Maryland will send more than 100 delegates to the Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday in Los Angeles. Here's a look at the state's representatives.
1ST DISTRICT CHARLES BAUM, 58, of Saverna Park, is a delegate for Bill Bradley and will attend his first convention this year. Baum is an officer at the financial and real estate investment firm of United Holdings Inc. and also is chairman of the Morgan Group, a publicly held hauling company. Baum is married with two children and two stepchildren.
DELEGATE RUDOLPH C. CANE, 66, of Hebron, is in his first term representing District 37A in the House of Delegates after serving four years on the Wicomico County Council. Cane, a Gore delegate, will attend his first convention and particularly wants to voice his opinion on affirmative action and equal opportunity for women. Cane is community development administrator for Shore Up!, a position he took after retirming for the State Highway Administration. Cane, who is married with two children, served in the Army in Europe from 1952- 1955.
BOBBY L. HARNAGE SR., 60, of Chesapeake Beach, is the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, a union that represents about 600,000 federal and District of Columbia government employees. A union activist for more than 30 years, Harnage started as a steward, serving as national secretary-treasurer for six years before taking the union helm in 1997. He served in the Air Force before becoming active in the union. Harnage grew up in Georgia, attended Macon College and the University of Georgia, is married and has four children and six grandchildren.
MAUREEN LAMB, 78, of Annapolis, will attend her first convention this year as a delegate for former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley. A former Anne Arundel County Councilwoman, school board member and president of the Maryland Association of Counties, Lamb got involved in Bradley's campaign after a five-year hiatus from politics. She said Bradley possessed the sense of honor and integrity necessary for a president and hoped that Vice Presideent Al Gore would incorporate many Bradley ideals in his campaign. A grandmother of 15, Lamb buys and restores old homes in historic Annapolis.
DELEGATE MARY ANN LOVE, 60, of Glen Burnie, is the deputy majority whip in the House of Delegates, a position she has held for the last six years. Before serving as a state legislator, Love worked throughout the Anne Arundel County government as a legislative aide to the County Council and director of the consumer service department, among other positions. Elected to the House in 1993, Love was the first woman chairman of the county delegation in 1999. Love is married with two children. C.
JAMES LOWTHERS, of Annapolis, is the president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400, which represents 40,000 workers throughout the region. He also serves as a vice presient of the UFCW International Union and has held numberous longstanding leadership positions within the AFL-CIO, the umbrella union to which the Commercial Workers belong.
ELIZABETH "BETSY" MOYER, 57, of Gambrills, is the executive director of the Maryland State Teachers Association. A former elementary teacher, Moyer began her work with the union in 1964 as a member of the Harford County Teachers Association and has been active in union leadership for 25 years. Moyer is an alternate delegate attending her first convention.
WAYNE L. ROGERS, of Annapolis, is the chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party and president of Synergics Inc., which specializes in energy development, operation and maintenance of independent power facilities worldwide. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rogers also served as the president of the National Hydropower Association. Rogers is married with two children.
LT. GOV. KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND, 49, is in her second term as the state's second in command and the first woman to hold the position. Among her political concerns have been the abatement of gun violence, crime and domestic violence. She graduated from Harvard University and the University of New Mexico Law School. Townsend will address the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 15. She is married with four daughters.
2ND DISTRICT CASSANDRA BEVERLEY, 42, of Abingdon, is a private practice attorney with offices in Baltimore and Bel Air. Born in Columbus, Ga., she graduated from Aberdeen High School in Harford County. She earned her bachelor's degree in sociology and social work from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and her law degree from the University of Baltimore. She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1985. After practicing as a staff attorney concentrating in child abuse and neglect cases for the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, she went into private practice in 1991. Beverley is a lifetime member of the NAACP and a member of the public service sorority Delta Sigma Theta. This will be her first convention. She is married to Alex Goffin and has three children.
GRACE CONNOLLY, 56, of Towson, is a registrar of wills for Baltimore County. Born in Baltimore, she graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame. She earned a nursing degree from the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She served as a probate judge from 1986 to 1998 and was appointed as chief judge of the Orphans Court in 1990. She remains the Maryland State Representative to the National College of Probate Judges. The last convention she attended was in 1984. She is a Bradley delegate. She has three children.
