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NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA,
SEPTEMBER 3-6, 2012

PLEDGED DELEGATES ELECTED BY VOTERS AT PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 3, 2012

1st Congressional District: Sandra H. Bjork (O); David E. Carey (O); Chuck Cook (O); James P. Ireton, Jr. (O); Laura Mitchell (O); Blair Burns Potter (O); Carl Widell (O).

2nd Congressional District: Duane (Tony) Baysmore (O); Kameahle Christopher (O); Marietta A. English (O); Jerome Foster (O); Delores G. Kelley (O); Rick Martinez (O); John A. Olszewski, Jr. (O); Amanda E. Pleasant (O).

3rd Congressional District: William H. Cole IV (O); Donna S. Edwards (O); Daniel L. Ewald (O); Sarah Flynn (O); Guy J. Guzzone (O); Anwar Hasan (O); Mary S. Marker (O); Bill Romani (O); Donna M. Smith (O).

4th Congressional District: Lakeecia Allen (O); Deriece Pate Bennett (O); Omar M. Boulware (O); Jacqueline R. Garrison (O); Katina Rojas Joy (O); Dennie Martin (O); Sylvester Okere (O); Adam C. Ortiz (O); Victor R. Ramirez (O); Nina Smith (O); Edward A. Terry (O).

5th Congressional District: Timothy J. Adams (O); Kisha A. Brown (O); Ismael Vincent Canales (O); Albert B. Coleman (O); Lafonda Fenwick (O); Jessy P. Mejia (O); Lewis Powell (O); Denise Riley (O); Justin D. Ross (O); Beth E. Swoap (O); Nicole A. Williams (O).

6th Congressional District: Brian K. Grim (O); Jennifer M. Hosey (O); Caitlyn Leiter-Mason (O); Elizabeth Paul (O); Michael A. Sesma (O); Thomas G. Slater, Esq. (O).

7th Congressional District: Calvin B. Ball (O); Mitch Case (O); Lisa A. Gladden (O); Herbert S. Graves (O); Adrienne A. Jones (O); Angela Lagdameo (O); Clarence K. Lam, M.D. (O); Fred D. Mason, Jr. (O); Lucinda Ware (O); Mary L. Washington (O).

8th Congressional District: Margaret Byron (O); Clara B. Floyd (O); Almina Khorakiwala (O); Bob Kresslein (O); Susan Ness (O); Spencer Overton (O); John L. Randall (O); Hans Riemer (O); Jeffrey Z. Slavin (O); Myrna R. Whitworth (O).

PLEDGED DELEGATES SELECTED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, MAY 12, 2012

Party leaders & elected officials: Rushern L. Baker III; Joanne C. Benson; Michael E. Busch; Peter V. R. Franchot; Douglas F. Gansler; Kevin B. Kamenetz; Susan C. Lee; Isiah (Ike) Leggett; Maggie McIntosh; Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.; Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk; Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake.

At Large: Jean Bailey; Margaret Baltimore; Walakewon Blegay; Parris N. Glendening; Joseph T. Hansen; Maureen Higgins; Loretta Johnson; Ngoc Minh Le; Terry Lierman; Aruna Miller; Kathleen Miller; Alexis Reed; John Reid; Boyce Rensberger; Manervia W. Riddick; Nichelle Schoultz; Erin Schurmann; Ellen W. Scott; Kathleen Kennedy Towsend; Elizabeth Weller; Arlethia West.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, DENVER, COLORADO,
AUGUST 25-28, 2008

Maryland sent 99 delegates and 12 alternates to the Democratic Party National Convention in 2008. In Maryland's primary election on February 12, 2008, registered Democratic voters directly elected 46 delegates and 8 alternates, apportioned among the State's eight Congressional Districts. The Democratic State Central Committee, at its May 1, 2008 meeting, selected an additional 15 at-large delegates and 4 at-large alternates proportionate to the number of votes received by each presidential candidate in the February primary election. At that same meeting, the Committee also selected 9 pledged party leaders and elected officials, and 2 unpledged "add-on" delegates. The remaining 27 delegates included specified State party and elected officials, and members of Congress.

PLEDGED DELEGATES ELECTED BY VOTERS AT PRIMARY ELECTION, FEBRUARY 12, 2008

1st Congressional District: Mike A. Eaves (C); Ryan E. Ewing (O); Joyce M. Fitzpatrick (O); Jack E. Hughes (C); Nancy C. Voss (C); Barrie Parsons Tilghman (C) (alternate).

