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[photo, Obie Patterson, State Delegate] OBIE PATTERSON
Democrat, District 26, Prince George's County


Member of House of Delegates since January 11, 1995. Assistant Majority Leader, 2006-. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1999- (education subcommittee, 1999-2000; tax & revenue subcommittee, 2001-03; chair, election law subcommittee, 2003-); Joint Committee on Protocol, 1999-; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2004-. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1995-98 (vice-chair, transportation subcommittee, 1995-98); Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003. Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-05. Chair, County Affairs Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 1999-. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Legislative Black Caucus), 1995- (treasurer, 1998-2002; chair, 2002-04).

Member, Housing Commission, Gainesville, Florida, 1970. Member, U.S. 301 South Corridor Transportation Study Task Force, 1994-96; Task Force on Personal Care, 1996-97; Task Force on Multiracial Designations, 1997. Co-Chair, Task Force on the Prince George's County Transfer Tax Rate, 2000-01. Member, Metropolitan Development Policy Committee of Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2000-; Auto Insurance Task Force to Study Rates in Urban Areas, 2005.

Born in Lancaster, South Carolina, March 7, 1938. Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, B.S. (biology), 1965; University of Florida, M.A. (public administration), 1971. Board of Trustees, Johnson C. Smith University, 1994-. Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 1993-94. Member, Pi Sigma National Honor Society. Life member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Member, Roscoe C. Cartwright Prince Hall Masons, Lodge #129. President, Apple Grove-Squire Woods Civic Association, 1993-94. Board of Directors, Prince George's Volunteer Action Center. Award, United Negro College Fund. Award for Outstanding Service in Politics, Prince George's County Educators' Association, 1999. Three children.

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