Jamie Ben Raskin
Democrat Representative of Maryland's 8th district
Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
4
Congresses Served
4
House Terms
December 13, 1962 (62 years old)
Birthday
- American attorney, law professor, and politician
- Served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016
- U.S. representative for Maryland’s 8th congressional district since 2017
- Co-chairs the Congressional Freethought Caucus
- Lead impeachment manager for the second impeachment of President Donald Trump
- Former constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law
- Co-founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
- Advocated for the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland, expansion of the state ignition interlock device program, and establishment of legal guidelines for benefit corporations
- Introduced the first bill in the country for the National Popular Vote
- Championed efforts to reform marijuana laws and legalize medical marijuana in Maryland
- Helped lead the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland
- Named lead impeachment manager for Trump’s second impeachment trial in 2021
- Violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act by failing to properly disclose share dealings
- Called for a humanitarian pause in the Israel–Hamas war in 2023
- Voted against directing President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days in 2023
- Appointed to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack
- Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
- Holds multiple caucus memberships including the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
- Married to Sarah Bloom Raskin, former governor of the Federal Reserve Board and United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
- Father of three children, one of whom passed away in 2020
- Vegetarian since 2009
- Diagnosed with colon cancer in 2010 and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in 2022, which went into remission in April 2023
- Author of several publications including “Unthinkable — Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy”