Veronica Turner | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 26th district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2019 Servingwith Kris Valderrama and Jay Walker | |
Preceded by | Tony Knotts |
In office January 8,2003 –January 14,2015 | |
Preceded by | David M. Valderrama |
Succeeded by | Tony Knotts |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington,D.C.,U.S. | February 7,1950
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Carson Turner |
Veronica L. Turner (born February 7,1950) is an American politician who represents District 26 in the Maryland House of Delegates. [1]
Turner was born in Washington,D.C.,on February 7,1950. She attended Prince George's Community College,Tennessee State University,and the George Meany Center for Labor Studies. From 1996 to 2018,Turner served as the president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 63. [1] [2] [3]
After the death of Prince George's County councilmember James C. Fletcher Jr. in 1994,Turner unsuccessfully ran in the special election to serve the rest of his term. [4] She unsuccessfully ran again for the County Council in 2002,losing to Tony Knotts in the Democratic primary by just over 200 votes. [5]
Turner was a member of the House of Delegates January 8,2003,to January 14,2015. [1] Turner declined to run for re-election in 2014,instead running for Maryland Senate and challenging incumbent state Senator C. Anthony Muse. [6] She lost to Muse in the Democratic primary election,coming 2,000 votes shy of defeating him. [7]
Turner was re-elected to the House of Delegates in 2018 and was sworn in on January 9,2019. [1] [8]
Turner introduced legislation in the 2005 legislative session that would limit the number of patients that nurses could care for. The bill was withdrawn on March 18,2005. [9]
Turner supported the Civil Marriage Protection Act,a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland,but was unable to vote for it because she had an emergency surgery for a serious illness on the day of the vote. [10] [11] [12] The bill passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 72–67 [13] and was signed into law by Governor Martin O'Malley on March 2,2012. [14]
In January 2019,Turner voted for legislation to lift a ban on developer contributions in county political races. The bill passed out of committee by a vote of 18–5. [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Obie Patterson | 10,248 | 23.9 | |
Democratic | Veronica Turner | 7,349 | 17.1 | |
Democratic | Darryl A. Kelley | 6,109 | 14.2 | |
Democratic | Frederick Hutchinson | 6,032 | 14.0 | |
Democratic | Xavier A. Aragona | 3,715 | 8.6 | |
Democratic | Joyce A. Beck | 3,301 | 7.7 | |
Democratic | Henry W. Harris,Sr. | 2,724 | 6.3 | |
Democratic | Al Barrett | 2,310 | 5.4 | |
Democratic | Jackie Prentiss-Jones | 1,163 | 2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Veronica Turner | 22,482 | 29.8 | |
Democratic | Obie Patterson | 21,794 | 28.9 | |
Democratic | Darryl A. Kelley | 21,306 | 28.2 | |
Republican | JoAnn Fisher | 3,675 | 4.9 | |
Republican | Dale L. Anderson | 3,562 | 4.7 | |
Republican | Max Buff | 2,623 | 3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Veronica Turner | 24,891 | 34.1 | |
Democratic | Kris Valderrama | 22,231 | 30.5 | |
Democratic | Jay Walker | 22,162 | 30.4 | |
Republican | John Rowe | 3,587 | 4.9 | |
Write-in | 108 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Veronica Turner | 27,770 | 35.0 | |
Democratic | Jay Walker | 24,328 | 30.7 | |
Democratic | Kris Valderrama | 24,141 | 30.5 | |
Republican | Holly Ellison Henderson | 2,916 | 3.7 | |
Write-in | 107 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | C. Anthony Muse | 7,676 | 50.7 | |
Democratic | Veronica Turner | 5,002 | 33.0 | |
Democratic | Brian Patrick Woolfolk | 1,351 | 8.9 | |
Democratic | Jerry J. Mathis | 1,116 | 7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jay Walker | 11,749 | 24.3 | |
Democratic | Veronica Turner | 10,197 | 21.1 | |
Democratic | Kris Valderrama | 9,590 | 19.8 | |
Democratic | David Sloan | 4,403 | 9.2 | |
Democratic | Sade Oshinubi | 4,153 | 8.6 | |
Democratic | Leonard "Lennie" Moses | 3,475 | 7.2 | |
Democratic | Diedra Henry-Spires | 2,912 | 6.0 | |
Democratic | Sean Chao | 1,812 | 3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Veronica Turner | 35,748 | 35.1 | |
Democratic | Kris Valderrama | 32,523 | 32.0 | |
Democratic | Jay Walker | 11,749 | 24.3 | |
Write-in | 2,361 | 2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Veronica L. Turner | 30,612 | 33.77 | |
Democratic | Jamila Woods | 29,335 | 32.36 | |
Democratic | Kris Valderrama | 27,068 | 29.86 | |
Republican | JoAnn Fisher | 3,438 | 3.79 | |
Write-in | 193 | 0.21 |
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