2nd Congressional District: Marietta A. English (C); Cheryl D. Glenn (O); Dion F. Gutherie (C); Robert Johnson, Jr. (O); Kathleen M. Miller (O); Kwame Baraka Rich (O) (alternate).

3rd Congressional District: Daniel Clements (O); Jon M. Laria (C); Lisa Lopez Friedman (O); Sandy Hillman (C); David A. Markey (O); Maggie McIntosh (C); Lynn Farrow (O) (alternate).

4th Congressional District: Angela A. Alsobrooks, Esq. (C); Rushern L. Baker III (O); Michael E. Buckley (O); Mary Jane Coolen (O); Nathaniel Exum (O); Jolene Ivey (O); Darrell A. Miller (C); Katina Rojas Joy (O) (alternate).

5th Congressional District: Benjamin S. Barnes (C); Virginia Benedict (C); Mark Cook (O); Sue Kullen (O); Justin D. Ross (O); Roxanne Taylor (O); Leonard L. Lucchi, Esq. (O) (alternate).

6th Congressional District: Goodloe E. Byron, Jr. (O); John P. Donoghue (C); C. Sue Hecht (C); Ann-Marie Luciano (O); James Bestpitch (C) (alternate).

7th Congressional District: Lisa A. Gladden (O); Verna L. Jones (O); Nathaniel J. McFadden (O); Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. (O); Catherine E. Pugh (C); Bernard C. (Jack) Young (C); Stephanie E. Farquhar (O) (alternate).

8th Congressional District: Stewart Bainum, Jr. (O); Mary H. Boergers (C); John K. Delaney (C); Rosie Engman (O); Brian J. Feldman (O); Nancy M. Floreen (C); Lynn M. Novelli (O); Jamin B. Raskin (O) (alternate).

PLEDGED DELEGATES SELECTED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, MAY 3, 2008

Party leaders & elected officials: Curtis S. Anderson (O); Anthony G. Brown (C); Sheila Dixon (O); Peter V. R. Franchot (O); Douglas F. Gansler (O); Carolyn J. B. Howard (C); Susan C. Lee (C); Jennifer R. Terrasa (O); Kenneth S. Ulman (O).

At Large: Jean Bailey (C); Ida Bailey-Jones (C); G. James Benoit, Jr. (O); Wayne K. Curry (C); Joseph Hansen (O); Helen L. Holton (O); Jack B. Johnson (C); Loretta Johnson (C); Adrienne A. Jones (C); Marcia Massey (C); Penny L. McCrimmon (O); Cheryl Miller (O); Ellis Mottur (C); Joan B. Pitkin (O); Julie B. Randall (O); Elly Shaw-Belblidia (O); Dana Vickers Shelly (O); Jason Waskey (O); Robert Yochem (O).

UNPLEDGED DELEGATES SELECTED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, MAY 3, 2008

Parris N. Glendening; Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.

UNPLEDGED DELEGATES

Democratic National Committee members: Glenard S. Middleton, Sr.; Heather R. Mizeur; L. Gregory Pecoraro; Karen Pope-Onwukwee; Susan W. Turnbull.

Democratic National Committee At-Large members: Alvaro Cifuentes; John Gage; Janice Griffin; Bel Leong-Hong; Richard Michalski; Mary Jo Neville; Carol Pensky; Michael R. Steed; John J. Sweeney.

U.S. Senators: Benjamin L. Cardin; Barbara A. Mikulski.

U.S. Representatives: Elijah E. Cummings; Steny H. Hoyer; C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger; John P. Sarbanes; Christopher Van Hollen; Albert R. Wynn.

Representative of National Democratic Seniors Coordinating Council: Maria Cordone

Ex officio: Martin J. O'Malley, Governor; Nancy K. Kopp, State Treasurer; Michael E. Cryor, Chair, Maryland Democratic State Central Committee; Lauren Dugas Glover, Vice-Chair, Maryland Democratic State Central Committee.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,
JULY 26-29, 2004

Maryland sent 99 delegates and 11 alternates to the Democratic Party National Convention in 2004. They included 45 delegates and 7 alternates elected at Maryland's primary election on March 2, 2004, by the registered Democratic voters in each Congressional district. The Democratic State Central Committee also selected 15 at-large delegates, 4 at-large alternates, and 9 party leaders and elected officials at its May 19, 2004 meeting. The remaining 29 delegates included State party and elected officials, and members of Congress.

