Democrat,she represented the state's 43rd district in Baltimore City. Following her retirement from the Maryland House of Delegates in 2023,McIntosh has worked as a senior consultant at the Cornerstone Government Affairs lobbying group.
Barrie Ciliberti is an American professor and politician. He is a professor at the University of Maryland University College and current Republican legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 4. He previously represented District 39 in the House of Delegates from 1995 to 1999.
Tom Hucker is an American elected official and a Democrat from the U.S. state of Maryland. He served from 2007 until 2014 as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 20,which included neighborhoods in Takoma Park and Silver Spring. He also previously served as a member of the Montgomery County Council,representing District 5 from 2014 to 2022.
Benjamin Scott Barnes is an American politician who represents District 21 in the Maryland House of Delegates. A Democrat,he was first elected in 2006 and reelected in 2010,2014,and 2018.
Jean B. Cryor was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 15,which covers a portion of Montgomery County,Maryland,and later sat on the Montgomery County Planning Board.
Jeffrey M. Frederick is an American politician,CEO,entrepreneur,and craft beer brewery owner. He served three terms as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Frederick was also chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia and a member of the Republican National Committee.
Gerald Clark is a Republican politician. Clark represented District 29C of the Maryland House of Delegates from when he was appointed to the position on October 13,2016,to January 11,2023.
William G. Folden is an American politician who is currently a Republican member of the Maryland Senate,representing District 4 since 2023. He was previously a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 3B from 2015 to 2019.
Edith Jerry Patterson is a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates who represents district 28,which is based in Charles County. She previously served as a county commissioner from 2002 to 2010 and a member of the Board of Education for Charles County from 1983 to 1995.
Steven James Arentz is an American politician from the Republican Party who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing the 36th district since 2013. He was previously the president of the Queen Anne's County Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2013.
Debra M. Davis is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 28 since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as a member of the Charles County Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2018.
Terry Lee Baker is an American politician. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 1C in Allegany and Washington counties. He was previously the vice president of the Washington County Board of Commissioners from 2006 to 2010 and from 2018 to 2022,and the board's president from 2010 to 2018.
Kris Fair is an American politician who is a member for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 3 in Frederick County,Maryland.
Christopher Eric Bouchat is an American politician. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 5,which encompasses Carroll County,Maryland. He was previously a member of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2022,representing District 4 in southwest Carroll County.
Todd B. Morgan is an American politician. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 29C in St. Mary's County,Maryland. He was previously a member of the St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2022 and served as its vice president in 2014.
