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1992 Maryland Question 6
Question 6 was a voter referendum to allow voters to approve or reject a law passed by the Maryland General Assembly in 1991 to codify the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in ''Roe v. Wade''. The referendum was approved by 61.7% of voters on November 3, 1992. Ballot measure A draft of the referendum language had been sent to both pro-choice and pro-life groups by Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. to prevent controversy over the wording of the question. He asked the groups to comment on the draft by June 19, 1992, and, after receiving feedback, rewrote the question to use "less cryptic" language. The ballot language was revised for a third and final time before being submitted to the Maryland Secretary of State to appear on the general election ballot. After the language was approved, the Vote kNOw Coalition filed a lawsuit asking for the ballot language to be rewritten. Judge Bruce C. Williams rejected the language and ordered the attorney general to rewrite the ballot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland General Assembly
The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the State House in Annapolis. It is a bicameral body: the upper chamber, the Maryland Senate, has 47 representatives and the lower chamber, the Maryland House of Delegates, has 141 representatives. Members of both houses serve four-year terms. Each house elects its own officers, judges the qualifications and election of its own members, establishes rules for the conduct of its business, and may punish or expel its own members. The General Assembly meets each year for 90 days to act on more than 2,300 bills including the state's annual budget, which it must pass before adjourning ''sine die''. The General Assembly's 441st session convened on January 9, 2020. History The forerunner of the Maryland General Assembly was the colonial institution, an Assembly of Free Marylanders (and also Council of Maryland). Maryland's foundational charter created a state ruled by the '' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Maryland Senate Election
The 1990 Maryland Senate election were held on November 6, 1990, to elect senators in all 47 districts of the Maryland Senate. Members were elected in single-member constituencies to four-year terms. These elections were held concurrently with various federal and state elections, including for Governor of Maryland. Summary Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: Retiring incumbents Democrats # District 34: Catherine Riley retired. Republicans # District 1: John N. Bambacus retired. Incumbents defeated In primary elections Democrats # District 10: Francis X. Kelly lost renomination to Janice Piccinini. # District 17: S. Frank Shore lost renomination to Mary H. Boergers. # District 18: Margaret Schweinhaut lost renomination to Patricia R. Sher. # District 26: Frank Komenda lost renomination to Gloria G. Lawlah. # District 40: Troy Bailey lost renomination to Ralph M. Hughes. In general elections Democrats # District 2: Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parren Mitchell
Parren James Mitchell (April 29, 1922 – May 28, 2007) 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. Early life Mitchell was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Clarence Maurice Mitchell, was a waiter, and his mother, Elsie Davis Mitchell, was a homemaker. Mitchell graduated from Frederick Douglass Senior High School in Baltimore in 1940. Mitchell served as an officer in the 92nd Infantry Division during World War II, and was wounded in Italy; he received the Purple Heart. He earned his bachelor's degree from Morgan State University, and his master's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1950, Mitchell sued the then segregated University of Maryland for admission to the graduate school with support from the Baltimore Branch of the NAACP, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume ( ; born Frizzell Gerald Gray; October 24, 1948) 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 that was being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, narrowly 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. Early life and education Mfume was born as Frizzell Gerald Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 24, 1948, the eldest of four. His father, a truck driver, abandoned his family in Gray's youth. Upon the death of his mother, Mfume dropped out of high school at sixteen to begin working as many as three jobs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by Delaware Bay and the state of Delaware. At , New Jersey is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-smallest state in land area; but with close to 9.3 million residents, it ranks List of U.S. states and territories by population, 11th in population and List of U.S. states and territories by population density, first in population density. The state capital is Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, and the most populous city is Newark, New Jersey, Newark. With the exception of Warren County, New Jersey, Warren County, all of the state's 21 counties lie within the combined statistical areas of New York City or Delaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bradley
William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 2000 election, which he lost to Vice President Al Gore. Bradley was born and raised in Crystal City, Missouri, a small town south of St. Louis. He excelled at basketball from an early age. He did well academically and was an all-county and all-state basketball player in high school. He was offered 75 college scholarships, but declined them all to attend Princeton University. He won a gold medal as a member of the 1964 Olympic basketball team and was the NCAA Player of the Year in 1965, when Princeton finished third in the NCAA Tournament. After graduating in 1965, he attended Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship where he was a member of Worcester College, delaying a decision for two years on whether or not to play in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George H
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Republican Party
The Maryland Republican Party is the Maryland state branch of the Republican Party (GOP), headquartered in Annapolis. Current elected officials Members of Congress U.S. Senate *None Both of Maryland's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 1987. Charles Mathias was the last Republican to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate. U.S. House of Representatives Statewide offices * Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland * Boyd Rutherford, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland State Legislature * Senate Minority Leader: Stephen S. Hershey Jr. *Senate Minority Whip: Justin Ready *House Minority Leader: Jason Buckel * House Minority Whip: Christopher Adams State Party The Republican Party is the minority party in both houses of the Maryland General Assembly. In the House of Delegates, the Republicans control 42 seats to the Democrats' 99. In the Maryland State Senate, the Republicans control 15 seats to the Democrats' 32. The Republican Party enjoys widespread support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 United States Elections
The 1992 United States elections elected state governors, the President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ..., and members of the 103rd United States Congress. The election took place after the congressional redistricting, redistricting that resulted from the 1990 United States census, 1990 Census. Democrats won control of the presidency and both chambers of Congress for the first time since the Republican victory in the United States elections, 1980, 1980 elections. In the presidential election, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated Republican Party (United States), Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush and Texas businessman Ross Perot. Clinton easily won the electoral college with 370 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBAL-TV
WBAL-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is the Flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Hearst Television, which has owned the station since its inception, and is sister station, sister to the company's sole radio properties, WBAL (AM), WBAL (1090 AM) and WIYY (FM), WIYY (97.9 FM). The three outlets share studios and offices on Television Hill in the Woodberry, Baltimore, Woodberry section of Baltimore, near the transmission tower that WBAL-TV also shares with WIYY and several other Baltimore television and radio stations. History Early history WBAL-TV began operations on March 11, 1948, from its original studios on Charles Street (Baltimore), North Charles Street in Downtown Baltimore. It is the second television station in Maryland, after WMAR-TV (channel 2). The station's parent, the Hearst Communications, Hearst Corporation, also owned WBAL radio and two local newspapers, the afternoon daily ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMAR-TV
WMAR-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios and offices are located on York Road (Maryland Route 45) in Towson, Maryland, Towson (though with a Baltimore City United States Postal Service, mailing address), north of the Baltimore City–Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County border. Its transmitter and antenna, which is on the landmark three-pronged candelabra broadcast tower, is located on Television Hill in the Woodberry, Baltimore, Woodberry neighborhood of Baltimore. History Early years WMAR first began broadcasting on October 27, 1947. It was the first television station in Maryland, and was the fourteenth commercial television station to sign on in the United States (another two stations were experimental). WMAR was founded by the Arunah Shepherdson Abell, A. S. Abell Company, publisher of the ''Sunpapers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Carson
Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries. Carson became the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in 1984 at age 33, then the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the United States. In 1987, he gained significant fame after leading a team of surgeons in the first known separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head. Although surgically a success, the twins continued to experience neurologic/medical complications. His additional accomplishments include performing the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb, developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors, and revitalizing hemispherectomy techniques for cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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