# 428th Maryland General Assembly

The 428th Maryland General Assembly convened in a regular session on January 13, 2011, and adjourned sine die on April 12, 2011.

## Senate
### Party composition

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Democratic Party | 35 |
| | Republican Party | 12 |
| Total | Total | 47 |

### Leadership

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| President of the Senate | Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr. | Democratic | 27 |
| President pro tem | Nathaniel J. McFadden | Democratic | 45 |
| Majority Leader | Robert Garagiola | Democratic | 15 |
| Majority Whip | Lisa Gladden | Democratic | 41 |
| Minority Leader | Nancy Jacobs | Republican | 34 |
| Minority Whip | E. J. Pipkin | Republican | 36 |

### State senators

| District | Jurisdiction(s) represented | Senator | Party | First elected | Primary committee |
| 1 | Allegany, Garrett, and Washington | George C. Edwards | Republican | 2006 | Finance |
| 2 | Washington | Christopher B. Shank | Republican | 2010 | Budget and Taxation |
| 3 | Frederick and Washington | Ronald N. Young | Democrat | 2010 | Education, Health and Environmental Affairs |
| 4 | Carroll and Frederick | David R. Brinkley | Republican | 2002 | Budget and Taxation |
| 5 | Baltimore County and Carroll | Joseph M. Getty | Republican | 2010 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 6 | Baltimore County | Norman R. Stone Jr. | Democrat | 1966 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 7 | Baltimore County and Harford | J. B. Jennings | Republican | 2010 | Education, Health, and Environment |
| 8 | Baltimore County | Katherine A. Klausmeier | Democrat | 2002 | Finance |
| 9 | Carroll and Howard | Allan H. Kittleman | Republican | 2004 | Finance |
| 10 | Baltimore County | Delores G. Kelley | Democrat | 1994 | Finance |
| 11 | Baltimore County | Robert Zirkin | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation |
| 12 | Baltimore County and Howard | Edward J. Kasemeyer | Democrat | 1986 | Budget and Taxation (Vice-Chair) |
| 13 | Howard | James N. Robey | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation |
| 14 | Montgomery | Karen S. Montgomery | Democrat | 2010 | Budget and Taxation |
| 15 | Montgomery | Robert J. Garagiola | Democrat | 2002 | Finance |
| 16 | Montgomery | Brian E. Frosh | Democrat | 1994 | Judicial Proceedings (Chair) |
| 17 | Montgomery | Jennie M. Forehand | Democrat | 1994 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 18 | Montgomery | Richard Madaleno | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation |
| 19 | Montgomery | Roger Manno | Democrat | 2010 | Education, Health, and Environment |
| 20 | Montgomery | Jamie Raskin | Democrat | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 21 | Anne Arundel and Prince George's | James Rosapepe | Democrat | 2006 | Education, Health, and Environment |
| 22 | Prince George's | Paul G. Pinsky | Democrat | 1994 | Education, Health, and Environment |
| 23 | Prince George's | Douglas J. J. Peters | Democrat | 2006 | Budget and Taxation |
| 24 | Prince George's | Joanne C. Benson | Democrat | 2010 | Finance |
| 25 | Prince George's | Ulysses Currie | Democrat | 1994 | Budget and Taxation (Chair) |
| 26 | Prince George's | C. Anthony Muse | Democrat | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 27 | Calvert and Prince George's | Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr. | Democrat | 1974 | n/a |
| 28 | Charles | Thomas M. "Mac" Middleton | Democrat | 1994 | Finance (Chair) |
| 29 | Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's | Roy Dyson | Democrat | 1994 | Education, Health, and Environment (Vice-Chair) |
| 30 | Anne Arundel | John Astle | Democrat | 1994 | Finance (Vice-Chair) |
| 31 | Anne Arundel | Bryan Simonaire | Republican | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 32 | Anne Arundel | James E. DeGrange Sr. | Democrat | 1998 | Budget and Taxation |
| 33 | Anne Arundel | Edward R. Reilly | Republican | 2009 | Education, Health and Environmental Affairs |
| 34 | Cecil and Harford | Nancy Jacobs | Republican | 1998 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 35 | Harford | Barry Glassman | Republican | 1998 | Finance |
| 36 | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne's | E. J. Pipkin | Republican | 2002 | Finance |
| 37 | Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico | Richard F. Colburn | Republican | 1994 | Education, Health, and Environment |
| 38 | Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester | James N. Mathias Jr. | Democrat | 2010 | Budget and Taxation |
| 39 | Montgomery | Nancy J. King | Democrat | 2007 | Budget and Taxation |
| 40 | Baltimore City | Catherine E. Pugh | Democrat | 2006 | Finance |
| 41 | Baltimore City | Lisa Gladden | Democrat | 2002 | Judicial Proceedings (Vice-Chair) |
| 42 | Baltimore County | James Brochin | Democrat | 2002 | Judicial Proceedings |
| 43 | Baltimore City | Joan Carter Conway | Democrat | 1997 | Education, Health, and Environment (Chair) |
| 44 | Baltimore City | Verna L. Jones | Democrat | 2002 | Budget and Taxation |
| 45 | Baltimore City | Nathaniel J. McFadden | Democrat | 1994 | Budget and Taxation |
| 46 | Baltimore City | Bill Ferguson | Democrat | 2010 | Education, Health and Environment |
| 47 | Prince George's | Victor R. Ramirez | Democrat | 2010 | Judicial Proceedings |