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[photo, Julie Palakovich Carr, Maryland State Delegate] JULIE PALAKOVICH CARR
Democrat, District 17, Montgomery County


Member of House of Delegates since January 9, 2019. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2019- (local revenues subcommittee, 2019-20; education subcommittee, 2021-22; child care subcommittee, 2026-; chair, early childhood subcommittee, 2023-25; chair, revenues subcommittee, 2026-, member, 2019-); Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, 2021-. Deputy Majority Whip, 2024-25. Chair, Montgomery County House Delegation, 2022-. Secretary, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2022- (member, 2019-). Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2019- (vice-chair, legislative review committee, 2019-24). Associate member, Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, 2024-; Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus, 2025-. Member, Maryland Legislative STEM and Emerging Technology Caucus, 2026-.

Member, Advisory Stakeholder Group on Autism-Related Needs, 2023-.

Member, Environment Commission, Rockville, 2010-13. Chair, Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Review Committee, Rockville, 2011. Vice-Chair, Summit Working Group on City Services and Budget, Rockville, 2012.

Member, City Council, Rockville, 2013-19.

Environmental and Homeland Security Policy Advisor (sea grant knauss fellow) to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, 2008-09.

Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1983. Boston University, B.A. (biology), 2005; University of Minnesota, M.S. (biology), 2007. Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Victory Guide, 2017-. Former public policy manager, American Institute of Biological Sciences. Author, "Evolution Education and State Politics," Bioscience, August 2017. Leading Women, Daily Record, 2016. Dorothy Davidson Award, Montgomery County Young Democrats, 2021. Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties, 2022. Friend of Municipal Government Award, Maryland Municipal League, 2023. Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2025. Outstanding Leadership Award, Maryland Child Care Association, 2025. Legislative Achievement Award, Economic Action Maryland Fund, 2025. Married; one child.

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