Benjamin L. Cardin DEMDemocrat
United States Senator
(202) 224-4524 (202) 224-1651 (301) 762-2974 (301) 762-2976 (301) 777-2957 (301) 777-2959 (301) 860-0414 (202) 870-1164 (301) 860-0416 (410) 546-4250 (410) 546-4252 (410) 962-4436 (410) 962-4156 www.cardin.senate.gov en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cardin 509 Hart, Washington DC 20510 451 Hungerford, Rockville MD 20850 13 Canal, Cumberland MD 21502 10201 Martin, Bowie MD 20720 114 South, Easton MD 21601 100 South, Baltimore MD 21201
Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from 1979 to 1987, the youngest person to ever hold the position. In his half-century career as an elected official, he had never lost an election. Cardin was elected as U.S. Senator to succeed Paul Sarbanes in 2006, defeating Republican Michael Steele, the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, by a margin of 54% to 44%. He was reelected in 2012 taking 56% of the vote. He became Maryland's senior U.S. senator on January 3, 2017, upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement. Cardin won reelection to a third term in 2018, taking 65% of the vote. Cardin will retire rather than run for reelection in 2024.
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