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LESLIE E. HUTCHINSON, Democrat, District 6, Baltimore County. Member of
House of Delegates since 1991. Member, Commerce and Government Matters Commit-
tee, 1994—. Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1991-92;
Ways and Means Committee, 1992-93 (housing subcommittee). Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, October 14, 1961. Essex Community College; The Johns Hopkins University.
Member, Maryland Democratic State Central Committee, 1986-90. Delegate, Democratic
Party National Convention, 1988. Regional Vice-Chair, Maryland Democratic Party, 1988-
90. Member, Young Democrats of Maryland (president, 1989). Member, Bird River Demo-
cratic Club; Riverside Democratic Club, Norris Democratic Club; Deep Creek Democratic Club.
Member, Essex Development Corp.; Essex/Middle River Optimists. Outstanding Young Demo-
crat of the Year, 1987. District office: 435 Eastern Blvd., Essex, Baltimore 21221; tel. (410)
780-3636. Annapolis office: 303 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410)
841-3384.

JOHN D. JEFFERIES, Democrat, District 39, Baltimore City. Member, House of
Delegates since 1988. Member, Environmental Matters Committee. Member, Tort and
Insurance Reform Oversight Committee, 1993. Chair, Md. Legislative Black Caucus. Born
in Jersey City, New Jersey, June 19, 1928. Dunbar High School, Baltimore. Served in U.S. Marine
Corps, World War II. University of Baltimore (motion & time study); International Assoc. of
Machinist & Aerospace Workers Leadership Schools I & II, Rutgers University; Community
College of Baltimore (labor relations & arbitration); Essex Community College (semantics &
communications); University of Pennsylvania, M.N.P.L. (political science); University of Wiscon-
sin (collective bargaining); George Meany Institute (preparation & presentation of arbitration).
Directing business representative, International Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-
CIO. Democratic State Central Comm., 1975—. Baltimore City Liquor Bd., 1983-87. Citizens
advisory bd., Baltimore City Schools Vocational Education. Delegate, Metropolitan Baltimore
Council, AFL-CIO Unions, 1968— (rec. secretary, 1971-80; financial secretary-treas., 1980—).
Area Vice-President, Md. State & DC AFL-CIO, 1973— President, Md. -DC State Council of
Machinists, 1984— (exec. vice-pres., 1973-84). Industrial Relations Research Assoc.; 33rd degree
Mason; Shriner. St. John's A.M.E. Church. Married; four children. District office: 501C Penn-
sylvania Ave., Baltimore 21201; tel. (410) 383-2701. Annapolis office: 315 Lowe House
Office Bldg., Annapolis 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3263.

SAMUEL Q. JOHNSON III. Democrat, District 37, Wicomico, Caroline, Dorchester
& Talbot Counties. Member of House of Delegates since 1983. Member, Environmental
Matters Committee; Joint Committee on Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas; Special Joint
Committee on Energy Pricing, 1990-91. Chairman, Eastern Shore Delegation. Born in
Salisbury, Maryland, January 2, 1939. Wicomico Senior High School; College of William and
Mary, B.S; 1962. Served in Maryland National Guard, sergeant, six years. Former owner of
seed and feed company. Former school teacher. Member, Governor's Task Force on Senior Citizen
Activity Centers, 1983-84; Governor's Task Force on Trees and Forests, 1990—; Citizens
Advisory Board for Deer's Head Center. Member, Masons; Eastern Shore Shrine Club. District
office: 4470 Sunset Dr., Tyaskin 21865; tel. (410) 873-3122. Annapolis office: 415 Lowe
House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3427.

CHRISTINE MILLER JONES, Democrat, District 26, Prince George's County. Mem-
ber, House of Delegates since 1982. Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 1994—. Economic
Matters Committee (worker's compensation subcomm.); Joint Committee on Adminis-
trative, Executive and Legislative Review; Joint Committee on Federal Relations; Joint
Committee on Protocol. Chair, Md. Legislative Black Caucus, 1991-92. Born in Navasota,
Texas. Huston Tillotson College, B.A., 1949. Teacher. Member, Task Force to Study Home
Improvement Laws, 1983-84; Task Force on Teen Pregnancy, 1984-85. Delegate, Democratic
Party National Conventions, 1980, 1984. Member, Oxon Hill Democratic Club; John Hanson
Women's Club; Southern PG Business & Professional Women's Club; PG Co. Education Assoc.;
Md. State Teachers Assoc.; National Education Assoc. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; Delta Sigma
Theta; Top Ladies of Distinction; NAACP. Bd. member, National Conference of Christians and
Jews; PG Mental Health Assoc.; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Center for Com-
munity Development. Founder, honorary member, PG Coalition on Black Affairs. Awards:
NAACP; PG Co. Educators on Minority Affairs; Delta Sigma Theta; The Links, Inc.; National
Hook-Up of Black Women; PG Coalition on Black Affairs; Samuel Chase Elementary School
PTA; Bethlehem Baptist Church Women's Club. Married; one child. District office: 4518
Beech Rd., Temple Hills 20748; tel. (301) 423-6668. Annapolis office: 205 Lowe House
Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (301) 858-3012, (410) 841-3012.