PATRICIA FOERSTER, 60, of Cockeysville, became the president of the Maryland State Teachers Association on Aug. 1. Before that, she was the vice president for seven years. She was born in Waterford, Mich., and moved to Maryland about 34 years ago. She has four children and nine grandchildren.
JOHN OLSZEWSKI Sr., 40, of Edgemere, is the councilman for the 7th District of Baltimore County and works at Crown Auto Processing. He was born in 1960 and raised in Dundalk. He graduated from Dundalk High School in 1978. A former member of the Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee, he also has been a member of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Commission and the Baltimore County Substance Abuse Advisory Council. This will be his first convention. He is married to Sherry Olszewski, with whom he has three sons.
C. ALBERT RUPPERSBERGER, 78, of Towson, is a semi-retired businessman. He was born in Baltimore and graduated from Forest Park High School. He attended the University of Maryland-College Park for three years before serving in the military during World War II. He was president of Jefferson Fabricators and has worked in management for Shell Oil Co. and Dresser Industries. He also has worked as a venture consultant helping in business-to-business information exchange. Ruppersberger has been involved in community and civic organizations including the United Way, the Kiwanis Club, Jaycees and the Shriners. He is married to Margaret Ruppersberger and has three children, including Baltimore County Executive C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, and three grandchildren.
EDWARD CRIZER, 33. of Sparrows Point, is an alternate delegate. He is a business agent for the Local 37 union. He was born in Baltimore, married to Jennifer Crizer and has no children.
SEN. CLARENCE W. BLOUNT, 79, of Baltimore, has been majority leader of the state Senate since 1983 and has been a senator since 1971. He is chairman of the Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee and the education subcommittee. During his long political career he has been on a number of commissions and task forces, including the World War II Memorial Commission and the Task Force to Study the Governance, Coordination, and Funding of the University System of Maryland. Blount attended schools in Baltimore and earned a bachelor's degree in political science at Morgan State College in 1950. He earned a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1965. Blount served in the Army and was a teacher before he was elected to the Legislature. He is a member of the National Democratic Committee and was a delegate to the 1996 convention. He is married.
GLENARD MIDDLETON is international vice president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, and is president of Local 44 of the union. He attended school at Virginia Commonwealth University and Towson State University. He is a lifetime member of the NAACP, serves on the board of the Baltimore Urban League Executive Board, is chairman of the Baltimore City Joint Apprenticeship Committee and is a member of a number of other political and civic organizations. He was a delegate to the 1988, 1992 and 1996 conventions. He is married to Sharon Middleton and has three children.
GREGORY PECORARO, 41, of Westminster, has served as the assistant secretary at the Maryland Department of Transportation since 1998 and as a Westminster City Council member since 1994. A lifelong Carroll County resident, he attended South Carroll High School. After studying political science at Johns Hopkins University, he joined the staff of U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Baltimore. He was an assistant to the Maryland State Treasurer, the executive director of the Maryland Democratic Party and the executive director of the House Democratic Research Group. He has been on the Democratic State Central Committee for Carroll County since 1982 and has been a member of the Democratic National Committee since 1996. He attended the 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1996 conventions. He is married to Cyd Pecoraro, an elementary school teacher, and has one daughter.
CAROL PENSKY, 54, is finance co-chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee and is co-founder of the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum. She was born in Dallas and is a longtime political activist in the Democratic Party. In 1995, she received the Lawrence O'Brian Achievement Award for her efforts for the Democrats. She was treasurer for the DNC prior to her current position. She is married to David Pensky and has two children.
