Joseph T. Ferraracci
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Joseph T. Ferraracci is a former Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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 State Senator
State Senator
A state senator is a member of a state's Senate, the upper house in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a legislator in Nebraska's one house State Legislature.There are typically fewer state senators than there are members of a state's lower house...

 in Maryland
Maryland
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, United States.

Background

Joseph T. Ferraracci was appointed to the position of State Senator for District 8, which covers portions of Baltimore County and Baltimore City, by former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening
Parris Glendening
Parris Nelson Glendening , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995 to January 15, 2003...

 when John R. Schneider
John R. Schneider
John R. Schneider is a former Democrat State Senator in Maryland, United States.-Background:John Schneider was appointed to the position of State Senator for District 8, which covers portions of Baltimore County and Baltimore City, by former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening when Thomas L...

 died. Ferraracci was the third in a series of quick successions to the position. Earlier in 2002, Thomas L. Bromwell
Thomas L. Bromwell
Thomas L. Bromwell is a former Democratic state senator in Maryland, United States.-Background:Bromwell was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1979 to represent District 9 in Baltimore County and Baltimore City. In 1983, he successfully ran for the seat of District 8 in the...

 resigned the same seat to accept a position with the Maryland Injured Workers Insurance Fund. Schneider was appointed as his replacement, who as mentioned previously, died less than 2 months after his appointment. Ferraracci was appointed to serve out the remainder of the term. He did not seek election in the next Democratic primary. Eventually, Katherine Klausmeier won the primary and general election in 2002 and was sworn in in 2003.

Career

During his career, Ferraracci was a member of the U.S. Army Reserves for eleven years. He has been a member of the Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee since 1982, serving as chair from 1994–1996 and since 2002.

Ferraracci ran for Orphans Court in 2006, but received the fewest votes of the 11 candidates that ran for the position.

External links

  • http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/former/html/msa13935.html
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