Karen Lewis Young | |
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Member of the Maryland Senate from the 3rd district | |
Assumed office January 11, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Ronald N. Young |
Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 3A district | |
In office January 14,2015 –January 11,2023 Servingwith Carol L. Krimm | |
Preceded by | Galen R. Clagett |
Succeeded by | Kris Fair |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. | June 21,1951
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Children | 5 |
Education | Franklin & Marshall College (BA) Columbia University (MA, MBA) |
Occupation | Financial services executive |
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Karen Lewis Young (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician who has served in the Maryland Senate from District 3 since 2023. She previously served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 3A from 2015 to 2023.
Lewis Young was born to a Jewish family [1] in The Bronx on June 21, 1951, [2] and was raised in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. [3] She attended Franklin & Marshall College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1973, and Columbia University, where she earned a Master of Arts degree in American history in 1974 and a Master of Business Administration degree in marketing in 1977. She worked at a variety of financial firms, including Citibank, Capital One, Chase Manhattan Bank, and American Express, from 1996 to 2008 [2] and operated her own consulting business, Karen Lewis Market Research, from 2004 to 2006. [3]
Lewis Young moved to Frederick, Maryland in 1996 to do direct marketing for Farmers and Mechanics National Bank. [3]
In May 2009, Lewis Young announced that she would run for a seat on the Frederick Board of Aldermen, motivated by the 2008 United States presidential election and her community involvement. [3] She earned 14.34 percent of the vote in the Democratic primaries [4] and 11.57 percent of the vote in the general election. [5]
In 2013, Lewis Young unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Frederick, [6] earning 31.10 percent of the vote in the general election. [7]
In February 2014, Lewis Young announced that she would for the Maryland House of Delegates, [8] seeking to succeed delegate Galen R. Clagett, who was retiring that year. [9] She received 34.5 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary election [10] and defeated Republican challengers Victoria Wilkins and county commissioner Paul Smith in the general election with 26.3 percent of the vote. [11] [12]
Lewis Young was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 14, 2015. She was a member of the Health and Government Operations Committee. [2] Upon her swearing in, she and her husband Ronald N. Young became the first husband and wife to simultaneously serve together in the Maryland General Assembly. [13] Lewis Young was subsequently re-elected to a second term in 2018. [14]
Lewis Young participated in the Women's March in Frederick following the inauguration of Donald Trump. [15] During the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, she served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, pledged to Joe Biden. [2]
In June 2021, Lewis Young announced that she would run for Maryland Senate in 2022, seeking to succeed her husband, Ronald, [16] who later endorsed her campaign. [17] Lewis Young won the Democratic primary on July 19, 2022, defeating county school board member Jay Mason with 68.3 percent of the vote, [18] and later defeated Republican Angela Ariel McIntosh in the general election with 66.5 percent of the vote. [19]
Lewis Young was sworn into the Maryland Senate on January 11, 2023, becoming the first woman elected to represent western Maryland in the Senate. [20] She is a member of the Education, Energy, and Environment Committee. [2] Lewis Young was a delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, pledged to Kamala Harris. [21]
Lewis Young met her future husband Ronald N. Young in 2003 when she was working as the Weinberg Center's chairwoman. The couple married in 2006. [1] Together, they have five sons, including Blaine Young, a former Republican member of the Frederick County Board of Commissioners; Brad Young, the president of the Frederick County Council as of 2023; and Brian Young, a former member of the Frederick County Democratic Central Committee. [9]
In December 2015, Lewis Young said she disagreed with Governor Larry Hogan's decision to withhold funding from Maryland's costliest public school systems. [22]
During the 2017 legislative session, Lewis Young supported a bill to give the student member of the Frederick County Board of Education partial voting rights. [23] She criticized Republican members of the Frederick County Delegation for filibustering the bill [24] and, following the bill dying in the Frederick County Delegation, introduced the bill in the General Assembly. [25] The bill was reintroduced in 2020. [26]
During the 2023 legislative session, Lewis Young introduced legislation to strengthen the state's EmPOWER energy efficiency program by expanding its scope to include greenhouse gas emissions reductions. [27] The bill, which was opposed by state electric utilities companies, died in committee. [28]
