What’s the job: Representing residents on the 15-member City Council, including introducing and voting on legislation, approving city spending and providing oversight of city operations. Council members are elected to four-year terms by district. The 12th District includes Central and East Baltimore neighborhoods such as Broadway East, Greenmount West, Little Italy, Oldtown and South Clifton Park.

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Jermaine Jones
Jermaine Jones (Handout)

Name: Jermaine Jones

Age: 39

Personal: Single, does not have kids. Lives in Oliver neighborhood

Education: Graduate of Parkville High School; bachelor’s degree, Syracuse University.

Experience: Community organizer for Laborers International Union of North America; president of the Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Unions; chief of staff and political engagement director for LIUNA Local 710; ran for Baltimore City Council (2016).

Endorsements: Sierra Club, Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, AFSCME Council 3, and the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia/Baltimore/Washington Laborers District Council.

Notable donors: Baltimore Washington Construction & Public Employees Laborers PAC; Bricklayers Local 1 MD VA and DC PAC; Insulators International Political Action Committee; International Union of Elevator Constructors Local Union No. 7; International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 37; Courtney Jenkins, current president of Metropolitan Baltimore Council of AFL-CIO; Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local No. 100, PAC.

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