Barbara Osborn Kreamer is an American politician from Aberdeen,Maryland and a former Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates. She was the first woman member of the Harford County Council and the first elected member of a county board in Maryland to give birth.
Louise Virginia Snodgrass was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,District 3 in Frederick and Washington Counties. She was also Mayor of Middletown from 1988 to 1994.
David R. Craig is an American Republican Party politician from the State of Maryland who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Maryland in 2014. He was appointed,and sworn in as Harford County Executive on July 7,2005. Craig was elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. Craig previously served in the Maryland State Senate in 1995–99 representing Harford County and in 1990-94 in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was also elected Mayor of Havre de Grace from 1985 to 1989 and 2001 to 2005. David was a teacher and assistant principal in the Harford County Public School System for thirty-four years.
James Harkins is an American politician who served as Director of Maryland Environmental Services from 2005 until March 2016. He also is a former Harford County Executive and Delegate for District 35A. In December 2019,Maryland Governor Larry Hogan appointed Harkins to the University of Maryland Medical System board of directors.
Joanne Parrott was elected as a member of Maryland House of Delegates,District 35A,which serves Harford County. She won one of two seats,along with Barry Glassman,defeating incumbent Michael G. Comeau and winning the seat left vacant by James M. Harkins,who was elected as Harford County Executive. She served for about 8 years before being defeated in the Republican Primary by challenger Donna Stifler in 2006.
Donald Fry is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland State Senate.
Barry Glassman is an American politician who served as the 7th county executive of Harford County,Maryland,from 2014 to 2022. He was previously a member of the Maryland State Senate,representing District 35 in Harford County,Maryland;he was appointed in 2008 to fill a vacancy,and subsequently was re-elected to the position in 2010. Glassman was originally elected to the Maryland House of Delegates,District 35A in 1998,along with Joanne S. Parrott,defeating incumbent Michael G. Comeau and winning the seat left vacant by James M. Harkins,who was elected as Harford County Executive. He was the Republican nominee for Comptroller of Maryland in the 2022 election,which he lost to state delegate Brooke Lierman.
Susan K. McComas is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates since 2002,first representing District 35B from 2003 to 2015 and then District 34B since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served on the Bel Air Town Commission from 1987 to 2002,and thrice served as the town's mayor.
Charles R. Boutin was an American attorney and politician who served in the Maryland House of Delegates from the 34A and 36th districts from 1999 to 2005,as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to his tenure in the state legislature he was active in local politics in Aberdeen,Maryland,with him serving on the city council and as mayor.
Richard F. Colburn,a Republican,is a former State Senator for District 37 in Maryland.
Mary-Dulany James is an American politician who has represented District 34 in the Maryland Senate since 2023. She was previously a member of the District 34A in the Maryland House of Delegates for sixteen years,representing Harford and Cecil Counties along the U.S. Route 40 corridor. Mary-Dulany James represented district 34A,formerly district 34,for 16 years having first been elected in 1998.
Edward J. Kasemeyer is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He served for many years in the Maryland State Senate,most recently representing Maryland's district 12 in Baltimore and Howard counties.
Mary Louise Preis is an American politician who represented district 34 in the Maryland House of Delegates. She was first elected in 1990 and served until 1999.
Alfred W. Redmer Jr. was a Maryland Insurance Commissioner and was the Republican nominee for County Executive of Baltimore County,Maryland in 2018. He formerly served as a legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 8 in Baltimore County,prior to being appointed Maryland Insurance Commissioner in 2003.
Martha S. Klima was first elected in 1982 to represent District 9,which covered a portion of Baltimore County,Maryland,USA. She unsuccessfully ran for the State Senate in 2002. She was defeated by Jim Brochin.
James F. Ports Jr. is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 8,which covered portions of Baltimore &Baltimore City in Maryland. He served alongside Democrat Katherine A. Klausmeier and Republican Alfred W. Redmer Jr. In 2002,Ports decided against running for reelection in the House of Delegates and decided instead to run for Baltimore County Council. He won the Republican primary election,but lost in the general election to Vincent J. Gardina.
The 1998 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1998. Incumbent Democratic governor Parris Glendening sought re-election. Governor Glendening emerged victorious from the Democratic primary after defeating several candidates. Former state delegate Ellen Sauerbrey,who was the 1994 Republican nominee for governor,ran again for governor and won her party's nomination. The election between Glendening and Sauerbrey four years prior was extremely contentious,and ended with the Sauerbrey campaign challenging the results. Ultimately,despite the controversial nature of the previous election,Governor Glendening comfortably beat back Sauerbrey's spirited challenge,winning his second and final term as governor. As of 2024,this was the last time that Allegany County voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election and the last time that the lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of the winning ticket was not a person of color.
Habern William Freeman is a Democratic politician from the State of Maryland,having served Harford County in several different elected positions,including Harford County Executive and State Senator.
Trent M. Kittleman is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2023. She was the wife of State Senator Robert H. Kittleman until his death in 2004,and unsuccessfully ran alongside him for County Council in 1978. She is the stepmother of Allan H. Kittleman,former state senator and Howard County executive.
Teresa E. Reilly is an American politician from Maryland from the Republican Party. She is currently a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 35B,representing northern Cecil and Harford counties.
