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JOHN A. PICA, JR., Democrat, District 43. 307 E. Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore 21212.
Graduate of Mount Saint Joseph High School and Villanova University, B.A. (Deans List,
Varsity Lacrosse); attended Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College, M.B.A.; graduate
of University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1975. Practicing attorney with a Baltimore law
firm. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Member, Task Force to Study Home
Improvement Laws; World Trade Efforts Commission. Chosen "Outstanding Young Men of
America, 1981" by National Jaycees. Married; 2 children. Member of the House of Delegates,
1979-1982. Member of the Senate since 1983; Judicial Proceedings Committee. Member, Joint
Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review; Joint Committee on Federal
Relations. District office: 9 W. Mulberry St., Baltimore 21201; tel. 752-1230. Annapolis office:

302 James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3145.

DENNIS F. RASMUSSEN, Democrat, District 6. Born in Essex, June 14, 1947. Essex
Community College; Loyola College, B.S., 1970. Independent businessman and former bank
operations officer. Chairman, Governor's Task Force to Study Arthritis; Commission on
Mobile Homes. Member, Task Force on Senior Citizen Activity Centers. Board of Directors,
Arthritis Foundation, Maryland Chapter. Board of Trustees, Franklin Square Hospital.
Member, Essex-Middle River Chamber of Commerce; Bird River Democratic and Civic Club;

Essex Improvement Assn.; Blue Ridge/Walnut Hills Improvement Assn.; Deep Creek
Democratic and Civic Club; Essex-Middle River Heritage Society. Married. Member of the
House of Delegates, 1975-78. Member of the Senate since 1978; Executive Nominations and
Rules Committees. Chairman, Finance Committee. Member, Legislative Policy Committee,
Joint Budget and Audit Committee, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, and Spending
Affordability Committee. Member, Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas Joint Oversight Committee;

Fiscal Review Committee; Md. Legislative Information System Steering Committee. Senate
chairman. Special Joint Committee on Pensions. District office: 418 Eastern Blvd., Baltimore
21221; tel. 391-7800. Annapolis office: Presidential Wing, James Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3642.

CATHERINE I. RILEY, Democrat, District 34. Bom in Harford County, March 21, 1947.
Attended Bel Air parochial and public schools; Towson State College, B.A. (Biology), 1969.
Member, National Order of Women Legislators; Southern Legislative Conference, 1977;

National Conference of State Legislatures, 1983. Member of many civic and political
organizations. Listed in Outstanding Young Women of America; Who's Who in American
Politics. Unmarried. Member of the House of Delegates, 1975-1982. Chairman, Joint Energy
Committee; member, Environmental Matters Committee; Joint Committee on Administrative,
Executive and Legislative Review; Bi-state Committee on the Chesapeake Bay (chairman,
1982). Chairman, Harford County Delegation, 1976, 1980-1982. Member of the Senate since
1983; Budget and Taxation Committee (subcommittee on Education, Health and Human
Resources). Senate chairman, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative
Review; member. Joint Committee on State Government Revision. District office: 20 Office St.,
Bel Air 21014; tel. 838-7010, and 879-9813. Annapolis office: 308 James Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3158, 858-3158.

MARGARET C. SCHWEINHAUT, Democrat, District 18. Bom in Washington, D.C.
Attended Washington, D.C., public schools; The George Washington University; National
University Law School. Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, St. Joseph College, 1971.
Chairperson, State Commission on Aging, 1959-1983. Member, Governor's Commission on
Condominiums, Cooperatives and Homeowners Associations, 1982-1984; Governor's Task
Force on Senior Citizen Activity Centers; Golden Age Card Task Force. Member, Internation-
al Gerontological Society; Montgomery Retarded Children's Association. Certificate of Merit,
National Council of Senior Citizens; Outstanding Legislator, Knights of Columbus; Citation of
Merit, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Outstanding Service, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of
Commerce; Montgomery County Sentine] Legislator of the Year Award, 1983. Widow.
Member of the House of Delegates, 1955-1961. Member of the Senate since 1961. Chairperson,
Executive Nominations Committee, 1971-1983. Member, Legislative Council (now Legislative
Policy Committee) 1971-1983. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee. District office: 3601
Saul Rd., Kensington 20895; tel. 946-3111. Annapolis office: 304 James Bldg., 21401; tel.
858-3137.