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WILLIAM H. COX, JR., Democrat, District 34. Born in Edgewood, July 15, 1942.
Attended Harford County public schools; University of Baltimore. Real estate broker;

developer. Member, Tax Appeals Court of Harford County, 1968-1970; Governor's
Commission to Hire the Handicapped; Harford County Educational Foundation. Past
president. Young Democrats of Harford County, 1969-1970. Member, Harford Coun-
ty Board of Realtors; Maryland Real Estate Board. Member and first State director,
Bel Air Jaycees. Received Outstanding Young Man Award, 1969. Member, Elks;

Moose; America.. Legion. Chairman, 1970-1971 Heart Fund Drive. Former member,
board of directors. Children's Fresh Air Society of Maryland; board of directors,
Fallston General Hospital. Chairman, United Appeal Drive, Harford County, 1968.
Married. Member of the House of Delegates since 1971. Deputy Majority Whip,
1977—, Co-chairman, Mass Transit Oversight Committee. Member, Ways and Means
Committee; vice-chairman. Federal Pre-emption Committee, Southern Legislative Con-
ference. Chairman, Special Joint Committee on Transportation. District office: 141
North Main St., Bel Air 21014; tel. 879-9173. Annapolis office: 325 Lowe Bldg.,
21401; tel. 841-3289.

ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Democrat, District 39. Born in Baltimore, January 18,
1951. Attended Gwynns Falls Park High School; City College; Howard University,
B.S., 1973; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1976. Attorney. Member of
the Maryland Bar since 1976. Chief judge, Maryland Moot Court Board; Phi Beta
Kappa; Outstanding U.S. Student Government Leader Award, Royal Arts Society of
London; Major Achievement Award for Scholastic Accomplishment from Afro Amer-
ican News; president, Bancroft Literary Society. Member of the House of Delegates
since 1983; member. Judiciary Committee. District office: 1815 Eutaw Place,
Baltimore 21217; tel. 669-7996. Annapolis office: 315 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3263.

GERALD J. CURRAN, Democrat, District 43. Born March 20, 1939. Attended
Baltimore parochial schools; Calvert Hall College High School; University of
Baltimore; University of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1963. General agent. Bank-
ers Security Life Insurance Society; account executive. Gorges Insurance Agency. For-
mer vice-chairman, Commission to Study Non-public Special Education. Former
member. Mayor's Task Force on Education; Joint Legislative Committee on Metro-
politan Mass Transit; Maryland Task Force on Welfare Reform; Archdiocesan Com-
mission on the Aging. Member, Baltimore Life Underwriters; Knights of Columbus;

Ancient Order of Hibernians; Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Chairman, Annual St. Pat-
rick's Day Parade. Attends St. Francis of Assisi Church. Board of Directors, United
Third District Democratic Organization; member. Unity Democratic Club; Hamilton
Democratic Club. Member, State Use Industries Advisory Committee. Married; 5
children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1967. Vice-chairman, Constitutional
and Administrative Law Committee; member, Joint Legislative Committee on Metro-
politan Mass Transit. 2901 Montebello Terrace, Baltimore 21214; tel. 426-1736. An-
napolis office: 141 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3505.

CLARENCE DA VIS, Democrat, District 45. Born in Wilkes County, Georgia, Sep-
tember 25, 1942. Attended Paul Laurence Dunbar School, Baltimore; Morgan State
College, B.A., 1968; Morgan State University, M.A., 1978. Human Service Delivery
Systems Administrator /Social Scientist. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1960-1964.
Member, Interim Steering Board, Model Cities, appointed 1968. Chairman, Executive
Committee, American Legion Post 294; member, National Association of Concerned
Veterans; VFW; regional coordinator, National Association for Black Veterans. Board
of directors, NAACP, Baltimore Chapter; member. Regional Action Committee
(RAC); president. Association of Black Social Workers, Baltimore; member, Groove
Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. Married; 4 children. Member of the House of Del-
egates since 1983; member. Ways and Means Committee. District office: 1628 E. 32nd
St., Baltimore 21218; tel. 235-9379. Annapolis office: 323 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3325.