David Trone
Democrat Representative of Maryland's 6th district
Representative
Maryland, district 6
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Maryland, district 6
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Maryland, district 6
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
3
Congresses Served
3
House Terms
September 21, 1955 (69 years old)
Birthday
- American businessman and politician
- Founded and co-owns Total Wine & More
- Spent over $13 million on an unsuccessful Democratic primary campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016, setting a record for the most expensive self-funded House campaign at the time
- Won the general election for Maryland’s 6th congressional district in 2018
- Prioritizes mental health issues and fighting addiction, co-chairs the Bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Task Force
- Announced candidacy for the United States Senate in the 2024 election but was defeated in the Democratic primary
- Raised on a farm, experienced bankruptcy in the family
- Graduated magna cum laude from Furman University and earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Total Wine & More became the largest privately owned beer, wine, and spirits retailer in the U.S.
- Involved in lobbying efforts to change laws restricting beverage sales and faced legal disputes related to business practices
- Engaged in philanthropy, supporting ACLU, criminal justice reform, mental health services, and education
- Served as a U.S. representative, focusing on bipartisan efforts and voting in line with President Joe Biden’s stated positions
- Supported various political and social issues including abortion rights, criminal justice reform, cryptocurrency regulation, education reform, electoral reform, foreign policy, gun policy, healthcare, immigration, minimum wage, and national politics
- Personal life includes overcoming cancer, undergoing shoulder surgery, and living in Potomac, Maryland with his family, who are Jewish while he was raised Lutheran