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[photo, Jazz M. Lewis, Maryland State Delegate] JAZZ M. LEWIS
Democrat, District 24, Prince George's County


Member of House of Delegates since February 10, 2017. Majority Whip, 2023-. Member, Appropriations Committee, 2021- (transportation & the environment subcommittee, 2021-; oversight committee on pensions, 2021-22; chair, oversight committee on personnel, 2023; vice-chair, capital budget subcommittee, 2023-; chair, public safety & administration subcommittee, 2023-); Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2023-; Joint Committee on Legislative Information Technology and Open Government, 2017-; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2023-. Member, Judiciary Committee, 2017-20 (chair, family law subcommittee, 2019-20, member, 2017-20; member, public safety subcommittee, 2019-20). Chair, Democratic Party Caucus, 2019-23. Member, County Affairs Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2018-. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2017- (secretary, 2018-19); Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2017-; Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-.

Member, Work Group to Study Child Custody Court Proceedings Involving Child Abuse or Domestic Violence Allegations, 2019-20; Work Group on Alcohol Outlet Density Zones in Prince George's County, 2019-20; Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, 2019-. Chair, Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force, 2020-.

Senior Policy Advisor to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, U.S. House of Representatives, 2019-.

Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, February 26, 1989. Attended Charles H. Flowers High School, Springdale, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (political science), 2011; School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, M.P.P. (acquisition management & international development), 2014. Community organizer, Good Jobs, Better Baltimore Campaign, 2014. Executive Director, U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer for Congress, 5th Congressional District, Maryland, 2014-19. Wellstone Action, Advanced Campaign Management School, 2016. Political Director, Hillary for America, 2016. Member, Route 202 Coalition, Prince George's County, 2012. Member, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee, 2015- (chair, ways & means committee, 2015). Very Important Professionals Successful by 40, Daily Record, 2020. Married.

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