Edward J. Kasemeyer (born July 18, 1945) is an

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from

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and a member of the Democratic Party. He served for many years in the

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, most recently representing Maryland's district 12 in

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and

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counties.

Background

Born in

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, on July 18, 1945, Kasemeyer attended

Western Maryland College McDaniel College is a private college in Westminster, Maryland, United States. Established in 1867, it was known as Western Maryland College until 2002 when it was renamed McDaniel College in honor of an alumnus who gave a lifetime of service to ...

. He has been active with the Howard County Association for Retarded Citizens, the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, and the Howard County General Hospital Advisory Board, as well as in the Democratic Party.

In the legislature

Kasemeyer first served in the Senate as a representative of the 14th district from January 1987 to January 1991, after a single term 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 ...

(elected 1982; served January 1983 to January 1987). Running for re-election to the Senate in 1990, he narrowly lost to Republican Christopher J. McCabe. After

redistricting Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census. The U.S. Constitution in Art ...

changed the district boundaries, he was elected again to the Senate in 1994, this time from the 12th district. He was re-elected five times. During part of his tenure, Kasemeyer served as the Chair of the Budget and Taxation Committee.

References

External links

Maryland Senate - Edward J. Kasemeyer
official MD Senate website **Bills sponsore

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https://web.archive.org/web/20110416044339/http://mlis.state.md.us/2004rs/sponsors/kasemeyer$.htm 200
2003Project Vote Smart - Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer (MD)
profile *''Follow the Money'' - Edward J. Kasemeyer
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