Christopher B. Shank
Christopher B. Shank (born June 30, 1972) is an American politician who has served in a variety of roles within Maryland state government, including Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Legislative Officer to Governor Larry Hogan. He has previously served in the Maryland Senate representing the 2nd district in Washington County, including a stint as Senate minority whip. Education Shank graduated from South Hagerstown High School in Hagerstown, Maryland, and later attended Johns Hopkins University where he received his B.A. (history) in 1994. He graduated a Phi Beta Kappa. He later attained his M.A. (political management) from the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University in 1998. He was the valedictorian and received the Howard Paley Academic Excellence Award. Career After college, Shank was a legislative assistant to the Washington County Delegation. He served in this role from 1994 to 1998. Along with being a delegate he is also an adjunct profe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Maryland Legislative District 2
Maryland's Legislative District 2 is one of 47 districts in the state for the Maryland General Assembly. It covers part of Washington County. The district is divided into two sub-districts for the Maryland House of Delegates: District 2A and District 2B. Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 136,004, of whom 106,380 (78.2%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 100,530 (73.9%) White, 17,277 (12.7%) African American, 421 (0.3%) Native American, 2,895 (2.1%) Asian, 42 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 4,392 (3.2%) from some other race, and 10,410 (7.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9,785 (7.2%) of the population. The district had 86,264 registered voters as of October 17, 2020, of whom 18,172 (21.1%) were registered as unaffiliated, 36,768 (42.6%) were registered as Republicans, 29,915 (34.7%) were registered as Democrats, and 787 (0.9%) were registered to other parties. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Hagerstown High School
South Hagerstown High School is located at 1101 South Potomac Street, in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. The current principal is Rodney Gayman. The 164,000 square-foot school is part of the Washington County Public Schools system and has an official capacity of 1240. Background South Hagerstown High School opened its doors in the fall of 1956. The many buildings of South High were planned by Washington, D.C. architects McLeod & Ferrara, and they were built by Norman S. Early and Son of Hagerstown. The architectural design of the school won first place in a national competition that year. The school was dedicated to the service of youth and the community. The South Hagerstown Indoor Percussion won the 2015 KIDA(Keystone Indoor Drill Association) Championship. This is the 5th time in 33 years and is the first win since 2000. Organizations *Student Government Association *National Honor Society *Academic Team *Best Buddies *PTSA *Environmental Club *Robotics Club *Link Crew ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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Johns Hopkins University Alumni
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Johns may refer to: Places * Johns, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Johns, Oklahoma, United States, a community * Johns Creek (Chattahoochee River), Georgia, United States * Johns Island (other), islands in Canada and the United States * Johns Mountain, a summit in Georgia * Johns River (other) * Johns River (Vermont), a tributary of Lake Memphremagog * Johns Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, United States Other uses * Johns (surname) * Johns Hopkins (1795–1873), American entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist * ''johns'' (film), a 1996 film starring David Arquette and Lukas Haas See also * John (other) * Justice Johns (other) Justice Johns may refer to: * Charles A. Johns (1857–1932), associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court * Kensey Johns (judge) (1759–1848), chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People From Washington County, Maryland
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form " people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Politicians From Hagerstown, Maryland
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a politician can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in a government. Identity Politicians are people who are politically active, especially in party politics. Political positions range from local governments to state governments to federal governments to international governments. All ''government leaders'' are considered politicians. Media and rhetoric Politicians are known for their rhetoric, as in speeches or campaign advertisements. They are especially known for using common themes that allow them to develop their political positions in terms familiar to the voters. Politicians of necessity become expert users of the media. Politicians in the 19th century made heavy use of newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, as well ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Republican Party Members Of The Maryland House Of Delegates
Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism *** Republicanism in Australia *** Republicanism in Barbados *** Republicanism in Canada ***Republicanism in Ireland *** Republicanism in Morocco *** Republicanism in the Netherlands *** Republicanism in New Zealand *** Republicanism in Spain *** Republicanism in Sweden *** Republicanism in the United Kingdom ***Republicanism in the United States **Classical republicanism, republicanism as formulated in the Renaissance *A member of a Republican Party: ** Republican Party (other) **Republican Party (United States), one of the two main parties in the U.S. **Fianna Fáil, a conservative political party in Ireland **The Republicans (France), the main centre-right political party in France ** Repu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheik ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large national audience. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. Financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and revived its health and reputation, work continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer's daughter and son-in-law), who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post'' 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Subsequently, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press's investigation into what became known as the Waterga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Donald Munson
Donald F. Munson (born December 21, 1937) is a former Maryland State Senator who represented district 2 ( Washington County). He was defeated in both a primary and general election in 2010 by Delegate Christopher B. Shank. Background Donald F. Munson is an American politician from the state of Maryland. He started his political career in 1975 when he won the seat in the House of Delegates for district 2, representing Washington County. He won reelection three times before running for the seat in the State Senate in 1990 where he handily defeated Democrat Patricia K. Cushwa, who finished her late husband's term, with 64% of the vote. In 1994, Munson won reelection against Democratic challenger Laura J. Wright, winning with 82% of the vote. In 1998, Munson went unchallenged, receiving 100% of the vote. Mary Newby challenged him in 2002, yet only received 29% of the vote to Munson's 70%. In 2006 Munson won re-election with 98.9% of the vote. On September 14, 2010, Munson was defe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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American Legislative Exchange Council
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives who draft and share model legislation for distribution among state governments in the United States. ALEC provides a forum for state legislators and private sector members to collaborate on model bills—draft legislation that members may customize and introduce for debate in their own state legislatures. ALEC has produced model bills on a broad range of issues, such as reducing regulation and individual and corporate taxation, combating illegal immigration, loosening environmental regulations, tightening voter identification rules, weakening labor unions, and opposing gun control. Some of these bills dominate legislative agendas in states such as Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Maine. Approximately 200 model bills become law each year. ALEC also serves as a networking tool among certain state legislators ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |