Rona E. Kramer | |
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Secretary of the Maryland Department of Aging | |
In office January 21, 2015 –January 18, 2023 Acting: January 21, 2015 – March 13, 2015 | |
Governor | Larry Hogan |
Preceded by | Gloria G. Lawlah |
Succeeded by | Carmel Roques |
Member of the Maryland Senate from the 14th district | |
In office January 8,2003 –January 12,2011 | |
Preceded by | None (Redistricting) |
Succeeded by | Karen S. Montgomery |
Constituency | Montgomery County |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington,D.C.,U.S. | August 16,1954
Political party | Democratic |
Relations | Sidney Kramer (father) Benjamin F. Kramer (brother) |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Olney,Maryland |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Rona E. Kramer (born August 16,1954) is an American politician who served as the Maryland Secretary of Aging under Governor Larry Hogan from 2015 to 2023. She was previously a member of the Maryland Senate from 2003 to 2011. [1]
Kramer was born in Washington,D.C.,on August 16,1954, [1] one of three children of eventual Montgomery County Executive Sidney Kramer and his wife Betty Mae. [2] She grew up in Montgomery County,Maryland,where she graduated from John F. Kennedy High School. Kramer later attended the University of Maryland,College Park,where she earned a B.A. degree in law enforcement in 1976,and the University of Baltimore School of Law,where she earned her J.D. degree in 1979. She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1980. [1]
After graduating from the University of Baltimore,Kramer worked as an entrepreneur in shopping mall management. [2] She also served as the president of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce from 1992 to 1993. [1] [3]
In 2002,Kramer ran for Maryland Senate in District 14,which had no incumbent senator following redistricting. In the Democratic primary,she defeated state delegate Tod David Sher and former delegate Mathew Mossburg, [3] and defeated Republican businessman Jorge Ribas in the general election. [4]
Kramer was sworn into the Maryland Senate on January 8,2003, [1] where she was described by The Baltimore Sun as being a "socially moderate,business-oriented lawmaker". [5] She also described herself as a fiscal conservative. [2]
Kramer supported a bill giving the legislature veto power over the failed Baltimore Gas and Electric and Constellation Energy merger, [6] capping electricity rate increases, [7] and the limited repeal of the death penalty in 2009. [8] [9] Kramer opposed proposals to repeal the state's computer services tax, [10] legalize commercial slot machines, [11] and prevent Medicaid fraud. [12]
Kramer unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2010,losing to state delegate Karen S. Montgomery. [13] Following her loss,she worked as the senior vice president and general counsel at Kramer Enterprises,a commercial real estate company owned by her father. [14]
On January 8,2015,Governor-elect Larry Hogan named Kramer as his Secretary of Aging. She was one of several Democrats to serve in his cabinet. [5] [15] Kramer's nomination was unanimously approved by the Maryland Senate on March 6,2015. [16]
In this position,Kramer oversaw the launch of the "My Groceries to Go!" supplemental food program [17] and the state's durable medical equipment reuse program. [18] During the COVID-19 pandemic,she oversaw the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to Maryland's senior populations. [19] [20]
During the 2024 United States Senate election in Maryland,Kramer was a co-chair of Democrats for Hogan. [21]
Kramer is a single mom and has two daughters. [22] Together,they live in Olney,Maryland. [2] Kramer is Jewish. [23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rona E. Kramer | 5,369 | 46.4 | |
Democratic | Tod David Sher | 4,900 | 42.3 | |
Democratic | Matthew Mossburg | 1,314 | 11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rona E. Kramer | 22,938 | 60.7 | |
Republican | Jorge Ribas | 14,773 | 39.1 | |
Write-in | 51 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rona E. Kramer (incumbent) | 22,938 | 67.8 | |
Republican | Frank Hackenberg | 12,733 | 32.1 | |
Write-in | 53 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karen S. Montgomery | 4,973 | 50.6 | |
Democratic | Rona E. Kramer (incumbent) | 4,857 | 49.4 |
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