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JOHN ADAMS HURSON, Democrat, District 18, Montgomery County.
Member of House of Delegates since 1991. Majority Leader, 1995-. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1996- (education subcommittee). Member, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, 1993-; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1995-; Legislative Policy Committee (management subcommittee), 1995-; Spending Affordability Committee, 1995-; Special Joint Committee on Group Homes, 1996-; Special Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996-. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-94 (unemployment insurance subcommittee; chair, health subcommittee, 1994); Appropriations Committee, 1995-96 (capital budget subcommittee; health & human resources subcommittee; oversight committee on pensions; oversight committee on personnel); Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 1996; Special Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97. House Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1994. Member, County Affairs Committee, and Special Committee on County Finances (former chair, planning committee), Montgomery County Delegation.
Member, Juvenile Court Committee, Montgomery County, 1978-80; Councilmanic Charter Redistricting Commission, Montgomery County, 1982. Member, Governor's Task Force on Community Health Networks, 1995-.
Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, December 23, 1953. Georgetown University, B.A., 1976; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1979. Attorney; businessman. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Executive Committee, Democratic National Committee Small Business Council, 1986. Chair, District 18 Democratic Caucus, 1981, 1988. Co-Chair, Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Coalition, 1989. Executive Committee, Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders, 1989 (president, 1991-93). Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1991-. Executive Director, American Council of Young Political Leaders, 1993-95. Married; two children.
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