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Jamie Raskin

Maryland · 8th

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JAMIE RASKIN, Democrat, of Takoma Park, MD; born in Washington, DC, December 13, 1962; education: B.A., magna cum laude, government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1983; J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1987; professional history: teaching fellow, Harvard University Government Department, 1985-87; assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1987-89; general counsel, National Rainbow Coalition, 1989-90; law professor, American University Washington College of Law, 1990-2016; founder, Marshall-Brennan Fellowship Program, 1999-2016; member, Maryland State Senate, 2007-16; election history: elected to the 115th Congress on November 8, 2016; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

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