DELEGATE HOWARD PETER RAWLINGS, 63, of Baltimore, has been a member of the House of Delegates since 1979. Born in Baltimore, he attended Baltimore public schools. He earned his bachelor of science in math from Morgan State University and his master's degree in math from the University of Wisconsin. He was a college teacher before becoming a legislator. He is Appropriations Committee chairman and a member of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, the Legislative Policy Committee, and the Spending Affordability Committee. He is a member of the Maryland Education Council, Education Commission of the States, the board of directors for the University of Maryland Medical System and the Commission on Education Finance, Equity, and Excellence. He was a delegate to conventions in 1988, 1992 and 1996. He is married to Dr. Nina Rawlings and has three children.
C.A. "DUTCH" RUPPERSBERGER, 54, of Cockeysville, has been Baltimore County Executive since 1994. A native of Baltimore, he attended Baltimore City College and the University of Maryland-College Park. He earned his law degree from the University of Baltimore Law School and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1970. He was Baltimore County Assistant State's Attorney from 1972 to 1980 and served as chief of the State Attorney's Office Investigative Division. He was a county councilman for 9 years and twice served as council chairman. He was also a partner in the law firm Ruppersberger, Clark and Mister. He is a member of the Maryland Shock Trauma Board of Visitors, the Greater Baltimore Alliance and the Maryland Association of Counties. He is married to Kay Ruppersberger and has two children.
3RD DISTRICT U.S. REP. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, 56, of Baltimore, has represented Maryland's 3rd Congressional District since 1987. In Congress, he serves on the Ways and Means Committee, the Social Security Committee and is ranking member on the Human Resources Subcommittee. As a member of the House of Representatives, he will be going to Los Angeles as an unpledged delegate. Cardin will be attending his fifth convention. He is married with two children.
HOWARD FRIEDMAN, 34, is a Baltimore resident and will be attending the convention as a Gore delegate. Elected during the 2000 Maryland Democratic Primary, this will be his first convention as a delegate. Currently he is chairman of Circa Capital, an investment-banking firm, and is president of the Baltimore Jewish Council. Friedman is married with four children.
JOSEPH P. FLYNN, 54, of Columbia, was elected as a Gore delegate, and this will be his first convention. Flynn has served as the national vice president of District 4 of the American Federation of Government Employees since 1999. He is married with three children.
SEN. PAULA COLODNY HOLLINGER, 59, of Baltimore, has represented the 11th District in the Maryland Senate since 1987. She is vice chairwoman of the Senate Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee and this year she was elected Senate majority whip. She started her legislative career in the Maryland House of Delegates, where she was a member from 1979 to 1987. A registered nurse and a resident of Baltimore, Hollinger will be attending her second convention. A Gore delegate, she is married with three children and three grandchildren.
SEN. THOMAS V. MIKE MILLER, 57, of Clinton, is the Maryland Senate president, and has represented the 27th District since 1975. His tenure in Annapolis began in the Maryland House of Delegates where he served from 1971 to 1975. Miller is also chairman of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee and will be addressing the convention on its first day. As an elected official, he will attend the convention as a Gore super delegate. Miller is a practicing attorney. He is married with five children and eight grandchildren.
CARMEN L. NIEVES, 55, of Baltimore, will attend the convention as a Gore delegate. This will be her first convention. She is executive director of Centro de Communicad, a Latino community organization that serves the Baltimore area. Nieves is divorced with two children and five grandchildren
JOAN M. PRATT, 47, is comptroller of Baltimore, a position she was elected to last year. Pratt lives in Baltimore. She is a Gore delegate attending her first convention. She is an ex-officio member of the Baltimore New Democratic Club. She is single and is a certified public accountant with Joan M. Pratt, CPA and Associates where she is also president.
STEPHANIE RAWLINGS, 30, of Baltimore, has represented the 5th District on the City Council since 1995. Rawlings is also an ex-officio member of the Baltimore New Democratic Club. She was elected as a Bill Bradley delegate, but will vote for Al Gore in Los Angeles. This will be her first convention. Rawlings is single and is a practicing attorney.
JAMES N. ROBEY, 59, of Ellicott City, will attend his first convention in Los Angeles. Robey has been Howard County Executive since 1998. As an elected official super delegate, he is pledged for Al Gore. Robey is a Maryland native, is the former Howard County Police Chief, and is married with two children and one grandson.
