POLITICAL PARTIES

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES


DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 14-17, 2000

The Maryland Delegation to the Democratic Party National Convention in 2000 included 95 delegates and 11 alternates. Of these, 44 delegates and 7 alternates were elected directly from each congressional district by registered Democratic voters in the primary election of March 7, 2000. In addition, the Democratic State Central Committee selected 26 delegates and 4 alternates at its meeting on May 13, 2000. The remaining 25 delegates, consisting of State party and elected officials, and members of Congress, received automatic bids.

PLEDGED DELEGATES ELECTED BY VOTERS AT PRIMARY ELECTION, MARCH 7, 2000

B = pledged to Bill Bradley
G = pledged to Al Gore

1st Congressional District: Charles Baum (B); Rudolph C. Cane (G); Maureen Lamb (B); Mary Ann Love (G); C. James Lowther (G). Alternate: Elizabeth Moyer (G).

2nd Congressional District: Cassandra Beverley (G); Grace G. Connolly (B); Patricia A. Foerster (G); John Olszewski, Sr. (G); C. Albert Ruppersberger (B). Alternate: Edward Crizer (G).

3rd Congressional District: Joseph Flynn (G); Howard Friedman (G); Paula C. Hollinger (G); Joan M. Pratt (G); Stephanie C. Rawlings (B); Samuel I. (Sandy) Rosenberg (B). Alternate: Carmen L. Nieves (G).

4th Congressional District: Rushern L. Baker III (G); Ulysses Currie (G); Philip Feaster (G); Carolyn J. B. Howard (G); Gloria G. Lawlah (G); Vicky Orem (B); Ida G. Ruben (G). Alternate: Robert Stewart (G).

5th Congressional District: Henry T. Arrington, Sr. (B); Dorothy D. Chaney (G); Edward A. Mohler (G); Mary B. Murphy (G); Wilson H. Parran (G). Alternate: Margaret S. Mallino (G).

6th Congressional District Ernest R. Grecco (G); Sue Hecht (G); Rosemary McDermott (B); John T. Riley (G).

7th Congressional District: Talmadge Branch (G); Loretta Johnson (G); Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr. (B); Nathaniel T. Oaks (G); Bettye G. Ridgely (G); Lisa Joi Stancil (G). Alternate: Robert B. Moore (G).

8th Congressional District: Charles E. Barkley (G); Kumar P. Barve (G); Ann Delacy (G); Vanessa Duffy (B); Brian E. Frosh (B); Marilyn R. Goldwater (G). Alternate: Susan Liss.

PLEDGED DELEGATES SELECTED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, MAY 13, 2000

Party leaders & elected officials: Joan Carter Conway; Wayne K. Curry; Douglas M. Duncan; Melanie Miller; Martin J. O'Malley; Janet S. Owens; Howard P. Rawlings; James N. Robey; C. A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger III.

At Large: Virginia Lee Benedict; Donna Edwards; Marietta A. English; Mary Godfrey; Melony Ghee Griffith; Karen Holck; Jeannie J. Hong; Frances Kanterman; Susan Lee; Scott Pastrick; Hilary Rosen; Rochelle (Rikki) Spector; Lisa Vallario; Carmen Delgado Votaw; Sally Wingo. Alternates: Erin M. Fitzsimmons; Karl K. Pence; Catherine E. Pugh; William V. Taylor.

UNPLEDGED DELEGATES

Party & elected officials: Clarence W. Blount; Thomas Buffenbarger; Alvaro Cifuentes; Parris N. Glendening; Janice Griffin; Bobby Harnage, Sr.; Gloria Johnson; Gary LaPaille; Richard Michalski; Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.; Mary Jo Neville; Gregory Pecoraro; Carol Pensky; Wayne L. Rogers; John J. Sweeney; Beatrice P. Tignor; Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Susan Turnbull; John T. Willis.

Members of Congress: Benjamin L. Cardin; Elijah E. Cummings; Steny H. Hoyer; Barbara A. Mikulski; Paul S. Sarbanes; Albert R. Wynn.

