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WILLIAM C. BEVAN, Democrat, District 13B. Born in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Munhall High School, Munhall, Pennsylvania; Slippery Rock State College, B.S., 1951;
University of MaryUnd,M.Ed. in school administration. Retired principal; realtor associate,
commercial-industrial. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1945-47. Member, American Legion;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; board of directors, Greater Laurel-Beltsville Hospital Founda-
tion (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 Principals' Associa-
tion, and Southern Howard County Democratic Club. Past chairman of Parents Booster
Club, Laurel Beltway Wrestling Team. Past secretary, 6th District Democratic Club of
Howard County. Member of the House of Delegates since 1983. Member, Constitutional
and Administrative Law Committee. Chairman, Howard County Delegation, 1984-85.
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. 858-3205.

PATRICIA H. BILLINGS, Democrat, District 18. Born in Sidney,Montana, November
9,1936. University of Montana, B.A., 1958. Legislative Director, Group Health Associa-
tion of America, 1984-88. State Legislative Liaison, Montgomery County Council, 1983-
84. Legislative assistant to Chairman Helen Koss, Constitutional and Aministrative Law
Committee, 1979-83. Member, Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee,
1974-86 (vice-chair, 1978-80). Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Democratic
State Central Committee, 1980-86. Chair, Maryland Democratic Delegate Selection
Committee, 1984. Delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1976,1984 (alternate,
1980). Member, Montgomery County Charter Review Commission, 1979-83. Demo-
cratic precinct official, 1970-74. Campaign coordinator, Montgomery County Democrats
for "82. Member of the House of Delegates since 1989. Member, Constitutional and
Aministrative Law Committee. Member, Women Legislators of Maryland. District office:
3940 Rickover Rd., Silver Spring 20902; tel. 946-5916. Annapolis office: 226 Lowe Bldg.
21401; tel. 841-3200; 858-3200.

JOHN J. BISHOP, Republican, District 9. Born in Baltimore, May 11,1948. Towson
State College; University of Baltimore. Administrator, Management Information Section,
Office of Engineering and Construction, Dept. of General Services. Republican State
Central Committee, 1982-86. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1984, 1988.
Chairman, Reagan-Bush Campaign, 2nd Congressional Dist., 1984. Member, Steering
Committee, and 9th Legislative District Coordinator, Congresswoman Helen Bentley
Campaign, 1986. Past member, Associated Builders and Contractors; Building Congress
and Exchange of Baltimore. Member, Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors; Maryland
Classified Employees Assoc.; board of directors, Maryland Chapter, Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation International. Member, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish; Immaculate Heart
ofMary Home School Assoc. Married; 2 children. Member, House of Delegates since 1987;
Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee (procurement subcommittee, 1987-
88); Joint Budget and Audit Committee. Attorney General's Mental Health Laws Advisory
Committee, 1987—; State Accident Fund Task Force, 1987-88; Higher Education Work-
group, 1988; Election Laws Workgroup, 1988; Subcommittee on the Port, 1988.
Member, National Conference of State Legislatures. District office: 1520 Doxbury Rd.,
Baltimore 21204; tel. 321-9544. Annapolis office: 308 Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 841-3359.

ROSA LEE BLUMENTHAL, Democrat, District 26. Born in Raeford, North Carolina.
Fayetteville Sr. High School, Fayetteville, N.C.; Lewisburg College. Member, Prince
George's County Democratic Central Committee, 1982-86. President, Prince George's
Women's Democratic Club; Oxon Hill Recreation and Cultural Council. Past president,
Oxon Hill Democratic Club; Prince George's Federation of Park and Recreation Councils.
Former board member, Oxon Hill Manor Foundation. Member, American Legion, VFW
and DAV Auxiliaries. Former columnist, Prince GcorgtH Post. Past member, Ft. Foote and
Oxon Hill PTAs. Chairman, Oxon Hill Arts and Crafts Fair. Former board member, Prince
George's Civic Opera. Charter member, Oxon Hill Homemaker Club. Area chairman,
Cancer Crusade. President of the Year, Prince George's Federation of Park and Recreation
Councils; Citizen of the Year, Congress of Southern Prince George's Civic Associations;
American Legion Service Award. Married; four children; eleven grandchildren. Member of
the House of Delegates since 1987. Member, Judiciary Committee. Annapolis office: 205-A
Lowe Bldg., 21401; tel. 858-3012.