- J. Lowell Stoltzfus
Infobox Officeholder
name = J. Lowell Stoltzfus
caption =
order = State Senate District 38
term_start = January, 1992
term_end =
deputy =
predecessor =Lewis R. Riley
successor = "incumbent"
birth_date = Birth date and age|1949|7|15|mf=y
birth_place =Pottstown, Pennsylvania
death_date =
death_place =
constituency =
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
religion =
footnotes =
order2 = House of Delegates District 38
term_start2 = January 1991
term_end2 = January 1992
president =
predecessor2 =
successor2 =Charles A. McClenahan
order3 =
term_start3 =
term_end3 =
predecessor3 =
successor3 =J. Lowell Stoltzfus (born
July 15 ,1949 ) is a Republican Senator former Minority Leader, representingMaryland 's 38th Legislative District, which covers parts of Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester.Prior to being nominated to replace Lewis Riley in the
Maryland State Senate , Stoltzfus was a member of theMaryland House of Delegates District 38.Education
Stoltzfus is a graduate of the
Salisbury University , B.A. English and Sociology 1973 andEastern Mennonite Seminary .Career
Stoltzfus has been a member of the Maryland Senate since January 1992. He became
Minority Leader in theMaryland Senate in 2001.In 1998 Stoltzfus co-sponsored a bill that would have allowed
Eastern Shore of Maryland residents to vote in a straw poll on secession fromMaryland . [http://mlis.state.md.us/1998rs/billfile/sb0564.htm] He has been an outspoken critic of theUniversity of Maryland, College Park 's inability to control the illegal, often violent and destructive actions of the student body.Legislative notes
*voted for electric deregulation in 1999 (HB703) [http://mlis.state.md.us/1999rs/votes/senate/0778.htm]
References
* http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12158.html
* http://www.djs.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000186/html/am186--69.html
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