Maggie McIntosh
| Margaret L. McIntosh | |
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| File:Maggie McIntosh (2008).jpg | |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 43rd district |
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| Assumed office January 6, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | (new district) |
| Maryland House of Delegates 42nd District |
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| In office November 10, 1992 – January 5, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Anne Perkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1947 Quinter, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Website | Official House of Delegates biography, msa.md.gov; accessed December 4, 2015. |
Margaret L. "Maggie" McIntosh (born December 22, 1947) is an American politician from the state of Maryland. The outgoing Chairman of the Environmental Matters Committee and incoming Chairman of the Appropriation Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates, she has been a member of the House of Delegates since November 1992.[1] She is a former Baltimore City Public School teacher who now chairs one of the six standing committees of the Maryland House of Delegates.[2] A Democrat, she represents the state's 43rd district in Baltimore City.
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Early life and career
McIntosh received her Bachelor’s Degree in arts education from Wichita State University in 1970 and her Master of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins University in 1987. An educator, she taught art in the Baltimore City Public Schools from 1972-78, before becoming an adjunct instructor of continuing education at Catonsville Community College (now known as the Catonsville campus of the Community College of Baltimore County).
She would later spend nine years working for the City of Baltimore at the Commission on Aging and Retirement Education, serving from 1985 to 1988 as the Director of Pre-Retirement Education. During that time, she was heavily involved in Democratic campaigns, including those of Michael Dukakis and Barbara Mikulski.[3] She was elected as a delegate to both the 1980 and 2008 Democratic National Conventions, the latter as a delegate pledged to Hillary Clinton.[citation needed]
Legislative career
Maggie McIntosh was appointed to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates in November 1992, when Delegate Anne Perkins accepted a teaching position in China. Two years later she was elected to a full term representing the 42nd District of Baltimore City and parts of Baltimore County. She has been re-elected in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010, but had to run in a substantially different district after the post-2000 round of redistricting; the 43rd, which she now represents, contains only 10% of the voters from her previous district, the 42nd. Nevertheless, in 2002, she placed first in a Democratic primary election in her new district which included five serving or former delegates vying for three seats.
In the Legislature
In the House of Delegates, McIntosh first served on the Appropriations Committee. She chaired the Subcommittee on Personnel and was a member of the Education and Economic Development and Capitol Subcommittees. In 1998, McIntosh assumed the position of Vice Chairman of the Commerce and Government Matters Committee. In 2001, she was named House Majority Leader after a previous stint as Deputy Majority Whip (1995–98). She remains the only woman in Maryland history to serve as majority leader. In January 2003, McIntosh was named chairman of the House Environmental Matters Committee, which handles legislation regarding not just the environment, natural resources, and agriculture, but also transportation, housing, and local government.[citation needed]
Legislative Notes and Accomplishments
- Voted 2nd (after Speaker Michael E. Busch) in The Maryland Gazette of Politics and Business's list of most influential Maryland state delegates for 2010[4]
- Inducted into Daily Record (Maryland)'s Circle of Excellence after being named to Top 100 Women in Maryland list in 1998, 2000, and 2010[5]
- Elected Vice-Chair of The Chesapeake Bay Commission (2012-present)
- Sponsor of 2012 Bottle Deposit bill
- Co-Sponsor of Death Penalty Repeal legislation
- Co-sponsor of Marriage Equality legislation
- Lead Sponsor, Chesapeake Conservation Corp Program[6]
- Lead Sponsor, Ground Rent Registration and Reform[7]
- Co-sponsored HB 860 (Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013). Signed by the Governor on May 16, 2013, the new law approved 1.1 billion dollars to construct new schools in Baltimore City.[8]
Past general election results
- 2014 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 43rd District[9]
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- Voters to choose three:
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Curt Anderson, Democratic 23,046 34.1% Won Maggie McIntosh, Democratic 22,310 33% Won Mary L. Washington, Democratic 21,800 32.3% Won no Republican filed Other Write-Ins 267 .4% Lost Greg Dorsey (Write-In) 128 .2% Lost
- 2010 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 43rd District[10]
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- Voters to choose three:
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Curt Anderson, Democratic 24,831 35.1% Won Maggie McIntosh, Democratic 23,266 32.9% Won Mary L. Washington, Democratic 22,334 31.6% Won Other Write-Ins 312 .44% Lost
- 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 43rd District[11]
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- Voters to choose three:
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Curt Anderson, Democratic 22,315 29.4% Won Maggie McIntosh, Democratic 22,093 29.1% Won Ann Marie Doory, Democratic 21,219 28.0% Won Armand F. Girard, Republican 3,425 4.5% Lost David G.S. Greene, Green 2,619 3.5% Lost Brandy Baker, Green 2,267 3.0% Lost Richard J. Ochs, Green 1,772 2.3% Lost
- 2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 43rd District[12]
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- Voters to choose three:
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Maggie McIntosh, Democratic 21,993 32.5% Won Curt Anderson, Democratic 21,131 30.8% Won Ann Marie Doory, Democratic 19,999 29.15% Won John A. Heath, Republican 5,243 7.64% Lost Morning Sunday, Green(Write-In) 152 .22% Lost Other Write-Ins 97 .14% Lost
- 1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 42[13]
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- Voters to choose three:
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Name Votes Percent Outcome Samuel I. Rosenberg, Dem. 21,768 30% Won James W. Campbell, Dem. 20,903 29% Won Maggie McIntosh, Dem. 20,443 29% Won Jeffrey B. Smith Jr., Rep. 8,399 12% Lost
Firsts
Delegate McIntosh is the first woman to be appointed majority leader in the Maryland House of Delegates and the first openly gay elected member of the Maryland General Assembly.[14][15]
McIntosh is also the first woman to serve as the chairman of the Environmental Matters Committee where she has steered several major legislative initiatives to passage.[citation needed] The Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act, which funded upgrades at wastewater treatment plants around the state, is among McIntosh's accomplishments, as well as an annexation measure passed in 2006 in which she brought counties and municipalities together.[citation needed]
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- ↑ Profile, jhunewsletter.com; accessed December 4, 2015.
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