List of current members of the Maryland Senate

Party Composition of Maryland State Senate districts.

The Maryland Senate is the upper house of the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Maryland. One Senator is elected from each of the state's 47 electoral districts. As of January 2010, 33 of those seats are held by Democrats and 14 by Republicans. The leader of the Senate is known as the President, a position currently held by Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., who represents Charles and Prince George's counties. In addition, Senators elect a President Pro Tempore, and the respective party caucuses elect a majority and minority leader and a majority and minority whip.

Senators are elected in even-numbered years when the President of the United States is not being elected, similar to most other state offices in Maryland. The most recent election was in November 2010. Senators are not term-limited. Should a Senator resign from office before his or her term expires, the local central committee of the party to which the retiring senator belonged makes a recommendation to the Governor for whom to appoint to the open seat. It is tradition for the Governor to appoint the recommended person. Four of the current members of the Maryland State Senate were originally appointed, two of whom have since been elected in their own right. Newly elected Senators are sworn in and begin work on the second Wednesday of the January following their election.

Each Senator has at least one standing committee assignment. The first is to one of the four legislative committees: Budget and Taxation; Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (listed in this table as Education, Health, and Environment); Finance; or Judicial Proceedings. A number of Senators have secondary committee assignments, most prominently to the Executive Nominations Committee, which oversees the constitutional responsibility of the Senate to approve nominations by the Governor. Assignment to the Rules or Executive Nominations committees or to any Ad Hoc committees is not noted.

Current party composition

Affiliation	Members
Democratic Party	33
Republican Party	14
Total	47

Current leadership

Position	Name	Party	District
President of the Senate	Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.	Democratic	27
President pro tem	Nathaniel J. McFadden	Democratic	45
Majority Leader	Catherine E. Pugh	Democratic	13
Majority Whip	Lisa A. Gladden	Democratic	41
Majority Whip	Jamie Raskin	Democratic	20
Minority Leader	J.B. Jennings	Republican	4
Minority Whip	Stephen S. Hershey Jr.	Republican	5

Current State Senators

District	Jurisdiction(s) represented	Image	Senator	Party	First elected	Primary committee
1	Allegany, Garrett, and Washington		George C. Edwards	Republican	2006	Finance
2	Washington	No image	Andrew A. Serafini	Republican	2015	Budget and Taxation
3	Frederick and Washington		Ronald N. Young	Democratic	2010	Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
4	Carroll and Frederick	no image	Michael J. Hough	Republican	2014	Judicial Proceedings
5	Baltimore County and Carroll	no image	Justin Ready	Republican	2015	Judicial Proceedings
6	Baltimore County	no image	Johnny Ray Salling	Republican	2014	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
7	Baltimore County and Harford		J. B. Jennings	Republican	2010	Education, Health, and Environment
8	Baltimore County		Katherine A. Klausmeier	Democratic	2002	Finance
9	Carroll and Howard	no image	Gail H. Bates	Republican	2014	Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
10	Baltimore County		Delores G. Kelley	Democratic	1994	Finance
11	Baltimore County		Robert Zirkin	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation
12	Baltimore County and Howard		Edward J. Kasemeyer	Democratic	1986	Budget and Taxation (Chair)
13	Howard		James N. Robey	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation
14	Montgomery		Karen S. Montgomery	Democratic	2010	Budget and Taxation
15	Montgomery		Brian J. Feldman	Democratic	2013	Finance
16	Montgomery	no image	Susan C. Lee	Democratic	2014	Judicial Proceedings
17	Montgomery		Jennie M. Forehand	Democratic	1994	Judicial Proceedings
18	Montgomery		Richard S. Madaleno, Jr.	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation
19	Montgomery		Roger Manno	Democratic	2010	Budget and Taxation
20	Montgomery		Jamie Raskin	Democratic	2006	Judicial Proceedings
21	Anne Arundel and Prince George's		James Rosapepe	Democratic	2006	Education, Health, and Environment
22	Prince George's		Paul G. Pinsky	Democratic	1994	Education, Health, and Environment
23	Prince George's		Douglas J.J. Peters	Democratic	2006	Budget and Taxation
24	Prince George's		Joanne C. Benson	Democratic	2010	Finance
25	Prince George's		Ulysses Currie	Democratic	1994	Budget and Taxation
26	Prince George's		C. Anthony Muse	Democratic	2006	Judicial Proceedings
27	Calvert and Prince George's		Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.	Democratic	1974	President of the Senate[b]
28	Charles		Thomas M. "Mac" Middleton	Democratic	1994	Finance (Chair)
29	Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's	no image	Steve Waugh	Republican	2014	Education, Health, and Environment
30	Anne Arundel		John Astle	Democratic	1994	Finance (Vice-Chair)
31	Anne Arundel		Bryan Simonaire	Republican	2006	Judicial Proceedings
32	Anne Arundel		James E. DeGrange, Sr.	Democratic	1998	Budget and Taxation
33	Anne Arundel		Edward R. Reilly	Republican	2009[a]	Education, Health and Environmental Affairs
34	Cecil and Harford	no image	Robert Cassilly	Republican	2014	Judicial Proceedings
35	Harford	no image	Wayne Norman	Republican	2014	Judicial Proceedings
36	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's		Stephen S. Hershey, Jr.	Republican	2013
37	Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico	no image	Adelaide C. Eckardt	Republican	2014	Budget and Taxation
38	Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester		James N. Mathias, Jr	Democratic	2010	Budget and Taxation
39	Montgomery		Nancy J. King	Democratic	2007	Budget and Taxation
40	Baltimore City		Catherine E. Pugh	Democratic	2006	Finance
41	Baltimore City		Lisa A. Gladden	Democratic	2002	Judicial Proceedings (Vice-Chair)
42	Baltimore County		James Brochin	Democratic	2002	Judicial Proceedings
43	Baltimore City		Joan Carter Conway	Democratic	1997[a]	Education, Health, and Environment (Chair)
44	Baltimore City		Verna L. Jones	Democratic	2002	Budget and Taxation
45	Baltimore City		Nathaniel J. McFadden	Democratic	1994	Budget and Taxation (Vice-Chair)
46	Baltimore City		William Ferguson	Democratic	2010	Education, Health and Environment
47	Prince George's		Victor R. Ramirez	Democratic	2010	Finance

Notes

^a This Senator was originally appointed to office by the Governor to fill an open seat.

^b The President of the Senate does not serve on any of the four standing legislative committees. He does, however, serve on both the Executive Nominations and the Rules Committees.

See also

• List of current members of the Maryland House of Delegates

References

General

• "Maryland at a Glance: Government". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
• "Maryland Senate: Organizational Structure". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
• "Maryland Senators by District". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
• "Maryland Senate - Committees". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

Specific

External links

• Maryland General Assembly