Victor R. Ramirez

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name = Victor R. Ramirez


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order = Delegate Maryland District 47
term_start = January 8, 2003
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birth_place = San Salvador, El Salvador
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party = Democrat
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religion = Catholic


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Victor R. Ramirez is the current State Delegate for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 1974. His family soon after moved to the United States and he lived in Mount Rainier, Maryland.

Education

Ramirez attended Mt. Rainier and Thomas S. Stone Elementary] , Hyattsville Middle School, and graduated from Northwestern High School. He received his B.A. from Frostburg State University in 1996 and his J.D from St. Thomas School of Law in Miami in 2001.

Career

Ramirez was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2001 and began a practice in his own name. He was elected as State Delegate in 2003, and is now a member of Judiciary Committee and was previously a member of the Ways and Means Committee.

Ramirez caused a lot of controversy in January 2007 when he proposed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to attend college paying in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. He was highly criticized by Richard Impallaria Republican Delegate from Baltimore County who said that the bill was "the height of arrogance." [ [http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/NEWS01/701210347/1002 The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md ] ]

Legislative notes

* voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm]
* voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm]
* voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm]
* voted in favor of increasing the sales tax by 20% - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2) [http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf]

References and notes

Past elections

*2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 47th Districtcite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/legislative_district_47.html| title=House of Delegates Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on July 26, 2007] ::Voters to choose three::

Democratic Party Activist

During the 2008 democratic presidential primary, Ramirez endorsed the campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama and was co-founder of Latinos for Obama in Maryland.

External links

*http://www.vramirez.com/
*http://www.marylandlegalhistory.com/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13969.html