Selected by State Central Committee: J. Joseph Curran, Jr.; Casper R. Taylor, Jr.


DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 26-29, 1996

The Maryland Delegation to the Democratic Party National Convention in 1996 included 88 delegates and 11 alternates. Of these, 44 delegates and 7 alternates were elected directly from each Congressional district by registered Democratic voters in the primary election of March 5, 1996. In addition, the Democratic State Central Committee selected 25 delegates and 4 alternates at its meeting on May 15, 1996. The remaining 19 delegates, consisting of State party and elected officials, and members of Congress, received automatic bids.

PLEDGED DELEGATES ELECTED BY VOTERS AT PRIMARY ELECTION, MARCH 5, 1996
(all but two pledged to Bill Clinton)

1st Congressional District: Donald L. Arnold; Clarence A. Hawkins; Susie C. Jablinske; Primo R. Padeletti; Anne M. Remillard (uncommitted). Alternate: William G. Williams III.

2nd Congressional District: Michael G. Comeau; Carolyn W. Evans; Patricia A. Foerster; Stephen W. Fogelman (uncommitted). Alternate: Rhonda Framm.

3rd Congressional District: Tyras S. Athey; Edward J. Kasemeyer; Maria Pica; Samuel I. (Sandy) Rosenberg; Robyn I. Stevens; Francine M. Schaffer. Alternate: Raymond E. Suarez.

4th Congressional District: James W. Allen, Jr.; Dorothy F. Bailey; Ulysses Currie; Gloria G. Lawlah; Ida G. Ruben; Decatur W. Trotter. Alternate: Mary E. Shine.

5th Congressional District: Doris C. Bean; Jessie Jo Bowen; Thomas V. Clabby, Jr.; Edward A. Mohler; Mary B. Murphy. Alternate: Kenneth B. Folstein.

6th Congressional District: Catherine A. Ashley-Cotleur; John G. Braskey; Sue Hecht; Charles W. McNemar.

7th Congressional District: Larry S. Gibson; Loretta Johnson; Glenard S. Middleton, Sr.; Robert B. Moore; Shirley Nathan-Pulliam; Howard P. Rawlings; Agnes B. Welch. Alternate: Carol Saffran-Brinks.

8th Congressional District: Martha D. Fish; Robert S. McGarry; Kenneth P. Reichard; Jessamyn Sarmiento; Brian Scott; Mary Elizabeth Teasley; Elizabeth H. Tolbert. Alternate: Steven Rukavina.

PLEDGED DELEGATES SELECTED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, MAY 15, 1996
(all pledged to Bill Clinton)

Party leaders & elected officials: J. Joseph Curran, Jr.; Wayne K. Curry; Douglas M. Duncan; Karl K. Pence; Eileen M. Rehrmann; C. A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger; Kurt L. Schmoke; Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Larry Young.

At Large: Candace H. Beckett; Joanne C. Benson; Daphne I. Bloomberg; Constance R. Caplan; Susan Dotson; Carole Fisher; Margaret Hamrick-Steele; Vivian Jenkins; Eun Y. Kim; Margaret R. Myers; Henrietta J. Parker; Manervia W. Riddick; Bettye G. Ridgley; Linda M. Schaitberger; Maxine C. Wooleyhand. Alternates: C. Vernon Gray; Ernest R. Grecco; Valerie M. Rogers; Irene C. Strieby.

UNPLEDGED DELEGATES

Party & elected officials: Clarence W. Blount; Parris N. Glendening; Harry R. Hughes; Mickey Ibarra; Gloria Johnson; George Kourpias; Mary Jo Neville; Scott Pastrick; W. Gary Sauter; John J. Sweeney; Beatrice P. Tignor; Susan Turnbull; John T. Willis.

Members of Congress: Benjamin L. Cardin; Elijah E. Cummings; Steny H. Hoyer; Barbara A. Mikulski; Paul S. Sarbanes; Albert R. Wynn.

Selected by State Central Committee: Louis L. Goldstein

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