Kweisi Mfume is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district,first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),a position he held from 1996 to 2004. In 2006,he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes,losing the Democratic primary to the eventual winner,Ben Cardin. Mfume returned to his former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of Elijah Cummings.
Parren James Mitchell was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman affiliated with the Democratic Party representing the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3,1971,to January 3,1987. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Maryland.
Douglas Friend Gansler is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th attorney general of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. Gansler previously served as the state's attorney for Montgomery County,Maryland from 1999 to 2007.
Sheila Ann Dixon is an American politician who served as the forty-eighth mayor of Baltimore,Maryland,after mayor Martin O'Malley was sworn in as governor on January 17,2007. Dixon,then president of the Baltimore City Council,served out the remaining year of his term and won the mayoral election in November 2007. Dixon was the first African-American woman to serve as president of the City Council,Baltimore's first female mayor,and Baltimore's third black mayor.
The 2007 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 6,2007. Because Baltimore's electorate is overwhelmingly Democratic,Sheila Dixon's victory in the Democratic primary on September 11 all but assured her of victory in the general election;she defeated Republican candidate Elbert Henderson in the general election by an overwhelming majority. Dixon,who as president of the Baltimore City Council became mayor in January 2007 when Martin O'Malley resigned to become Governor of Maryland,was the first woman to be elected to the office.
Jill Priscilla Carter is an American politician and attorney who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate since 2018,representing the 41st district in Baltimore. She previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 until her resignation in 2017.
Curtis Stovall Anderson is an American politician,lawyer and former broadcast journalist. He was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1983,was the chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation,and past chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. After serving 12 years,he was elected again in 2002,and served until his retirement in 2023. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1992 (Clinton) and 2008 (Obama).
Jolene Ivey is an American politician who represented the 47th district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2007 to 2015. In 2014,she was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland,running on the ticket of Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler. In 2018,she was elected to the Prince George's County Council to represent the 5th district. In 2023,she was unanimously elected chair of the Prince George's County Council.
Lillie May Carroll Jackson,pioneer civil rights activist,organizer of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP. Invariably known as "Dr. Lillie","Ma Jackson",and the "mother of the civil rights movement",Lillie May Carroll Jackson pioneered the tactic of non-violent resistance to racial segregation used by Martin Luther King Jr. and others during the early civil rights movement.
Juanita Elizabeth Jackson Mitchell was born in Hot Springs,Arkansas,and was the first African-American woman to practice law in Maryland. She was married to Clarence M. Mitchell,Jr.,mother of two Maryland State Senators,and grandmother of one.
The 2014 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic governor Martin O'Malley was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term.
The Maryland Attorney General election of 2014 was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Attorney General of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Doug Gansler was eligible to seek a third term in office,but instead ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland.
Clarence Maurice Mitchell IV is an American radio host and former politician who currently cohosts The C4 And Bryan Nehman Show on Baltimore radio station WBAL. Mitchell served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1995 to 1999 and Maryland Senate from 1999 to 2003 as a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018. The date included the election of the governor,lieutenant governor,and all members of the Maryland General Assembly. Incumbent governor Larry Hogan and Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford,both Republicans,were re-elected to a second term against Democrat Ben Jealous,the former NAACP CEO,and his running mate Susan Turnbull.
Charles E. Sydnor III is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate representing District 44 since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented District 44B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2020.
Eric Douglas Ebersole is an American politician who serves as a Delegate to the Maryland General Assembly representing District 44B. From 2015 to 2023,he represented the 12th District.
Hasan "Jay" Jalisi is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 10,based in Baltimore County,from 2015 to 2023. In 2022,he unsuccessfully ran for Maryland Senate,placing second to state Delegate Benjamin Brooks.
The 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next governor of Maryland. Incumbent governor Larry Hogan was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
A special election was held on April 28,2020,after a February 4,2020 primary,to fill the remainder of the term in the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 7th congressional district in the 116th U.S. Congress. Elijah Cummings,the incumbent representative,died in office on October 17,2019.
Elizabeth M. Embry is an American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 43A in Baltimore. In 2018,she was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland,running on the ticket of Prince George's County executive Rushern Baker. In 2016,she was a candidate for mayor of Baltimore.
