Malcolm Augustine | |
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President pro tempore of the Maryland Senate | |
Assumed office January 11, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Melony G. Griffith |
Member of the Maryland Senate from the 47th district | |
Assumed office January 9,2019 | |
Preceded by | Victor R. Ramirez |
Personal details | |
Born | Lafayette,Louisiana,U.S. | March 10,1969
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 2 |
Education | Harvard University (AB) |
Malcolm L. Augustine (born March 10,1969) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate from the 47th district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,Augustine has served as the president pro tempore of the Maryland Senate since 2023.
Augustine was born in Lafayette,Louisiana on March 10,1969. He graduated from Pittsford Mendon High School in Pittsford,New York and later attended Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts,where he earned an A.B. degree in government in 1991. [1] He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. [2]
Augustine entered politics in 2012 by becoming the co-chair of Progressive Cheverly. At the same time,he became the chair of the Cable Television Commission in Prince George's County,Maryland. [1] In 2014,Augustine unsuccessfully ran for state delegate in District 47A,coming in fourth place and losing to Jimmy Tarlau and Diana Fennell. [3] [4]
In 2015,Prince George's County executive Rushern Baker appointed Augustine to represent Prince George's County on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors. [3]
In August 2017,Augustine declared his candidacy for Maryland Senate,seeking to replace state senator Victor Ramirez,who sought to become the next Prince George's County State's Attorney. [3] He won the Democratic primary with 84.1 percent of the vote [5] and the general election with 93.0 percent of the vote. [6]
Augustine was sworn into the Maryland Senate on January 9,2019. [1] Since 2023,he has served as the president pro tempore of the Maryland Senate. [7]
Augustine introduced legislation in the 2020 session that would ban plastic carryout bags from all stores and require stores to charge a minimum of 10 cents for paper bags. [8] The bill's counterpart in the Maryland House of Delegates passed by a vote of 95-37 and received a favorable report from the Senate Finance Committee,but never received a vote in the Senate. [9] The bill was reintroduced in the 2021 session and passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 97–37. [10] [11]
In 2021,the Maryland League of Conservation Voters gave Augustine a score of 89 percent in their annual environmental scorecard. [12]
Augustine introduced legislation in the 2020 session that would allow minors over 12 years of age to seek mental health treatment without their parent's consent. [13] The bill passed the State Senate by a vote of 30–15. [14] The bill was reintroduced in the 2021 session and passed and became law without the governor's signature. [15]
Augustine introduced legislation in the 2021 session would require employers to provide workers with safe and hygienic workspaces,personal protective equipment,emergency pandemic action plans that include sanitation protocol and changes in shift hours,paid health and bereavement leave,free COVID-19 testing,an additional $3 an hour in hazard pay and the ability to refuse dangerous work without fear of retaliation. [16] A narrowed version,which removed the initial $3 an hour in hazard pay and made paid sick leave contingent upon funding from the state or federal government,passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 93–39. [17]
In the 2022 session,Augustine introduced legislation that would include dental care in patients' Medicaid coverage. [18]
While on the WMATA Board of Directors,Augustine argued against fare hikes and service cuts,expressing worry that they would hasten ridership decline. [19] [20] He was the only board member to vote against a 2017 fare hike that increased the price by 10 cents for rush hour and 25 cents for off-peak travel times. [21]
In the Senate,Augustine expressed major concerns against a proposal to build a Superconducting Maglev (SCMAGLEV) train that would connect Washington,D.C. to Baltimore,instead calling on the legislature to invest in the Red Line project cancelled by Governor Larry Hogan. [22]
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Jimmy Tarlau ,Democratic | 2,728 | 26.7% | Won |
Diana Fennell ,Democratic | 2,416 | 23.7% | Won |
Michael Summers (Incumbent),Democratic | 1,740 | 17.1% | |
Malcolm Augustine,Democratic | 1,688 | 16.6% | |
Joseph Solomon,Democratic | 1,627 | 16% | |
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Malcolm Augustine,Democratic | 7,841 | 84.1% | Won |
Adrian Petrus,Democratic | 1,478 | 15.9% | |
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Malcolm Augustine,Democratic | 23,983 | 93.0% | Won |
Fred Price,Jr.,Republican | 1,777 | 6.9% | |
Other write-ins | 33 | 0.1% | |
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