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The Maryland Senate is the upper house of the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Maryland. One Senator is elected from each of the state's 47 electoral districts. As of January 2023, 34 of those seats are held by Democrats and 13 by Republicans. The leader of the Senate is known as the President, a position ...
This is a list of United States senators from Maryland, which ratified the United States Constitution April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do so. [1] To provide for continuity of government, the framers divided senators into staggered classes that serve six-year terms, and Maryland's senators are in the first and third classes. [2]
William G. Folden (born April 5, 1972) is an American politician who is currently a Republican member of the Maryland Senate, representing District 4 since 2023. He was previously a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 3B from 2015 to 2019. [1]
Lewis Young was sworn into the Maryland Senate on January 11, 2023, becoming the first woman elected to represent western Maryland in the Senate. [20] She is a member of the Education, Energy, and Environment Committee. [2] Lewis Young was a delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, pledged to Kamala Harris. [21]
Angela Alsobrooks, the top elected official in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is projected to beat Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, becoming the state’s first Black female senator.
Angela Alsobrooks secured a congressional seat in Maryland Tuesday, becoming the first Black candidate elected to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.. Alsobrooks, the Prince George's County ...
Her victory – along with that of Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware – means two Black women will be serving in the US Senate together for the first time in American history
The Maryland Senate, ... but in 1650, the Governor and his appointed council began serving as the upper house of a now bicameral legislature.