During the 2015 legislative session, Lewis Young introduced a bill to encourage the prescription of abuse-deterrent painkillers to combat the heroin epidemic. [29] The bill passed and was signed into law by Governor Larry Hogan. [30] In 2016, she introduced a bill criminalizing the improper prescribing of certain drugs, [31] which died in committee. [32] In 2019, she supported a bill to create supervised injection sites to prevent drug overdoses. [33]
During the 2016 legislative session, Lewis Young introduced a "right to try" bill that would allow terminally ill patients to try medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration but not available to the general public. [34] The bill was reintroduced in 2017, during which it passed and became law. [35]
During the 2018 legislative session, Lewis Young introduced a bill to ask the federal government to divert money to Maryland used to offset the cost of high-risk patients on the Affordable Care Act's insurance pool, instead using it under a new "reinsurance program" under the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange. The bill passed and became law with Governor Hogan's signature, [36] and the plan was approved by federal regulators in August 2018. [37]
In 2019, Lewis Young introduced a bill to establish a Patients' Bill of Rights. [38] The bill passed and was signed into law by Governor Hogan. [39]
In March 2019, Lewis Young voted for the End-of-Life Option Act, which would have provided palliative care to terminally ill adults. [40]
During the 2022 legislative session, Lewis Young introduced a bill to protect public health officials and hospital workers from threats, citing harassment directed toward health officials following the COVID-19 pandemic. [41]
During the 2017 legislative session, Lewis Young introduced a bill requiring companies to include salary information in job postings and limit employers' ability to ask job applicants about their salary history. [42]
In November 2015, Lewis Young said she supported using an independent redistricting commission to draw Maryland's congressional districts, but said she preferred a "national solution" to gerrymandering. [43]
Lewis Young supported efforts to repeal "Maryland, My Maryland" as the official state song, [44] [45] noting in 2021 that the song was adopted during "one of the most racist periods in Maryland". [46] She also supported the relocation of the Roger B. Taney Monument at the Maryland State House. [47]
During the 2015 legislative session, Lewis introduced a bill to prevent people convicted of animal abuse from adopting or buying a pet. [48]
In 2017, Lewis Young introduced a bill requiring the Maryland State Police to create a statewide sexual assault tracking system. [49]
In January 2019, Lewis Young was one of nine Maryland lawmakers to add their names to a manifesto signed by 326 state legislators to reaffirm their commitment to protecting abortion rights. [50]
During the 2022 legislative session, Lewis Young introduced legislation to start a pilot program for court-ordered mental health treatment. [51]
Lewis Young supports expanding Interstate 270 [22] and increasing public transit options in Maryland. [52]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 1,563 | 14.3 | |
Democratic | Donna Kuzemchak (incumbent) | 1,535 | 14.1 | |
Democratic | Michael C. O'Connor | 1,417 | 13.0 | |
Democratic | Carol L. Krimm | 1,563 | 12.9 | |
Democratic | Kelly Russell | 1,386 | 12.7 | |
Democratic | Josh Bokee | 1,237 | 11.4 | |
Democratic | David "Kip" Koontz | 1,103 | 10.1 | |
Democratic | John Daniels | 913 | 8.4 | |
Democratic | Andrew Kotkin | 344 | 3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 3,765 | 11.6 | |
Democratic | Michael C. O'Connor | 3,573 | 11.0 | |
Republican | Shelley M. Aloi | 3,481 | 10.7 | |
Democratic | Carol L. Krimm | 3,418 | 10.5 | |
Democratic | Kelly Russell | 3,393 | 10.4 | |
Republican | C. Paul Smith | 3,325 | 10.2 | |
Democratic | Donna Kuzemchak (incumbent) | 3,235 | 9.9 | |
Republican | Alan E. Imhoff | 3,229 | 9.9 | |
Republican | Amanda K. Haddaway | 2,824 | 8.7 | |
Republican | W. C. Huckenpoehler | 2,267 | 7.0 | |
Write-in | 30 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 1,247 | 50.2 | |
Democratic | Galen R. Clagett | 991 | 39.9 | |
Democratic | Carol A. Hirsch | 248 | 10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy McClement (incumbent) | 4,121 | 49.6 | |
Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 2,586 | 31.1 | |
Independent | Jennifer Dougherty | 1,588 | 19.1 | |
Write-in | 20 | 0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol L. Krimm | 3,087 | 36.3 | |
Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 2,938 | 34.5 | |
Democratic | Roger Wilson | 1,938 | 22.8 | |
Democratic | Nicholas Bouquet | 549 | 6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol L. Krimm | 11,654 | 28.0 | |
Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 10,944 | 26.3 | |
Republican | Paul Smith | 9,930 | 23.9 | |
Republican | Victoria Wilkins | 8,981 | 21.6 | |
Write-in | 47 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Lewis Young (incumbent) | 18,725 | 31.4 | |
Democratic | Carol L. Krimm (incumbent) | 18,705 | 31.3 | |
Republican | Mike Bowersox | 11,157 | 18.7 | |
Republican | James Dvorak | 9,568 | 16.0 | |
Libertarian | Jeremy Harbaugh | 1,492 | 2.5 | |
Write-in | 64 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 8,128 | 71.0 | |
Democratic | Jay Mason | 3,327 | 29.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Karen Lewis Young | 8,128 | 66.5 | |
Republican | Angela Ariel McIntosh | 13,774 | 33.4 | |
Write-in | 67 | 0.2 |
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