Mary Louise Preis | |
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Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 34 | |
In office 1991–1999 | |
Preceded by | B. Daniel Riley |
Succeeded by | Charles R. Boutin |
Constituency | Harford County |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacksonville,Illinois | October 10,1941
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | lawyer,politician |
Mary Louise Preis (born October 10,1941) is an American politician who represented district 34 in the Maryland House of Delegates. She was first elected in 1990 and served until 1999.
Delegate Preis was born in Jacksonville,Illinois. Preis graduated from Fontbonne College with her associate degree in 1963 (cum laude). She received her Master of Science degree in 1967 from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Finally she graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1983 with her J.D. She was admitted to Maryland Bar,in 1983.
While a member of the Maryland House of Delegates Mary Louis Preis was a member of the Judiciary Committee from 1991 until 1997,serving as chair of the gaming,law,®ulation subcommittee. She was also on the Appropriations Committee from 1997 until 1999,the House Facilities Committee from 1993 until 1999. She was House Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative,Executive and Legislative Review from 1995 until 1999. Finally,she was a member of the Law and Justice Committee for the National Conference of State Legislatures from 1996 until 1999. She is a former chair of the Harford County Delegation.
Prior to serving in the Maryland General Assembly,Delegate Preis was a practicing attorney. She was also a member of the Board of Trustees at Harford Community College from 1978 until 1988. She also was an Assistant Attorney General from 1985 until 1990,when she first got elected.
Delegate Preis has won several awards in her career including Outstanding Service Award from the Maryland Bar Association in 1995 and the Distinguished Service Award from the Route 40 Business Association in 1998. In 1998,2000,and 2002,she was named in one of Maryland's Top 100 Women by the Daily Record in their Circle of Excellence.
After serving as a State Delegate,Preis was appointed as Commissioner of the Office of Financial Regulation for the State of Maryland. [1] After she left this position,she worked for Citigroup. Preis has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. [2]
Voters choose three:
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Nancy Jacobs,Rep. | 18,091 | 20% | Won |
Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack,Dem. | 17,762 | 20% | Won |
Mary Louise Preis,Dem. | 17,380 | 19% | Won |
B. Daniel Riley,Dem. | 13,891 | 15% | Lost |
Scott Williams,Rep. | 12,362 | 14% | Lost |
Kenneth A. Thompson,Rep. | 10,576 | 12% | Lost |
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack,Dem. | 13,373 | 19% | Won |
Mary Louise Preis,Dem. | 13,045 | 19% | Won |
David R. Craig,Rep. | 12,031 | 18% | Won |
William H. Cox Jr.,Dem. | 10,296 | 15% | Lost |
David M. Meadows,Rep. | 10,069 | 15% | Lost |
Cecil W. Wood,Rep. | 9,840 | 14% | Lost |
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