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[photo, Christopher T. Adams, Maryland State Delegate] CHRISTOPHER T. ADAMS
Republican, District 37B, Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, & Wicomico Counties


Member of House of Delegates since January 14, 2015. Member, Economics Matters Committee, 2015- (business regulation subcommittee, 2015-; property & casualty insurance subcommittee, 2015-18, 2023-; unemployment insurance subcommittee, 2015-18; banking, consumer protection & commercial law subcommittee, 2019-; public utilities subcommittee, 2023-). Member, Joint Electric Universal Service Program Work Group, 2023-; Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight, 2023-. Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2021; Legislative Policy Committe, 2021. Deputy Minority Whip, 2021. Minority Whip, 2021. House Chair, Dorchester County Delegation, 2015-. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, 2015-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2015- (house executive board, 2016-).

Member, Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2015-. Executive Board, Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2017, 2019- (council member, 2015-).

Member, Task Force on the Workplace Fraud Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee, 2012; Essential Benefits Advisory Committee, Governor's Office of Health Care Reform, 2012.

Born in Salisbury, Maryland, June 19, 1972. Attended Wicomico Senior High School, Salisbury, Maryland; Salisbury State University, B.S. (business management), 1994; M.B.A., 1996. President, Value Carpet One, 2001- (sales, 1992-95; sales manager, 1995-2001). President, S. Lee Smith, Jr., Inc. (family business in residential & commercial real estate), 2001-. Manager, Value Enterprises, LLC, 2004-. Member, Maryland Leadership Council, National Federation of Independent Business, 2012-14; Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce. President, Maryland and Northern Virginia Floor Covering Association, 2012-14. Board of Directors, Lower Shore Chapter, American Red Cross, 2012-. Member, Greater Salisbury Committee, 2014-; Salisbury Rotary, 2014-. Volunteer baseball and soccer coach, Wicomico Parks and Recreation, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), and Salvation Army, 2002-04. Legislative Champion Award, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2018. Married; three children.

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