PLEDGED DELEGATES ELECTED BY VOTERS AT PRIMARY ELECTION, MARCH 2, 2004

E = pledged to John Edwards

K = pledged to John F. Kerry

1st Congressional District: Joseph M. Alden (K); Donna F. Cantor (K); Charles T. Dean (E); Cheryl Ann Everman (E); Ina Taylor (K). Alternate: Edmund T. Bennett (K).

2nd Congressional District: Alexander O. Boulton (K); Clifford J. Collins III (K); Jay Hidden (E); Loretta Johnson (E); Mabel Lake Murray (K). Alternate: Y. Maria Welch (K).

3rd Congressional District: Bill D. Burlison (K); Thomas J. Dolina (E); Kathleen J. Ford (K); Marvin R. Hurwitz (K); Joan M. Pratt (E); Dorothy A. Walsh (K). Alternate: Raymond M. Rankin (K).

4th Congressional District: Rushern L. Baker III (K); Mark Feinroth (K); Dawn C. Flyth (E); Anne R. Kaiser (K); R. Michelle Melton (K); John D. Porcari (K). Alternate: Louise Gallun (K).

5th Congressional District: Ted Beseparis (K); Justin W. Chappell (E); Jill A. Dickey (K); Michael A. Gollin (K); Mary A. Green (E); Edith Patterson (K). Alternate: Ono Ekeh (K).

6th Congressional District: Robert Blumenthal (E); Corynne B. Courpas (E); Jennifer Dougherty (K); Daniel Rupli (K).

7th Congressional District: Belinda Conaway (E); Gary K. Hamer (K); Sara Ford Hamer (K); Willie G. Thomas (K); Lynne Warshaw (K); Walter Williams (K). Alternate: Ruth Zlotowitz (K).

8th Congressional District: Naomi Bloch (K); Donna Callejon (E); Douglas Cook (E); Richard J. Hirn (K); Cheryl C. Kagan (K); Susan M. Liss (K); Richard McKeon (K). Alternate: William H. Minor (K).

PLEDGED DELEGATES SELECTED BY DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, MAY 19, 2004

Party leaders & elected officials: Douglas M. Duncan (K); Carolyn J. B. Howard (E); Glenn F. Ivey, Esq. (K); Jack B. Johnson (K); Gloria G. Lawlah (E); Susan C. Lee (K); Martin J. O'Malley (K); James T. Smith, Jr. (K); Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (K).

At Large: Brandi Calhoun (E); Donna S. Edwards (K); Camille Exum (E); Patricia A. Foerster (K); Lisa A. Gladden (E); Pam Guzzone (K); Joseph Hansen (K); Soo Lee Cho (K); Ann Maher (K); Erum Malik (K); Fred Mason (K); Melanie Miller (K); Heather Mizeur (K); Wayne Rogers (K); Doris J. Spencer (K). Alternates: Connie Galiazzo DeJuliis (K); William Taylor (K); Veronica L. Turner (K); Elizabeth Zogby (K).

UNPLEDGED DELEGATES

Party & elected officials: Thomas Buffenbarger; Alvaro Cifuentes; Maria Cordone; Elijah E. Cummings; John Gage; Janice Griffin; Sue Hecht; Weldon Latham; Belkis Leong-Hong; Isiah (Ike) Leggett; Richard Michalski; Glenard S. Middleton, Sr.; Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.; Mary Jo Neville; Scott Pastrick; L. Gregory Pecoraro; Carol Pensky; Michael R. Steed; John J. Sweeney; Beatrice P. Tignor; Susan W. Turnbull.

Members of Congress: Benjamin L. Cardin; Steny H. Hoyer; Barbara A. Mikulski; C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger III; Paul S. Sarbanes; Christopher Van Hollen, Jr.; Albert R. Wynn.

Selected by State Central Committee: Sheila Dixon; Parris N. Glendening.

Senior Elected Official: J. Joseph Curran, Jr.

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 A. 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 A. 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 M. 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 C. 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; L. Gregory Pecoraro; Carol Pensky; Wayne L. Rogers; John J. Sweeney; Beatrice P. Tignor; Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; Susan W. 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

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; Francine M. Schaffer; Robyn I. Stevens. 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 W. 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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DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 3-6, 2012

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, DENVER, COLORADO, AUGUST 25-28, 2008

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 26-29, 2004

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

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

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA,
SEPTEMBER 3-6, 2012

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, DENVER, COLORADO,
AUGUST 25-28, 2008

DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,
JULY 26-29, 2004

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

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

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