Cheryl D. Glenn, is a member of the Maryland

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 House of Delegates

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 representing Maryland's 45rd legislative district which is situated in northeast Baltimore

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Background

Glenn was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the public primary and secondary schools there. She graduated from Western High School

Western High School (Baltimore, Maryland)

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 in 1969, the Community College of Baltimore County (paralegal studies)and the George Meany Institute (labor relations). She became the Political Director of and lobbyist for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters, (2004- ) after serving as President of the City Union of Baltimore, 1988-96. She is married with five children and eight grandchildren, and she is also raising her grandughter, Taylor Bishop.

Legislative career

After a long career in the labor movement, Glenn was elected to the Maryland General Assembly

Maryland General Assembly

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. Glenn was among three people elected to represent the 45th district located in east Baltimore. Although it was her first run for a state office, she finished ahead of both the incumbents in that district in the general election.

Glenn has been a member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. She serves on the Environmental Matters Committee and several of its subcommittees and work groups: ground rent work group (2007); housing & real property subcommittee, 2007-; local government & bi-county subcommittee, 2007-; motor vehicle & transportation subcommittee, 2007-. She is also a member of the Fiscal Subcommittee of the Baltimore City Delegation

Baltimore City Delegation

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, the Women Legislators of Maryland and the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

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Legislative notes

• voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359)http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm
• voted in favor of the Tax Reform Act of 2007 (HB2)http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf
• voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm
• voted in favor of slots (HB4) in the 2007 Special session
• Primary Sponsor Employee Misclassification Act of 2008 (HB 70)
• co-sponsored the Work Place Fraud Act of 2009 (HB819)

General election results, 2006

• 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 45th District

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Cheryl Glenn, Democratic	16,911	32.6%	Won
Hattie N. Harrison Hattie N. Harrison Hattie N. Harrison is an American politician who has served in the Maryland General Assembly since 1973. Harrison is the chairperson of the Maryland House of Delegates Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, and is the first African-American woman to chair a legislative committee in Maryland.She... , Democratic	16,804	31.0%	Won
Talmadge Branch Talmadge Branch Talmadge Branch is an American politician who represents the 45th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates. Branch has been in office since 1995 and is currently the House majority whip... , Democratic	16,014	30.9%	Won
Ronald M. Owens-Bey, Populist	2,727	5.3%	Lost
Other write-ins	111	.2%	Lost