district state_senate predecessor successor birth_place party birth_date term_start residence image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
36th maryland walter m. baker stephen hershey dundalk , maryland , u.s. republican 1 november 1956 january 8 , 2003 elkton , maryland dallas , texas 1senatorpipkin1.jpg e. j. pipkin
 august 12 , 2013 ej pipkin graduate student retired politician environmentalist activist salisbury university university roanoke college university of virginia southern methodist
e. j. pipkin

edward joseph pipkin , jr. -lrb- born november 1 , 1956 -rrb- is a republican a former member of the maryland state senate , had represented maryland 's 36th senate district , and was first elected in 2002 and served until 2013 .
prior to his election to the state senate , he worked in the field of business finance , trading bonds in new york city .
he also founded an environmental group known as `` citizens against bay dumping , '' during which he was successful in lobbying for legislation that banned irresponsible disposal of dredge spoils in the chesapeake bay .
pipkin currently lives in dallas .
in 2004 , he unsuccessfully ran for the u.s. senate against barbara mikulski .
then , in 2008 , he unsuccessfully ran for congress in maryland 's 1st congressional district , against incumbent wayne gilchrest and state senator andy harris , losing the primary to andy harris .
on august 5 , 2013 , pipkin announced he would retire from the state senate to attend graduate school .
