Jane Lawton

Infobox_Politician
name = Jane E. Lawton

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birth_date = Birth date|1944|5|24|mf=y
birth_place = Muskogee, Oklahoma
residence = Chevy Chase, Maryland
death_date = death date and age|2007|11|29|1944|5|24|mf=y
death_place = Washington, D.C.
office = Mayor, Town of Chevy Chase
term_start = 1988
term_end = 1991
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successor =
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office2 = Maryland House of Delegates
term_start2 = 2005
term_end2 = 2007
predecessor2 =
successor2 = Alfred C. Carr, Jr.
constituency2 = District 18, Montgomery County
party = Democrat
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spouse = Steve Lawton
children = Kathleen and Stephanie
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Jane Lawton (May 24, 1944 – November 29, 2007) was an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. At the time of her death she was serving in her 1st full term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 18 in Montgomery County. She was also serving on the Environmental Matters Committee.

Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on May 24, 1944, Lawton attended the University of Oklahoma before working briefly for IBM. She had also worked as Special Assistant to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and as Special Assistant to the County Executive of Montgomery County. She was originally appointed to fill the seat of former delegate John Hurson, but was elected in her own right in the fall of 2006.

Lawton died of unknown causes on the morning of November 29, 2007. She collapsed after giving a speech in downtown Washington. She was declared dead at George Washington Hospital Center. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/29/AR2007112901355.html Montgomery Del. Lawton, 63, Dies of Heart Attack] ]

Her campaign website remains available at http://www.janelawton.org.

Legislative notes

* voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.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]
* voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm]

Notes from cite web | title = Maryland Manual Online | publisher = Maryland State Archives | date = 2007 | url = http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa14458.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-11-29

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