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RUSHERN L. BAKER III, Democrat, District 22B, Prince George's County.

Member of House of Delegates since 1994. Member, Judiciary Committee, 1995- (family & juvenile law subcommittee); Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1995-. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1994. Vice-Chair, Bi-County Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 1994-.

Member, Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1995-; Implementation Task Force for Child Support Enforcement Procedures, Department of Human Resources, 1997-.

Born in Valdosta, Georgia, October 24, 1958. Howard University, B.A., 1982, J.D., 1986. Captain, U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General Corps, 1990-94. Served as Senior Congressional Black Caucus Fellow in office of U.S. Senator John Kerry. Attorney, working for Peoples Involvement Corporation, a nonprofit community development & social services organization. Former contract specialist & equal employment opportunity officer, Department of Housing and Community Development, District of Columbia. Member, American and J. Franklin Bourne Bar Associations. Chair, Legislative Committee, Gladys Noon Spellman Parent Teacher Association. Member, Maryland Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; Howard University Alumni Association. Married; three children.


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