# 426th Maryland General Assembly

The 426th Maryland General Assembly convened in a regular session on January 14, 2009, and adjourned sine die on April 13, 2009.

## Senate
### Party composition

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Democratic Party | 33 |
| | Republican Party | 14 |
| 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 | Edward J. Kasemeyer | Democratic | 12 |
| Majority Whip | Lisa Gladden | Democratic | 41 |
| Minority Leader | Allan H. Kittleman | Republican | 9 |
| Minority Whip | Nancy Jacobs | Republican | 34 |

### Members

| District | Jurisdiction(s) represented | Image | Senator | Party | First elected | Primary committee | Executive nominations |
| 1 | Allegany, Garrett, and Washington | | George C. Edwards | Republican | 2006 | Finance | — |
| 2 | Washington | | Donald F. Munson | Republican | 1990 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
| 3 | Frederick and Washington | | Alex X. Mooney | Republican | 1998 | Judicial Proceedings | — |
| 4 | Carroll and Frederick | | David R. Brinkley | Republican | 2002 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
| 5 | Baltimore County and Carroll | | Larry E. Haines | Republican | 1990 | Judicial Proceedings | Member |
| 6 | Baltimore County | | Norman R. Stone Jr. | Democratic | 1966 | Judicial Proceedings | Member |
| 7 | Baltimore County and Harford | — | Andrew P. Harris | Republican | 1998 | Education, Health, and Environment | Member |
| 8 | Baltimore County | | Katherine A. Klausmeier | Democratic | 2002 | Finance | Member |
| 9 | Carroll and Howard | | Allan H. Kittleman | Republican | 2004 | Finance | Member |
| 10 | Baltimore County | | Delores G. Kelley | Democratic | 1994 | Finance | Chair |
| 11 | Baltimore County | | Robert Zirkin | Democratic | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | — |
| 12 | Baltimore County and Howard | | Edward J. Kasemeyer | Democratic | 1986 | Budget and Taxation (Vice-Chair) | Member |
| 13 | Howard | — | James N. Robey | Democratic | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | — |
| 14 | Montgomery | | Rona E. Kramer | Democratic | 2002 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
| 15 | Montgomery | | Robert J. Garagiola | Democratic | 2002 | Finance | — |
| 16 | Montgomery | | Brian E. Frosh | Democratic | 1994 | Judicial Proceedings (Chair) | Member |
| 17 | Montgomery | | Jennie M. Forehand | Democratic | 1994 | Judicial Proceedings | Member |
| 18 | Montgomery | | Richard Madaleno | Democratic | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | — |
| 19 | Montgomery | — | Michael G. Lenett | Democratic | 2006 | Education, Health, and Environment | — |
| 20 | Montgomery | | Jamie Raskin | Democratic | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings | — |
| 21 | Anne Arundel and Prince George's | | James Rosapepe | Democratic | 2006 | Education, Health, and Environment | — |
| 22 | Prince George's | | Paul G. Pinsky | Democratic | 1994 | Education, Health, and Environment | — |
| 23 | Prince George's | | Douglas J. J. Peters | Democratic | 2006 | Budget and Taxation | — |
| 24 | Prince George's | | Nathaniel Exum | Democratic | 1998 | Finance | — |
| 25 | Prince George's | | Ulysses Currie | Democratic | 1994 | Budget and Taxation (Chair) | Member |
| 26 | Prince George's | | C. Anthony Muse | Democratic | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings | — |
| 27 | Calvert and Prince George's | | Thomas V. "Mike" Miller Jr. | Democratic | 1974 | n/a | Member |
| 28 | Charles | | Thomas M. "Mac" Middleton | Democratic | 1994 | Finance (Chair) | Member |
| 29 | Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's | | Roy Dyson | Democratic | 1994 | Education, Health, and Environment (Vice-Chair) | — |
| 30 | Anne Arundel | | John Astle | Democratic | 1994 | Finance (Vice-Chair) | — |
| 31 | Anne Arundel | | Bryan Simonaire | Republican | 2006 | Judicial Proceedings | — |
| 32 | Anne Arundel | | James E. DeGrange Sr. | Democratic | 1998 | Budget and Taxation | Vice-Chair |
| 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 | | J. Lowell Stoltzfus | Republican | 1992 | Budget and Taxation | — |
| 39 | Montgomery | | Nancy J. King | Democratic | 2007 | Budget and Taxation | — |
| 40 | Baltimore City | | Catherine E. Pugh | Democratic | 2006 | Finance | — |
| 41 | Baltimore City | | Lisa Gladden | Democratic | 2002 | Judicial Proceedings (Vice-Chair) | — |
| 42 | Baltimore County | | James Brochin | Democratic | 2002 | Judicial Proceedings | — |
| 43 | Baltimore City | | Joan Carter Conway | Democratic | 1997 | Education, Health, and Environment (Chair) | — |
| 44 | Baltimore City | | Verna L. Jones | Democratic | 2002 | Budget and Taxation | — |
| 45 | Baltimore City | | Nathaniel J. McFadden | Democratic | 1994 | Budget and Taxation | Member |
| 46 | Baltimore City | | George W. Della Jr. | Democratic | 1982 | Finance | — |
| 47 | Prince George's | | David C. Harrington | Democratic | 2008 | Education, Health, and Environment | — |