It’s official: Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) appointed Democrats Carl Jackson and Catherine Forbes to fill vacancies in the Maryland House of Delegates. The governor appointed Jackson and Forbes following the recommendations of the Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee.
“I am confident that Carl Jackson and Cathi Forbes will represent the citizens of Baltimore County admirably in their new role as state delegates,” Hogan said in a statement. “I offer them both my sincere congratulations and look forward to working with them in the upcoming legislative session.”
Jackson, an analyst at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, will represent District 8 serving Baltimore County. He’ll replace former Del. Eric Bromwell (D).
Forbes, a mediation coordinator for the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore County, will represent District 42A serving Baltimore County. He’ll replace former Del. Steven Lafferty (D).
Both Lafferty and Bromwell resigned recently to take high-level jobs with Baltimore County Executive John A. Olszewski Jr. (D).
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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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