Barbara A. Frush (born May 31, 1945) is an

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from

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and a member of the Democratic Party. She served 6 terms in the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the Maryland General Assembly, legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House ...

, representing Maryland's District 21 in Anne Arundel and Prince George's Counties.

Background

Frush was born in

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and attended Northwestern High School in

Hyattsville, Maryland Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It is an urban suburb of Washington, D.C. The population was 21,187 at the 2020 United States census. History Before Europeans reached the area, the upper Anacostia ...

In the legislature

Frush was first elected in 1994, serving 6 four-year terms from 1995 to 2019. During her tenure, she sat on many different committees, including the Environmental Matters Committee from 1995 to 2015 and the Environment and Transportation Committee from 2015 to 2019. She was a member of the Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area from 2003 to 2015, and served as its House Chair in 2003. From 2007 to 2008, Frush was the Chair of the

Prince George's County Delegation The Prince George's County Delegation refers to the 23 delegates who are elected from districts in Prince George's County, Maryland, to serve in the Maryland House of Delegates. Historical background Prince George's County has a rich ...

. Frush declined to run again in the 2018 election, instead working on

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's campaign for the

2018 Maryland gubernatorial election The 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018. The date included the election of the Governor of Maryland, governor, Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, lieutenant governor, and all members of the Maryland General Assembl ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frush, Barbara Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Living people Women state legislators in Maryland 1945 births Politicians from Washington, D.C. 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Maryland General Assembly