The Maryland Senate’s Leadership Changes, In Photos
When presumed Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) rolled out his leadership team Thursday, it was the culmination of seismic shifts that have taken place in the state Senate in just a little more than a year.
Nothing is more dramatic than the transition between outgoing Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert), who served for 33 years, and Ferguson, who was 3 1/2 years old when Miller took over.
But this illustration of how the 11 most powerful jobs have turned over in the Senate in such a short time speaks volumes. 2018 brought the election of 18 new senators ― in a chamber with 47 members. In early 2020, there will be two more new senators. Those numbers also speak volumes.
Danielle E. Gaines
Contributor
Danielle Gaines worked for Maryland Matters from September 2018 to January 2024. She covered government and politics for Maryland Matters for two years before moving into an editing position, ultimately serving as editor-in-chief for nearly three years. Previously, she spent six years at The Frederick News-Post ― as the paper’s principal government and politics reporter for half that time, covering courts and legal affairs before that. She also reported for the now-defunct The Gazette of Politics and Business in Maryland and previously worked as a county government and education reporter at The Merced Sun-Star in California’s Central Valley.
Josh Kurtz
Founding editor
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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