Craig J. Zucker

Craig J. Zucker DEMDemocrat

State Senator, District 14

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Craig J. ZuckerDEMDemocrat State Senator, District 14
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Craig Jason Zucker (born March 23, 1975) is an American politician who serves in the Maryland Senate from the 14th Legislative District. The district includes parts or all of Silver Spring, Calverton, Colesville, Cloverly, Fairland, Burtonsville, Spencerville, Olney, Brookeville, Ashton, Sandy Spring, Brinklow, Laytonsville, Sunshine, Goshen, and Damascus in Montgomery County. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates on November 2, 2010, and sworn in on January 12, 2011, then re-elected in 2014 to his second-four-year term. On February 4, 2016, he was sworn into the Maryland State Senate following the retirement of Senator Karen S. Montgomery.

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Education4 - 4 of 2
The John Hopkins University
MA Government
2004
Saint Thomas Aquinas College
BS Social Science/Law and Government
1993 - 1997
Past Positions1 - 14 of 14
Candidate, Maryland State Senate, District 14
2022
Democratic Caucus Chair
Maryland State Senate
2020 - Current
Deputy Majority Leader
Maryland State Senate
2019
Senator
Maryland State Senate
2016 - Current
Delegate
Maryland State House of Delegates
2010 - 2016
Member
Maryland ABLE Program Task Force
2015 - 2016
Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of Comptroller of Maryland
2007 - 2010
State Director
Maryland Home Care Service Employees International Union
2004 - 2006
Deputy District Director
United States Representative Albert R. Wynn
2003 - 2004
Community Liaison
U.S. Representative Albert R. Wynn
2000 - 2003
Legislative Director
Delegate Peter V. R. Franchot
1999 - 2000
Scheduler
United States Senator Barbara Boxer, California
1999
Intern
United States Senator Carl Levin, Michigan
1997
Scheduling Assistant
United States Senator Bill Bradley, New Jersey
1996 - 1997
Other Experience1 - 29 of 29
Member
Health and Human Services Referral Board
2019 - Current
Member
Juvenile Services Education Programs Workgroup
2018 - Current
Member
Governor's Wellmobile Program Advisory Board
2017 - Current
Member
Task Force to Study Restraint and Seclusion
2017
Member
Maryland Commission on Disabilities
2016 - Current
Member
Interagency Steering Committee for Managing for Results
2015 - 2016
Member
Land Use, Transportation, and Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County Delegation
2015 - 2016
Member
Board of Directors, Manna Food Center
2006 - Current
Member
Board of Directors, Carl M. Freeman Foundation
2005 - 2006
Member
Board of Directors, Project Change, Olney
2003 - 2004
Member
Board of Governors, Chelsea School
2002 - 2004
Member
Board of Governors, Pershing School
2002 - 2004
President
Montgomery County Young Democrats
1999 - 2000
Associate Member
Greater Colesville Civic Association
Former Member
Fair Oaks Homeowners Association
Member
Tanterra Homeowners Association
Member
Executive Board, District 14 Democratic Club
Member
Montgomery County Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Member
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Pro-Choice America (NARAL)
Member
Olney Theatre Center
Staff Assistant
American Council of Engineering Companies
Member
Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates
2011 - 2013
Member
Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee
2005 - 2006
Vice-Chair
Montgomery County Mid-County Recreation Advisory Board
2004 - 2006
Former Chair
Audit and Evaluation Committee, Maryland State Senate
Former Co-Chair
Subcommittee on Health, Maryland State Senate
Former Co-Chair
Joint Audit Committee, Maryland State Senate
Former Member
Subcommittee on Education, Maryland State Senate
Former Member
Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, Maryland State Senate
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