DELEGATE SAMUEL I. "SANDY" ROSENBERG, 50, of Baltimore, is a Maryland native and has represented the 42nd District in the Maryland House of Delegates since 1983. He is the House chairman of both the Joint Committee on Welfare Reform and the Joint Audit Committee. A lawyer and adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore and University of Maryland School of Law, this is his third convention. While he was elected as a Bill Bradley delegate, Rosenberg plans to vote for Gore. Rosenberg is single and is an ex-officio member of the Baltimore New Democratic Club.
4TH DISTRICT WAYNE K. CURRY, 49, of Upper Marlboro, has been the Prince George's County executive since 1994. He has worked to increase the county's commitment to economic development and is an advocate for educational excellence and a proponent of neighborhood schools. He is married to Sheila, and they have a son and a daughter.
U.S. REP. ALBERT R. WYNN, 49, of Largo, was first elected to Congress from the 4th District in 1992. He said his mission is helping to expand economic opportunity for all Americans. Wynn serves on the Commerce Committee and is a Deputy Democratic Whip. He said he is known as an advocate for small business development and federal employees. Wynn has a 5-year-old daughter.
JOHN T. WILLIS, 53, of Baltimore, has served as secretary of state since his gubernatorial appointment in 1995. He is chairman of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State and serves as their representative to the Democratic National Committee. Willis is an author, historian and self-described expert on the Maryland electorate and demographics. He has attended national conventions in 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 in a variety of roles including delegate and alternate delegate. He is married to Kathy S. Mangan, a poet and English professor. They have two children.
DELEGATE RUSHERN L. BAKER III, 41, of Cheverly, was first elected from Disrict 22B in 1994. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee. Baker is a lawyer, is married and has three children.
SEN. ULYSSES CURRIE, 62, of Forestville, has represented District 25 in the Maryland Senate since 1995 and is the deputy majority whip as well as Senate chairman of several committees. Previously, he was a House Delegate from 1987 to 1994. He was a teacher in Prince George's County schools for 25 years before taking office. Currie is married to Shirley, and they have two children.
PHILLIP FEASTER, 61, of Fort Washington, is president of Teamsters Local 639, which has 7,000 members including truck drivers and bus drivers. This will be his first convention and his wife, Joyce, and their 24-year-old daughter, Tianna, who is attending the convention as a member of the Young Democrats, will accompany him. Feaster also has a 19-year-old son.
ROBERT STEWART, 52, of Takoma Park, is director of legislative and community affairs for Local 1994 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. He attended his first and only other convention in 1968 as a page. He is married to Sharon and they have two children.
DELEGATE CAROLYN J.B. HOWARD, of Mitchellville, was first elected as a delegate in 1988. She is a member of the Ways and Means Committee and was formerly a principal in the Prince George's County school system. She previously attended Democratic National Conventions in 1984 and 1992. She is married and has three children.
SEN. GLORIA LAWLAH, 61, of Hillcrest Heights, has represented District 26 since 1991 and is a member of the Budget and Taxation Committee, as well as the Prince George's County Women's Hall of Fame. She was a House delegate from 1987 to 1991. This is her fourth time as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, having attended in 1984, 1992 and 1996. She is married to Jack Lawlah and they have three children.
SEN. IDA G. RUBEN, 71, of Silver Spring, has been a state legislator for 26 years. She has been a state senator from District 20 since 1987 and is the president pro tem. She was a member of the House of Delegates from 1975 to 1987. She attended the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a guest. This will be her second convention and her first as a delegate. Ruben is married to L. Leonard Ruben, and they have four sons.
VICKY L. OREM, of Mitchellville, is a lawyer with her own law practice in Greenbelt.
5TH DISTRICT HENRY ARRINGTON SR., 68, of Upper Marlboro, will be a delegate to his second Democratic National Convention -- his first convention was in 1972,when the Democrats nominated George McGovern. He was born in Montgomery, Ala., and served in the Air Force for about four years before attending college at Alabama State University. In 1958, he returned to the military, serving 10 years in the Navy. Then he moved to Prince George's County and became involved in community efforts to provide more recreational opportunities for youth. He served three terms as the mayor of Seat Pleasant, beginning in 1972, and now works for the state's attorney in Prince George's County as a community liaison. He is married and the father of three sons and two daughters.
