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[photo, Benjamin S. Barnes, State Delegate] BENJAMIN S. BARNES
Democrat, District 21, Anne Arundel & Prince George's Counties


Member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. Deputy Majority Whip, 2011-. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 2011- (banking, economic development, science & technology subcommittee, 2011; public utilities subcommittee, 2011-; workers' compensation subcommittee, 2012-); House Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2007-. Member, Judiciary Committee, 2007-11 (civil law & procedure subcommittee, 2007-11). Vice-Chair, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2012- (member, law enforcement & state-appointed boards committee, 2007-08, 2011; washington suburban sanitary commission committee, 2008-10).

Legislative aide to Maryland Senate President, 2000-04. Member, Task Force to Study Locations in Prince George's County Best Suited for Use by State Agencies, 2008-09. Board of Directors, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2008-10.

Born in Peoria, Illinois, March 30, 1975. Attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, B.A. (economics & political science), 1998. Field Coordinator, Development Department, People for the American Way, 1999-2000. University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2003. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2004. Law clerk to Judge James J. Lombardi, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, 2004-05. Attorney, Law Offices of Donna L. Crary, P.A., 2005-. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, (litigation law section; young lawyers section); Prince George's County Bar Association, 2006-. Member, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2001-04 (vice-chair, 2003-04); Executive Committee, Young Democrats of Maryland, 2002-03. Member, College Park Education Advisory Committee, 2003-05. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008.

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