Recognized by his colleagues for his measured and principled demeanor, Senator Clarence W. Blount was elected by his peers to serve as Senate Majority Leader in 1983 (a position where he would serve until his passing in 2003). Upon this achievement, he became the first African-American to hold this prestigious position. Few individuals who’ve walked […]
A member of the Maryland General Assembly for some 48 years, Senator Frederick Malkus truly left his mark on Annapolis and was a strong and steady leader as Maryland Senate President Pro Tem. Born in 1913, Malkus would be a product of Dorchester County Public Schools then Western Maryland College and a tour of duty […]
After four victories and cash winnings totaling $105,602, former Maryland Senate Staffer Eric Backes will return to the popular ‘Jeopardy’ game show to appear in its annual Tournament of Champions this fall. Legislative Director to current Senate President Pro Tempore Katherine Klausmeier from 2005 to 2013, Backes is well known in state government circles having […]
No more towering a figure has stood over Maryland politics in the 2010s than Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. A native of Clinton and a lifelong Marylander, Miller would come to the Maryland General Assembly as a staffer following his graduation from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1967. In 1971, […]
No elected official personified the changing face of the Maryland Senate over the 2010s than former Senator and current Montgomery County Budget Director Richard Madaleno. A Montgomery County resident since childhood, Madaleno grew up in Silver Spring and attended Montgomery County Public Schools and then later Georgetown Preparatory School. He’d go on to Syracuse University […]
