Benjamin Louis Cardin is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from 1979 to 1987. Cardin has never lost an election in his entire political career.
Susan Clair Lee is an American politician. She has served as the 72nd Maryland Secretary of State since 2023. She was a member of the Maryland State Senate from 2015 to 2023,and of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2002 to 2015. She represented District 16,covering parts of Montgomery County,and was the first Asian American elected to the Maryland State Senate,as well as the first Asian American woman and first Chinese American elected to the Maryland legislature.
Heather R. Mizeur is an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from January 10,2007 to January 14,2015,representing the 20th district in Montgomery County,Maryland. She was a candidate for governor of Maryland in the 2014 election but lost the Democratic primary to Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown. In 2022,she unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives in Maryland's 1st congressional district,challenging incumbent U.S. Representative Andy Harris. She lost the general election to Harris by 11 points.
Jill Priscilla Carter is an American politician and attorney who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate since 2018,representing the 41st district in Baltimore. She previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 until her resignation in 2017.
Victor R. Ramirez is a former state delegate and state senator for District 47 in Prince George's County,Maryland. He was born in San Salvador,El Salvador,in 1974. His family soon after moved to the United States and he lived in Mount Rainier,Maryland.
Keiffer Jackson Mitchell Jr. is an American politician from Baltimore,Maryland,who once served in the Maryland House of Delegates and the Baltimore City Council and was a candidate in the 2007 mayoral election.
Ann Marie L. Doory is an American politician who represented the 43rd legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1987 to 2010. She resigned on July 13,2010.
Barbara A. Robinson is an American politician who represents the 40th legislative district in the Maryland Senate. Robinson is a former chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
Verna L. Jones-Rodwell is an American politician who represented the 44th legislative district in the Maryland State Senate. Senator Jones-Rodwell was also the chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland from 2007 to 2008.
Jon Steven Cardin is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 11 since 2019,and previously from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he unsuccessfully ran for Attorney General of Maryland in 2014. Cardin is the nephew of U.S. Senator Ben Cardin.
Anne Healey is an American politician. She is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 22 in Prince George's County since 1991. She previously served on the City Council in Hyattsville,Maryland from 1987 to 1990.
Melony Ghee Griffith is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 25 in Prince George's County from 2019 until her resignation on October 31,2023. She previously served as president pro tempore of the Maryland Senate from 2020 to 2023,and as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1999 to 2015.
Joan Carter Conway is an American politician who represented district 43 in the Maryland State Senate. She is the first African American woman to be appointed chairman of any of the standing committees in the Maryland Senate.
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.
Nathaniel J. McFadden is an American politician who represented district 45 in the Maryland State Senate from January 11,1995 to January 9,2019,and who was the Senate's president pro tem from January 10,2007 to January 9,2019.
Paul G. Pinsky is an American educator,politician from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party,he is currently the Director of the Maryland Energy Administration. He was previously a member of the Maryland Senate,representing District 22 in Prince George's County.
Mary Lynn Washington is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate from District 43 since 2019. She previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2011 to 2019.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland were held on November 8,2016,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Maryland,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on April 26.
Angela Deneece Alsobrooks is an American lawyer who is a United States senator-elect from Maryland and the county executive of Prince George's County,Maryland. She is the first female county executive of Prince George's County and the first Black female county executive in Maryland history. A member of the Democratic Party,Alsobrooks served two terms as the county's state's attorney from 2010 to 2018.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Maryland. Democratic Prince George's County executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Republican former Governor Larry Hogan in the contest to succeed Democratic incumbent Ben Cardin,who is not seeking a fourth term. Alsobrooks will be the first African American to represent Maryland in the Senate.
