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[photo, State Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer] EDWARD J. KASEMEYER, Democrat, District 12, Baltimore & Howard Counties.


Member of Senate, 1987-90, and since 1995. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 1999-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 1997- (member, 1995-). Senate Vice-Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2001- (senate chair, 2000). Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 1995- (capital budget subcommittee, 1998-; chair, health & human services subcommittee, 2002-; chair, pensions subcommittee, 1997-); Joint Committee on Investigation, 1995-; Legislative Policy Committee, 1997-; Task Force to Study the State's Retiree Health Insurance Liabilities, 2002-. Member, Finance Committee, 1987-90; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1987-90; Joint Committee to Study Mandates on Local Government, 1995-97. Deputy Majority Leader, 1996-2001. Member, Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2002. Past chair, Joint Subcommittee on Horse Racing.

Member, Howard County Financial Disclosure Commission, 1980-82.

Member, House of Delegates, 1983-87, representing District 14B (Howard & Montgomery counties). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1983-87; Savings and Loan Oversight Committee, 1986.

Member, Task Force on Real Property Closing Costs, 1985-86; Special Advisory Commission on Professional Sports and the Economy, 1987-88; Partnership for Workforce Quality Advisory Board, 1996; Task Force on the Maryland Prepaid-Tuition Savings Program, 1996. Co-Chair, Task Force on Funding for the Maryland School for the Deaf, 1996. Member, Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education, 2000-01; State Interagency Coordinating Council [for Infants and Toddlers Program], 2000-; Task Force to Evaluate the Development and Construction of a Magnetic Levitation Transportation System (MAGLEV) in Maryland Between Baltimore and the District of Columbia, 2002-. Board of Trustees, Maryland Health Care Foundation, 2002-. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 18, 1945. Attended Howard County Senior High School; Western Maryland College, B.A., 1967. Employed in real estate and mortgage banking. Member, Howard County Democratic State Central Committee, 1978-82. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996. Board of Directors, Howard County Association of Retarded Citizens; Howard County Housing Alliance; Greater Howard County Chamber of Commerce, 1976-82 (president, 1980). Member, Howard County General Hospital Advisory Board. Four children.

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