| 词条 | Elizabeth Bobo |
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| name = Elizabeth Bobo | image = Elizabeth Bobo (2007).jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|12|21|mf=y}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | residence = Columbia, Maryland | death_date = | death_place = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = 12B | term_start = January 11, 1995 | term_end = January 14, 2015[1] | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = 5th County Executive of Howard County, Maryland | term_start2 = 1986 | term_end2 = 1990 | predecessor2 = William E. Eckel[2] | succeeding2 = | successor2 = Charles I. Ecker | constituency = Howard County | party = Democrat | religion = | occupation = Attorney | majority = | relations = | spouse = Lloyd G. Knowles | children = | footnotes = }} Elizabeth Bobo (born December 21, 1943) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She served as Howard County Executive and in the Maryland House of Delegates. Bobo was the first and only female Howard County Executive, serving from 1986 to 1990. Early life and law careerBobo was born in Baltimore on December 21, 1943. She graduated from Seton High School in Baltimore before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature from the University of Maryland University College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. Bobo was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1992 and practiced as an attorney before her election to the House of Delegates.[1] Political careerBobo served one term as Howard County Executive from 1986 to 1990. She was Howard County's first and only female executive.[3] In 1987, Bobo partnered with developer Kingdon Gould III to form a business outreach program.[4] Charles I. Ecker defeated Bobo's bid for reelection as county executive in 1990. In 1993, Bobo married former planning board member and councilperson Lloyd G. Knowles. In 1994, Bobo was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. She served four terms there, representing District 12B in Howard County.[5] As a member of the House of Delegates, Bobo voted in favor of increasing the sales tax whilst simultaneously reducing income tax rates for some income brackets in the Tax Reform Act of 2007 (HB2).[6] She voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6).[7] She served on the Environmental Matters Committee, and was noted for distinguishing herself as an advocate for protection of the natural environment.[3] During the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Bobo supported the candidacy of Barack Obama.[8] She served as one of the state's ten electors pledged to Obama in the general election, and cast her vote for him along with the other nine on December 15.[9][10] In 2012, Bobo announced her decision not to seek reelection in 2014.[3] References
1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12188.html |title=Former Delegates: Elizabeth Bobo |publisher=Maryland State Government |access-date=August 4, 2016}} {{HowardCountyExec}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bobo, Elizabeth}}2. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-william-eakle-20121003-story.html |title= William E. 'Ned' Eakle, Howard County executive and administrator |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=October 3, 2012 |first=Frederick N. |last=Rasmussen |access-date=January 16, 2019 |quote=Nichols left office nine months early in 1986 ... the County Council chose Mr. Eakle to finish the former executive's term. }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web |url = http://www.baltimoresun.com/ |title = Longtime Howard politician Liz Bobo to retire in 2014 |last=McPherson |first=Lindsey |date=September 4, 2012 |publisher = Baltimore Sun |access-date = December 21, 2016 }} 4. ^{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=19 November 1987|title=HOWARD COUNTY NOTES|author=Janice Howard}} 5. ^{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Liberation Of a Liberal: Md.'s Bobo Comfortable Sitting on Back Bench|date=6 April 1990|author=Scott Wilson}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209113112/http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf |archivedate=2012-02-09 |df= }} 7. ^ 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-02-08/news/0802080286_1_barack-obama-hillary-howard-county |title=Bobo, Ulman back Obama |last=Carson |first=Larry |date=February 8, 2008 |publisher=Baltimore Sun |access-date=December 17, 2016}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2008/2008_electors.html |last=Appleman |first=Eric M. |title=2008 Presidential Electors |publisher= Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=December 17, 2016}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www2.gwu.edu/~action/2008/photos08/photo121508ec.html |title=December 15, 2008--Electoral College Votes |publisher= Democracy in Action |access-date=December 20, 2016}} 12 : Members of the Maryland House of Delegates|1943 births|Living people|University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni|Women state legislators in Maryland|University of Maryland University College alumni|Maryland Democrats|People from Columbia, Maryland|2008 United States presidential electors|21st-century American politicians|21st-century American women politicians|Howard County Executives |
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