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PETER A. HAMMEN, Democrat, District 46, Baltimore City & Baltimore County.
Member of House of Delegates since 1995. Member, Environmental Matters Committee,
1995— (health & public utilities subcommittee). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 1,
1966. University of Baltimore, B.S. (criminal justice), 1989, M.P.A., 1993. Bill analyst and
special projects manager, Eastern Baltimore Area Chamber of Commerce, 1988-89. Federal
investigator, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1989-90. Constituent liaison for U.S.
Representative Benjamin L. Cardin, 3rd Congressional District, 1990-94. President, St.
Gerard Young Men's Association, 1993, 1994 (board of directors, 1992). Member, Nature
Conservancy; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Brewer's Hill Community Association; Eastern
Baltimore Area Chamber of Commerce; University of Baltimore M.P.A. Alumni Associa-
tion. Member, Defenders Day Re-enactment Committee, 1988-89. Volunteer, Dundalk
Heritage Festival, 1988-90. Swim instructor, Y.M.C.A., 1986, 1987, 1991. Baseball coach,
Highlandtown Exchange Little League, 1993, 1994. Tek Chang Wa Karate School, 1993,
1994. District office: 821 S. Grundy St., Baltimore 21224; tel. (410) 342-3142. Annapolis
office: 316 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3303.

JAMES M. HARKINS, Republican, District 35A, Harford County. Member, House of
Delegates since 1991; Judiciary Committee, 1991— (ranking minority member, 1995—;
criminal justice subcomm.); Joint Committee on Investigation. Vice-Chair, Harford
County Delegation, 1993—. Member, American Legislative Exchange Council (criminal
Justice task force, 1992; national task force on agriculture, 1993). Born in Havre de Grace,
Maryland, December 29, 1953. Bel Air Sr. High School; Harford Community College, A.A.
(criminal justice), 1987. Sergeant, Administrative Services Division, Harford County Sher-
iff's Dept. Member, Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1996—; Harford
County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; Harford County Charter Review Board,
1987. Chair, Republican Central Committee, Harford County, 1987-90. Past president,
North Harford Republican Club; Harford Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police. Member, High-
land Community Association; North Harford Elementary PTA; Mt. Ararat Lodge
AF&AM. Police Officer of the Year—Harford County, Baltimore Sun, 1981. Deputy of the
Year, Harford County Sheriff's Dept., 1981. Law Enforcement Award, Susquehanna Opti-
mist Club. Law Enforcement Commendation Medal. Legislator of the Year Award, Md.
State's Attorneys' Assoc., 1993. Legislative Appreciation Award, Md. Fraternal Order of
Police, 1993. Member, Emory United Methodist Church. Married; two children. District
office: P.O. Box 149, 4 East Jarrettsville Rd., Forest Hill 21050-0149; tel. (410) 838-
6636. Annapolis office: 326 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-199l; tel. (410) 841-3289.

HATTIE N. HARRISON, Democrat, District 45, Baltimore City. Member of House
of Delegates since 1973. Chair, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1979—
(first African-American woman to chair a legislative committee). Member, Economic
Matters Committee, 1973— (unemployment insurance subcommittee); Legislative Policy
Committee, 1979—; Joint Committee on Protocol, 1980—. Member, Joint Subcommit-
tee on Unemployment Insurance Taxation and Charging, 1991-92. Born in Lancaster,
South Carolina. Attended Charlotte, North Carolina, and Baltimore City public schools.
Graduate of Antioch College. School teacher. Consultant to Mott Foundation, Flint, Michi-
gan; International Community Education Association, Melbourne, Australia. President,
Maryland Association for Community Education. Appointed to National Community
Education Advisory Council. Former member, Democratic State Central Committee,
Baltimore City; Commission on Women. Member, Eastside Democratic Organization;
Maryland Association for Mental Health; Citizens for Fair Housing; League of Women
Voters; NAACP; YWCA; East Baltimore Women's League; National Laboratory for the
Advancement of Education. Recipient of numerous service awards. Married. District office:
1054 N. Milton Ave., Baltimore 21213; tel. (410) 342-4414. Annapolis office: 427 Lowe
House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3486.

ANNE HEALEY, Democrat, District 22A, Prince George's County. Member of House
of Delegates since 1991. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1991— (chair, taxes &
revenues subcommittee). House Chair, Task Force on Telecommunications Taxes, 1994.
Member, Joint Expenditure Study Group on Law Enforcement and Transportation, 1991;
Joint Study Group on Transportation and Lottery Revenues, 1991. Member, Bi-County
Committee of Pnnce George's County Delegation. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania,
January 2, 1951. Cathedral High School, Scranton; Marywood College, B.A., 1972; Catholic
University, M.A., 1974. Writer & editor. Former newspaper editor, reporter, college English
instructor. Member, Governor's Commission on Adoption, 1995—. Member, Hyattsville City
Council, 1987-90. Member, American Cancer Society (local board, 1987); Prince George's
County Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 1987; Prince George's County Public Relations
Association, 1989—. Member, Washington Independent Writers (board of directors, 1989-
90). Married; two children. District office: 3920 Madison St., Hyattsville 20781; tel. (301)
779-4515. Annapolis office: 207 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (301)
858-3058, (410) 841-3058.