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JOSEPH BARTENFELDER, Democrat, District 8, Baltimore County. Born in Baltimore on
January 3, 1957. Graduate of Calvert Hall High School, 1978; graduate of Towson State
University, B.S. in Business Administration. Self-employed in family fanning business in Perry
Hall. Sponsor, Overlea Fullerton Recreation Council; elected area delegate, St. Joseph's Parish
Council; member of 11 Democratic and civic clubs in the district; Calvert Hall Chips
Scholarship Program; Calvert Hall Alumni Association; Towson State Alumni Association;

Baltimore County Fanners' Produce Association; Maryland Farm Bureau; Young Fanner's
Group of Maryland Farm Bureau. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983; member,
Judiciary Committee. District office: 8410 Bel Air Rd., Baltimore 21236; tel. 668-2105.
Annapolis office: 307 Lowe Bldg., Annapolis 21401-1991; tel. 841-3365.

J. ERNEST BELL II, Democrat, District 29B. Bom in Leonardtown, April 26, 1941.
Attended Ryken High School; Mount St. Mary's, B.S., 1963; Catholic University School of
Law, J.D., 1966. Member of the Maryland Bar since 1970. Attorney. Served in the U.S. Marine
Corps, captain, 1966-1970; Navy achievement medal. Attorney, St. Mary's County Board of
County Commissioners, 1975-1982; attorney, St. Mary's County Board of Election Supervi-
sors, 1972-1982; member, State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission, 1977-1982;

attorney, Commissioners of Leonardtown, 1971-1978; member, St. Mary's County Property
Review Board, 1971-1982. Married; 4 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983;

member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee. District office; 10 Court House
Dr., Leonardtown 20650; tel. 475-8421. Annapolis office; 217 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel.
841-3314.

WILLIAM C. BEVAN, Democrat, District 13B. Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Attended
Munhall High School, Munhall, Pennsylvania; Slippery Rock State College, B.S., 1951;

University of Maryland, M.Ed. in school administration. Retired principal; realtor associate,
commercial-industrial. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1945-1947. Member, American Legion;

Veterans of Foreign Wars; board of directors, Greater Laurel-Beltsville Hospital Foundation
(past chairman); board of directors, Careerscope. Former offices held include president of
Greenbelt Lions Club, Prince George's County Core Teachers Association, Maryland State
Core Teachers Association, Prince George's County Secondary Principal's Association, and
Southern Howard County Democratic Club. Past chairman of the Parents Booster Club,
Laurel Beltway Wrestling Team. Past secretary, 6th District Democratic Club of Howard
County. Married; 5 children. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983; member,
Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee. Chairman, Howard County Delegation,
1984-1985. Member, Special Joint Oversight Committee on Economic Development. District
office: 349 Main St., Suite 22, Laurel 20707; tel. 725-0788. Annapolis office: 219 Lowe Bldg.,
21401; tel. 841-3205.

DAVID BIRD, Democrat, District 22. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 16, 1945.
Attended Purcell High School, Cincinnati; Xavier University, A.B., 1967; Catholic University
School of Law, J.D., 1974. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1976. Lawyer. Former high school
teacher in Washington, D.C., and Charles County, Md., public schools, 1968-1970. Legal
researcher and editor, Library of Congress and U.S. House of Representatives, 1971-1976.
Private law practice in Prince George's County, 1976-. Active in church, civic, and arts
programs. Married; 2 children. Member, Governor's Commission on Workmen's Compensa-
tion Laws. Member of the House of Delegates since 1979; member, Constitutional and
Administrative Law Committee. District office: 3402 Laurel Ave., Cheverly 20785; tel.
322-5222. Annapolis office: 203 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3058.