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RICHARD LA VAY, Republican, District 15, Montgomery County. Member of House
of Delegates since 1991. Minority Whip, 1995—. Member, Appropriations Committee,
1995— (public safety & administration subcommittee; oversight committee on person-
nel); Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1995—; Legislative Policy Commit-
tee, 1995—. Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1991-94. Born in Nassau County,
Long Island, New York, July 16, 1953. Mount St. Mary's College, B.S., 1975; The American
University. Homebuilder. Member, Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1995—.
Board member, Citizens for Fair Representation, 1992. President, Stepping Stones Homeless
Shelter, Rockville, 1994. Member, Maryland Building Industry Association. Received 1st
Place, SMBIA Finest for Family Living. Alexandria Civil Neighborhood Revitalization
Award. Married; three children. District office: 12500 Stoney Creek Rd; Potomac 20854;
tel. (301) 986-6735. Annapolis office: 405 Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401-1991; tel.
(301) 858-3090, (410) 841-3090.

JOHN R. LEOPOLD, Republican, District 31, Anne Arundel County. Hawaii State
Representative, 1970-74. Hawaii State Senator, 1974-78. Member of House of Dele-
gates, 1983-90, and since 1995 (first Republican elected to House of Delegates from
District 31). Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1995— (taxes & revenues sub-
comm.). Member, Judiciary Committee, 1983-86; Economic Matters Committee, 1987-
90; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1986-90. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
February 4, 1943. Hamilton College, B.A., 1964. Member, Hawaii State Board of Educa-
tion, 1968-70 (only Republican ever elected to Hawaii School Board). Member, National
Advisory Council for the Education of Disadvantaged Children (ESEA, Title I), 1977-79,
appointed by President Gerald R. Ford; National Motor Carrier Advisory Committee,
1988-90; National Council on Disability, 1991-92, appointed by President George Bush.
Delegate, Republican National Conventions of 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992 (Plat-
form Committee member, 1980 and 1988). Member, Accountability Task Force (on State
Aid to Public Education), 1984-89; Governor's Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilities, 1996—. Honored for legislative service by Maryland Coalition Against Crime,
1986, and Maryland Child Care Association, 1989. District office: 8626 Houlton Har-
bour, Pasadena 21122; tel. (410) 255-4477. Annapolis office: 213 Lowe House Office
Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3217.

SAMUEL C. LINTON, Democrat, District 28, Charles County. Member of House of
Delegates, 1958-66, 1983-90, and since 1995. Member, Ways and Means Committee,
1995— (education subcommittee); Joint Budget and Audit Committee, 1987-90,
1995—; Joint Committee on State Economic Development Initiatives, 1995—. Past
member, Appropriations Committee (law enforcement & transportation subcommittee);
Joint Legislative Committee on the MED-EVAC Program, 1986-90. Born in Riverside,
Maryland, August 21, 1923. Nanjemoy High School; Charles County Community College;
Armed Forces Institute, 1944-45. Staff sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-46; served in
England, Belgium, Iceland, and Germany. Owner and operator of Linton Lumber Co. and
Holly Springs Farm, Inc. Member, Maryland Constitutional Convention, 1967-68; Inter-
state Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 1968-80. First chair, Maryland Agricultural
Land Preservation Foundation, 1977-82. Member, Charles County Economic Development
Commission, three years; Charles County Sanitary Commission, one year. First president,
Nanjemoy Volunteer Fire Dept.; master of local Grange; director, Farm Bureau; director,
Southern States Cooperative. Member, American Legion, Hughesville; Waldorf Post, VFW;
Charles County Historical Society. Past president, Society for the Restoration of Port Tobacco.
Member, Vestry, Old Durham Episcopal Church. Married; five children. District office: Box
110, Holly Springs Rd., Nanjemoy 20662; tel. (301) 246-4285. Annapolis office: 216
Lowe House Office Bldg., 21401—1991; tel. (410) 841-3247.

MARY ANN LOVE, Democrat, District 32, Arme Arundel County. Member of House
of Delegates since 1993. Deputy Majority Whip, 1995. Member, Economic Matters
Committee, 1993— (real property work group). Member, Women Legislators of Mary-
land. Born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1940. St. John's Evangelist High
School, 1958; Wilkes-Barre Business School, 1959. Information and assistance specialist,
Anne Arundel County Department of Aging. Public administrator, consumer service
coordinator, Anne Arundel County. Community services specialist, Anne Arundel County,
1982-85. Former legislative aide to Anne Arundel County Councilman, 1974-82. Elected
member, Democratic State Central Committee, Anne Arundel County, 1991-94 (chair,
1990-91; at-large member, 1986-90). Member, Northern Anne Arundel Chamber of
Commerce; League of Women Voters; District 32 Democratic Club. County Achievement
Award, National Association of Counties, 1986-89. Married; two children. District office:
Glen Burnie 21061; tel. (410) 761-9963. Annapolis office: 215 Lowe House Office
Bldg., 21401-1991; tel. (410) 841-3233.