While there was absolutely zero drama in the race for the top position, Senate Democrats unanimously renominated Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Prince George’s) on Friday to keep the chamber’s top job for the 33rd consecutive year. He’ll win the post formally when the Senate reconvenes on Jan. 9.
“The message from the last election is clear – Marylanders expect Democrats and Republicans to continue to work in a bipartisan fashion for better schools, a cleaner environment, and an economy that works for everybody, and we are prepared to do so in the upcoming legislative session,” Miller said in a statement.
Democrats also named Baltimore County Sen. Katherine A. Klausmeier Senate president pro tem — the person who will preside over the chamber whenever Miller is absent. Klausmeier survived a tough reelection battle against Del. Christian J. Miele (R) to win a fifth term.
At the caucus meeting, Miller also made the following Democratic Caucus leadership announcements:
- Howard County Sen. Guy J. Guzzone as majority leader.
- Prince George’s County Sen. James C. Rosapepe as Democratic Caucus chairman.
- Montgomery County Sen. Susan C. Lee as majority whip.
- Prince George’s Sen.-elect Obie Patterson as deputy majority whip.
- Montgomery Sen. Craig Zucker as deputy majority leader.
- Baltimore City Sen.-elect Cory V. McCray as deputy assistant majority leader.
“This past election brought new energy and ideas into our Caucus and chamber,” Miller said.
Josh Kurtz
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Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
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