Maryland House of Delegates District 14

What’s the job: One of 188 members of Maryland’s General Assembly, split between the House of Delegates and the Senate. Responsible for introducing and voting on legislation, approving state spending and providing oversight of Maryland government operations. Elected to a four-year term.

Democratic

Name: Alicia Contreras-Donello

Age: 44

Personal: Married with two young children.

Education: MBA, Western Illinois University; bachelor’s degree, marketing, Western Illinois University; bachelor’s degree, Spanish, Western Illinois University.

Experience: Foreign service officer/U.S. diplomat, United States Agency for International Development; tours of service: El Salvador, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Pakistan, Washington, D.C. and Libya.

Questionnaire

Q: Maryland’s state government is facing a structural deficit in future years. Please describe how you would approach closing the gap. Be specific about any spending cuts or revenue increases you propose.

Q: What do you consider the three most pressing issues facing Maryland?

Q: What would you do to lower the cost of living for Maryland residents?

Q: The cost of implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education plan will exceed the money available in the Blueprint’s fund over the next few years. Should the state raise new revenue for the programs, or should the programs be rolled back or adjusted?

Q: Besides an election, how do you want constituents to review your job performance?

Name: Anne R. Kaiser

Age: 58

Personal: Married, one daughter.

Education: Bachelor’s degree, political science, University of Chicago; master’s degree, public policy, University of Michigan; master’s degree, educational studies, University of Michigan.

Experience: Member, Maryland House of Delegates; vice-chair, Appropriations Committee; chair, House Ways & Means Committee; vice chair, House Democratic Caucus; chair, Montgomery County Delegation.

Questionnaire

Q: Maryland’s state government is facing a structural deficit in future years. Please describe how you would approach closing the gap. Be specific about any spending cuts or revenue increases you propose.

Q: What do you consider the three most pressing issues facing Maryland?

Q: What would you do to lower the cost of living for Maryland residents?

Q: The cost of implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education plan will exceed the money available in the Blueprint’s fund over the next few years. Should the state raise new revenue for the programs, or should the programs be rolled back or adjusted?

Q: Besides an election, how do you want constituents to review your job performance?

Name: Bernice Mireku-North

Age: 45

Personal: Married with one child.

Education: Juris Doctor, Howard University School of Law; bachelor’s degree, government and politics, University of Maryland, College Park.

Experience: State Delegate, Maryland General Assembly; chair, Child Care Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee; solo practitioner, The North Law Group, L.L.C.; associate attorney, The Law Office of Aileen E. Oliver; assistant state’s attorney, State’s Attorney’s Office for Anne Arundel County.

Questionnaire

Q: Maryland’s state government is facing a structural deficit in future years. Please describe how you would approach closing the gap. Be specific about any spending cuts or revenue increases you propose.

Q: What do you consider the three most pressing issues facing Maryland?

Q: What would you do to lower the cost of living for Maryland residents?

Q: The cost of implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education plan will exceed the money available in the Blueprint’s fund over the next few years. Should the state raise new revenue for the programs, or should the programs be rolled back or adjusted?

Q: Besides an election, how do you want constituents to review your job performance?

Name: Matt Post

Age: 27

Personal: I’ve called District 14 home my entire life.

Education: Bachelor’s degree, ethics, politics, and economics, Yale College; Juris Doctor, Yale Law School.

Experience: Assistant counsel, Maryland State Education Association; led program mobilizing new voters, then started legal team, March For Our Lives; Montgomery County Board of Education, I led the charge to expand mental health resources, secure new supports for immigrant students, increase career education options, and led the effort to close schools for Eid al-Fitr.

Questionnaire

Q: Maryland’s state government is facing a structural deficit in future years. Please describe how you would approach closing the gap. Be specific about any spending cuts or revenue increases you propose.

Q: What do you consider the three most pressing issues facing Maryland?

Q: What would you do to lower the cost of living for Maryland residents?

Q: The cost of implementing the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education plan will exceed the money available in the Blueprint’s fund over the next few years. Should the state raise new revenue for the programs, or should the programs be rolled back or adjusted?

Q: Besides an election, how do you want constituents to review your job performance?