Candidate for Baltimore City Council 3rd District

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 3rd District includes Northeast Baltimore neighborhoods such as Belair-Edison, Hamilton Hills, Lauraville, Morgan Park, and Original Northwood.

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Democrat

Name: Ryan Dorsey

Age: 42

Personal: Married, lives in Mayfield.

Education: Baltimore School for the Arts; Bachelor of Music in composition at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Experience: Represented the 3rd District on City Council since 2016. Home theater and home audio system sales and installation, mostly, interspersed with jobs in construction materials sales and home improvement.

Endorsements: Metro Baltimore AFL-CIO, AFSCME Maryland Council 3, Sierra Club of Maryland, Baltimore City Firefighters and Fire Officers, 1199SEIU, Unite Here Local 7, Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters

Notable donors: Constellation Energy, Christopher Kingsley, a director at Annie E. Casey Foundation; MECU Credit Union; Jed Weeks, Bikemore interim director.

Questionnaire

Q: Do you support the proposed ballot measure that would reduce the size of the council from 14 districts to eight? Why or why not.

Q: How would you ensure the city has enough affordable housing?

Q: What should Baltimore do to reduce the number of vacant properties?

Q: Do you support the Harborplace plans as proposed? Please explain your answer.

Q: What’s one bill you would introduce during your first year of the next term? Why that bill?

Q: Do you support Renew Baltimore’s effort to cut property tax rates? Please explain your answer.

Q: In addition to your role as a City Council member, do you plan to work full time? Please list other sources of income.

Q: What is one new thing the Council could do to support young people?

Q: Why should voters elect you?