BENJAMIN L. CABDIN, 3rd Congressional District, Democrat. Bora in Baltimore,
October 5, 1943. Attended Baltimore public schools; University of Pittsburgh, B.A.
cum laude, 1964; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1967 (first in class).
Attorney. Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures; 2nd vice-
chairman, Democratic State Legislative Leaders Caucus. Presidential Advisory Com-
mittee on Federalism, 1981. Chairman, State Federal Assembly (NCSL), 1980-81.
Member, Governor's Advisory Commission on Reapportionment and Redistricting,
1981-82. MACO Legislator of the Year, 1984. Recipient, Hadassah, Dr. Herman Sei-
del Humanitarian, B'nai B'rith Menorah Lodge, Save-A-Heart Humanitarian Awards.
Author, "Revenue Reallocation in the Federal System," American Federalism (1982);

"The Need for State Tax Reform," University of Maryland Law Forum (1976); "The
Maryland County Property Tax-A Need for Reform," University a/Baltimore Law Re-
new (1973). Trustee, Baltimore Museum of An, Baltimore Foreign Relations Council;

associate vice-chairman, Israel Bonds-New Leadership Division; past director, Associ-
ated Jewish Charities and Welfare Fund; board member, Cheswolde Neighborhood As-
sociation; board of trustees. University of Maryland Alumni Association-International.
Member, House of Delegates 1967-86; Speaker, House of Delegates, 1979-86; chair-
man, Ways and Means Committee, 1974-78, and Joint Committee for Tax Reform,
1975-77; co-chairman, Legislative Policy Committee; member, Joint Committee on
Legislative Ethics; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. Member of U.S.
House of Representatives since 1987; member, Public Works and Transportation Com-
mittee, Judiciary Committee. Married (Myma Edelman); 2 children. District office: 540
E. Belvedere Ave., Suite 201, Baltimore 21212, tel. 433-8886. Washington office: 507
Cannon Bidg., Washington, D.C. 20515, tel. (202) 225-4016,

ROY P. DYSON, 1st Congressional District, Democrat. Bora in Great Mills, Novem-
ber 15, 1948. Attended University of Baltimore; Montgomery Junior College; Universi-
ty of Maryland. Legislative assistant and research director for Congressman William
D. Ford of Michigan. Special assistant, Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor, U.S.
House of Representatives. Former assistant director of Operations, Democratic Nation-
al Committee. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Moose Lodge; Fraternal Order of
the Police; Maryland Farm Bureau. Outstanding Young Man of the Year, 1977. Dele-
gate to the 1978 Democratic National Conference; presidential elector to the 1976
Electoral College from the First Congressional District. Member of the Maryland
House of Delegates, 1975-1981. Member of U.S. House of Representatives since 1981.
Elected first president of the 1981 Freshman Democrats Class. Member, House Armed
Services Committee, and House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. District
offices: Waldorf Five Center, Suite 105, Route 5, P.O. Box 742, Waldorf 20601, tel.
645-4844; One Plaza East, Salisbury 21801, tel. 742-9070; 20 W. Bel Air Ave., Aber-
deen 21001, tel. 272-7070. Washington office: 224 Cannon Bidg., Washington, D.C.
20515, tel. (202) 225-5311.

STENY H. HOYER, 5th Congressional District, Democrat. Bom June 14, 1939, in
New York, NY. Attended Suitland High School; University of Maryland, B.S., 1963;

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1966. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1966.
Attorney. Member of Maryland Senate, 1966-79 (president, 1975-79). Member, Mary-
land State Board for Higher Education, 1978-81. Man of the Year, Washington Psy-
chiatric Society, 1983. Legislator of the Year, Maryland State's Attorneys Association,
1977; Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Maryland Alumni Association,
1976; Outstanding Young Marylander, Maryland Jaycees, 1975. Member, Board of
Trustees, Baltimore Museum of Art; member, Baltimore Council of Foreign Relations;

Professional Advisory Council, Mental Health Association of Prince George's County;

honorary member, District Heights Fire Department; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma
Chi Fraternity; Kalegathos Society; Member, Board of Trustees, University of Mary-
land Alumni Association. Member of U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. Demo-
cratic Deputy Whip. Chairman, Joint Committee on Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope (Helsinki Commission on Human Rights). Member, House Appropriations
Committee (Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education; Subcom-
mittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government; Subcommittee on District
of Columbia); National House Democratic Caucus Board of Advisors; co-chair, Demo-
cratic House and Senate Council; Committee on Party Effectiveness; Environment and
Energy Study Conference; Caucus on Women's Issues. Married; 3 children. District of-
fice: 4351 Garden City Drive, Suite 625, Landover 20785, td. 436-5510. Washington
office: 1513 Longworth Bidg., Washington, D.C. 20515, tel. (202) 225^131.