DOROTHY DIXON CHANEY, of Lothian, will be attending her first Democratic National Convention as a delegate. Chaney is the chairwoman of the Anne Arundel Democratic Central Committee. She was born in Annapolis, grew up in Galesville, and graduated from Southern High School in Anne Arundel County. She received a bachelor's degree from Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C., a master's degree in speech pathology from the University of Maryland. She worked as a speech pathologist and language teacher in Anne Arundel and Calvert counties for a number of years and served on the Anne Arundel Board of Education for 10 years. Since 1995, Chaney has served on the Maryland Higher Education Commission. She is married and has four children.
EDWARD MOHLER, 61, of LaPlata, will serve his third consecutive term as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention this year. He has served as the president of the Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO since 1989, and was treasurer of that group for the 12 years before that. He was member of the Communications Workers of America, and before that a lobbyist and organizer for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. Mohler is a native of Washington, and joined the Marine Corps in 1955. He married his wife, Barbara, in 1957 and they have six sons.
MARY BUTLER MURPHY, 57, of Brandywine, who will be a delegate to her second Democratic National Convention next week, remembers meeting John F. Kennedy while opening his mail. Murphy had volunteered to help handle the flood of mail that the young president had received, and he came to thank them. Murphy was born in Washington, but grew up in Maryland and graduated from Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro. She retired after 25 years with the phone company. She is the international president of the Knights of St. John, a Catholic charity group. She became active politically as a member of the Communications Workers of America as a labor liaison to several campaigns. Murphy is now chairwoman of the Prince George's Democratic Central Committee. She has a daughter and granddaughter who live in Charles County.
WILSON PARRAN, 50, of Huntingtown, is a first-time delegate, although he's been active in local politics as the vice president and treasurer of the Calvert County Central Democratic Committee. He is the chief of information technology for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and owner of the consulting firm Windspeed Technologies. He also serves on the board of trustees for the College of Southern Maryland, and teaches part-time at the Strayer College campus in Prince George's County. Born in Prince Frederick, he served in the Air Force from 1969 to 1973. He worked with the phone company until 1995, when he was vice president of corporate systems. He has a master's degree in information systems from George Washington University. He has served on the Calvert County School Board and the Maryland State Board of Education. He is a member of the Calvert Memorial Hospital Foundation Board and works with the Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse. He has been married 27 years and has two sons.
BEATRICE TIGNOR will attend her third consecutive National Democratic Convention as a delegate, and is one of five Maryland representatives elected to the Democratic National Committee. Tignor was born in Brandywine and grew up in Prince George's County. She has a bachelor's degree from Bowie State University and three advanced degrees from George Washington University including a doctorate. She taught in local public schools and in Central America. From 1970 to 1995, she taught English at the Prince George's Community College. she served in the Maryland House of Delegates and the state Senate. She is director of procurement for Montgomery County. She is a widow with one daughter.
U.S. REP. STENY HOYER, 61, of Mechanicsville, will be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He has represented the 5th District in Congress since 1981, previously serving in the Maryland Senate, including as Senate president. In Congress, he is a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. He was born in New York, attended Suitland High School and the University of Maryland. He received his law degree from Georgetown University in 1966. He is a member of the University of Maryland Board of Regents.
J. JOSEPH CURRAN JR., 69, will be a delegate to his third consecutive Democratic National Convention next week. Now the state's attorney general, Curran has spent more than 40 years as an elected official: He was a member of the House of Delegates from 1959 to 1963; a member of state Senate for 20 years, serving as chairman of the Judicial Proceedings Committee for over 15 years; lieutenant governor in 1983; and attorney general in 1987. Curran was born in West Palm Beach, Fla., and attended Baltimore parochial schools, including Loyola High School. He attended college and law school at the University of Baltimore. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War, and was stationed in Japan and Korea. Curran and his wife have five children. ^MORE< CNS 08-14-00

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