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词条 Victor R. Ramirez
释义

  1. Education

  2. Career

     In the legislature  Legislative notes 

  3. Past elections

  4. References

     Democratic Party Activist 

  5. External links

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| birth_place = San Salvador, El Salvador
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| party = Democrat
| spouse = Betsy Ramirez
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Victor R. Ramirez (born July 20, 1974) is the current state senator for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 1974. His family soon after moved to the United States and he lived in Mount Rainier, Maryland.

Education

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Ramirez attended Mt. Rainier and Thomas S. Stone Elementary, Hyattsville Middle School, and graduated from Northwestern High School. He received his B.A. from Frostburg State University in 1996 and his J.D from St. Thomas School of Law in Miami in 2001.{{Citation needed|reason=|date=May 2018}}

Career

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Ramirez was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2001 and began a practice in his own name. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2002, becoming with Ana Sol Gutierrez, who was elected at the same time, the first Latinos elected to the Maryland State House.[1]

In the legislature

  • Ramirez was a member of House of Delegates from 2003 to 2011.
  • Ramirez is a member of the Joint Committee on Federal Relations and has served as a member of the Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility (2003–04).
  • Ramirez has served as a member of the Ways and Means Committee (2003–06) and the Ways and Mean's subcommittee on education (2003–04).
  • Ramirez has contributed to finance resources subcommittee (2003–06) and tax & revenue subcommittee (2004–06).
  • Ramirez has a Chair on the Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committees.
  • Ramirez has served in the Prince George's County Delegation (2007- vice-chair, 2003–06).
  • Ramirez is a Member of the Maryland Educators Caucus (2005-) and the Maryland Veterans Caucus (2005-).

In January 2007 he proposed a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to attend public colleges and universities at the in-state tuition rate.[2]

In 2010 Ramirez defeated the incumbent senator from district 47 and now serves in the Maryland senate.

Legislative notes

  • voted in favor of Maryland gas tax increase [3]
  • voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) 
  • voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361) 
  • voted in favor of in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants in 2007 (HB6) 
  • voted in favor of the Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2)[https://web.archive.org/web/20071127145519/http://mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf]

Past elections

  • 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 47th District[4]

Voters to choose three:

NameVotesPercentOutcome
Jolene Ivey, Democratic12,860  35.5%   Won
Victor R. Ramirez, Democratic12,231  33.6%   Won
Doyle L. Niemann, Democratic11,229  30.8%   Won
Other write-ins120  .3%   

References

1. ^Host Jimmy Tarlau's interview with Victor Ramirez, Mount Rainier Television Then & Now, February 9, 2012, 31:25.
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/NEWS01/701210347/1002|title=The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md|publisher=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/how-the-md-senate-voted-on-the-gas-tax/2013/03/29/a587673a-98c8-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html|title=How the Md. Senate voted on the gas tax|first=John|last=Wagner|date=29 March 2013|publisher=|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/legislative_district_47.html| title=House of Delegates Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |accessdate=July 26, 2007 }}

Democratic Party Activist

During the 2008 democratic presidential primary, Ramirez endorsed the campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama and was co-founder of Latinos for Obama in Maryland.

External links

  • http://www.victorramirez.com/
  • http://www.marylandlegalhistory.com/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13969.html
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11 : 1974 births|American people of Salvadoran descent|Salvadoran emigrants to the United States|Members of the Maryland House of Delegates|Frostburg State University alumni|Hispanic and Latino American politicians|People from Mount Rainier, Maryland|Maryland Democrats|People from San Salvador|Living people|21st-century American politicians

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