Maggie McIntosh

Margaret L. McIntosh
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 43rd district
Assumed office
January 6, 2003
Preceded by (new district)
Maryland House of Delegates
42nd District
In office
November 10, 1992 – January 5, 2003
Preceded by Anne Perkins
Personal details
Born (1947-12-22) 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.

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.

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.

McIntosh during floor debate in 2009

Legislative Notes and Accomplishments

Past general election results

Voters to choose three:
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
Voters to choose three:
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
Voters to choose three:
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
Voters to choose three:
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
Voters to choose three:
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. 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Maggie McIntosh, Maryland State Delegate". Msa.md.gov. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  2. ↑ "Looking after Maggie’s farm". Gazette.net. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  3. ↑ Cecil, Andrea (2005-02-18). "Baltimore art teacher rises to top in Maryland politics". Daily Record. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  4. ↑ Poll (April 2, 2010). "Where Does Your Legislator Rank? See the list.". Maryland Gazette of Politics and Business. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Circle of Excellence". Maryland Daily Record. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ "2010 Regular Session HB 943". Maryland General Assembly. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  7. ↑ "2010 Regular Session HB 943". Maryland General Assembly. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  8. ↑ "House Bill 860". Maryland Legislative Services. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  9. ↑ "43rd District". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on November 20, 2014
  10. ↑ "House of Delegates Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved on Jan. 11, 2012
  11. ↑ "House of Delegates Results". Maryland State Board of Elections.; retrieved March 3, 2007
  12. ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections (2002-12-02). "Maryland State Board of Elections". Elections.state.md.us. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  13. ↑ "House of Delegates Results". Maryland State Board of Elections.; retrieved November 6, 2007
  14. ↑ "Maggie McIntosh: State House of Delegates, Dist. 43 (MD), Annapolis, Maryland - The Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute". Glli.org. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  15. ↑ Profile, jhunewsletter.com; accessed December 4, 2015.

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