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State and County Elected Officials in Maryland
Supportive of the Purple Line
updated: November 9, 2008

Purple Line NOW! appreciates the efforts of many steadfast supporters of this project at the federal, state and local governmental levels. If you are an elected official and would like to be counted as a supporter of the Inner Purple Line, please click here to contact Purple Line NOW!

*=signed the Purple Line Pledge in 2006

FEDERAL

    U.S. SENATE
  1. U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski
  2. U.S. Senator Benjamin Carden (2006)
    Special thanks to:
    former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes (retired 2006)

    3. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  3. Congresswoman Dona Edwards (D-4)
  4. Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-5)
  5. Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-8)
    Special thanks to:
    former Congressman Al Wynn (D-4)

STATE OF MARYLAND

  1. Governor Martin O'Malley* (2006)
  2. Lt. Governor Anthony Brown* (2006)
  3. Comptroller Peter Franchot*
    Thanks to:
    Governor Parris Glendening (1995-2003)
    current President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute

MONTGOMERY COUNTY STATE DELEGATION

    District 14
  1. Sen. Rona Kramer* (Senate Delegation Chair)
  2. Del. Ann Kaiser
  3. Del. Karen Montgomery
  4. Del. Herman L. Taylor*

    5. District 15
  5. Sen. Rob Garagiola*
  6. Del. Kathleen Dumais*
  7. Del. Brian J. Feldman* (House Delegation Chair, 2008)
  8. Del. Craig Rice* (2006)
    Thanks to:
    former Del. Jean Cryor* (ret. 2006)

    9. District 16
  9. Sen. Brian E. Frosh*
  10. Del. William A. Bronrott*
  11. Del. Susan C. Lee,* (House Delegation Co-chair, 2008)
  12. Del C. William (Bill) Frick
    Thanks to:
    former Del. Marilyn Goldwater* (ret. 2007)

    13. District 17
  13. Sen. Jennie M. Forehand
  14. Del. Kumar Barve
  15. Del. Jim Gilchrist
  16. Del. Luiz Simmons*

    17. District 18
  17. Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez*

    18. District 19
  18. Sen. Michael G. (Mike) Lenett* (2006)
  19. Del. Henry (Hank) B. Heller* (2006)
  20. Del. Ben Kramer*
  21. Del. Roger Manno* (2006)
    Thanks to former legislators:
    Sen. Leonard H. Teitelbaum (ret. 2006),
    Del. Carole Petzold* (ret. 2006),
    Del. Adrienne A. Mandel (ret. 2006)

    22. District 20
  22. Sen. Jamie Raskin*
  23. Del. Sheila E. Hixson*
  24. Del. Tom Hucker*
  25. Del. Heather Mizeur*
    Thanks to former legislators:
    Sen. Ida G. Ruben* (ret. 2006),
    Del. Gareth E. Murray* (ret. 2006),
    Del. Peter Franchot* (elected to Comptroller (11/7/06)

    26. District 39
  26. Sen. Nancy J. King*
  27. Del. Saqib Ali* (2006)
  28. Del. Kirill Reznik
  29. Del Charles Barkley

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY STATE DELEGATION

    District 21
  1. Sen Jim Rosapepe* (2006)
  2. Del. Ben Barnes
  3. Del. Barbara A. Frush* (House Delegation Chair, 2008)
  4. Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk* (2006)
    Thanks to:
    Del. Pauline Menes (ret. 2006)
    Del. Brian Moe (ret. 2006)

    5. District 22
  5. Sen. Paul Pinsky*
  6. Del. Anne Healey*
  7. Del. Tawanna Gaines* (House Delegation Co-chair, 2008)
  8. Del Justin Ross*
    Thanks to:
    Del. Rushern Baker* (retiring - 200B)

    9. District 23
  9. Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters* (2006)

    10. District 23A
  10. Del. Mary Conroy*
  11. Del. James Hubbard*
  12. Del. Gerrin Levi

    13. District 25
  13. Del. Melony Ghee Griffith
    Thanks to:
    Del. Anthony Brown* (elected as Lt. Gov., 2006)

    14. District 26
  14. Del. Obie Patterson
  15. Del. Darryl A. Kelley*

    16. District 27A
  16. Tamara Davis Brown*

    17. District 47
  17. Senator David Harrington* (2008)
  18. Del. Doyle Niemann*
  19. Del. Victor Ramirez*
  20. Del. Jolene Ivey* (2006)
    Note:
    In January, 2008, PLN mourns the untimely death of our strong ally and the leader of Prince George's Senate delegation: Sen. Gwendolyn Britt*.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
  1. Isiah (Ike) Leggett* (2006)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL
  1. District 1: Roger Berliner* (2006)
  2. District 2: Michael Knapp* (Council President 2008)
  3. District 3: Phil Andrews* (Council President 2009)
  4. District 5: Valerie Ervin* (Dist 5) (2006)
    At Large Members:
  5. Marc Elrich* (2006)
  6. Nancy Floreen*
  7. George Leventhal*
  8. Duchy Trachtenberg* (2006)
    Thanks to former members of council:
    Bruce Adams (at. lg.)
    Derick Berlage (Dist. 5)
    Tom Perez* (Dist. 5) (ret. 2006)
    Marilyn Praisner (Dist. 4) (deceased, 2008)
    Donald Praisner (Dist. 4) (deceased, 2009)
    Steve Silverman* (at. lg.)(ret 2006)
    Michael L. Subin* (at lg.) (ret 2006)

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY EXECUTIVE

  1. Jack B. Johnson

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COUNCIL

  1. Dist. 1: Thomas E. Dernoga*
  2. Dist. 2: Will Campos*
  3. Dist. 3: Eric C. Olson*, (Dist. 3) (2006)
  4. Dist. 4: Ingrid Turner* (2006)
    Dist. 5: Vacant
  5. Dist. 6: Samual H. Dean
  6. Dist. 7: Camille Exum
  7. Dist. 8: Tony Knotts,
  8. Dist. 9: Marilynn M. Bland
    Thanks to former members:
    Douglas J.J. Peters* (Dist. 4) (elected to State Senate - 2006)
    Peter Shapiro (Dist. 2)
    David Harrington (Dist. 5)
    Thomas Hendershot (Dist. 3) (ret. 2006)

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