Glenn Ivey
Democrat Representative of Maryland's 4th district
Representative
Maryland, district 4
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
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Congresses Served
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House Terms
February 27, 1961 (63 years old)
Birthday
- American politician and attorney
- Serves as the U.S. representative for Maryland’s 4th congressional district since 2023
- Former state’s attorney for Prince George’s County, Maryland (2002-2011)
- Worked on Capitol Hill in various capacities, including as chief counsel to Senate majority leader Tom Daschle and counsel to U.S. senator Paul Sarbanes during the Whitewater controversy
- Worked as an assistant U.S. attorney under U.S. Attorney Eric Holder
- Chaired the Maryland Public Service Commission, overseeing deregulation of Maryland’s electric power industry
- Taught trial advocacy at Harvard Law School and was an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Law
- Chaired Prince George’s county’s police reform task force in 2020
- Advocated for the passage of a bill to end capital punishment in Maryland
- Supports the Green New Deal and a quick transition away from fossil fuels
- Opposes the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration
- Supports a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and opposes the BDS movement
- Advocated for increased sentences for gun offenders and supports gun safety measures including universal background checks
- Supports Medicare for All and the legalization of recreational marijuana
- Does not support the “Defund the Police” movement, advocating instead for rethinking policing tactics while holding officers accountable for misconduct
- Supported the legalization of same-sex marriage in Maryland
- Advocated for bringing the new FBI Headquarters to Prince George’s County
- Married to Jolene Stephenson since 1988, with whom he has five children, including Maryland delegate Julian Ivey, and has another daughter from a previous relationship
- Underwent surgery in 2004 to remove a cancerous tumor on his kidney and has been cancer-free since