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        Democratic
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/7/2006
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      • Next Election

        2018
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        0.46%
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      • Votes with Party

        99.24%
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      13 Canal Street Room 305 Cumberland, MD

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    • Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Maryland, in office since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, Cardin was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987, and has never lost an election. National Journal rates him as the third most liberal Democrat in the Senate.
      Cardin was elected to succeed Paul Sarbanes in the 2006 U.S. Senate election, defeating Republican challenger Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele by a margin of 54%–44%....
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Date Born

BORN

10/5/1943

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

Baltimore, MD

Home City

HOME CITY

Baltimore, MD

Religion

Religion

  Jewish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Attorney, Private Practice, 1967-1986

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 2006-present Senior Democratic Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2006 Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1987-2006 Speaker, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1979-1986 Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1967-1986 Member, Democratic Steering Committee

EDUCATION

JD, University of Maryland School of Law, 1967 BA, Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1964

FAMILY

Wife: Myrna; Children: Deborah

COMMITTEES JOINED

  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin

    Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, Chair, Subcommittee on Health Care, Member, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, Member, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Member, Subcommittee on African Affairs, Member, Subcommittee on European Affairs, Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Member, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife, Chair, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Member, Committee on Finance, Member, Committee on Foreign Relations, Member, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Member,
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