Raskin, Jamin B. (Jamin Ben), 1962-

RASKIN, Jamie Ben, a Representative from Maryland; born in Washington, D.C., December 13, 1962; graduated from Georgetown Day High School, Washington, D.C., 1979; A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 1983; J.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1987; assistant attorney general, office of the Mass. state attorney general, 1987-1989; professor, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., 1990-2017; member of the Maryland state senate, 2007-2016, majority whip, 2012-2016; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.

<p>Congressman Jamie Raskin proudly represents Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district includes Montgomery, Carroll, and Frederick Counties. Congressman Raskin was sworn into his third Term at the start of the 117th Congress on January 3, 2021.</p>

<p>This is Rep. Raskin’s third term serving on the House Judiciary Committee, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on House Administration. This is his second term serving on the Rules Committee and the Coronavirus Select Subcommittee. He was also renamed Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Chair of the Rules Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures for the 117th Congress.</p>

<p>Prior to his time in Congress, Raskin was a three-term State Senator in Maryland, where he also served as the Senate Majority Whip. He earned a reputation for building coalitions in Annapolis to deliver a series of landmark legislative accomplishments. He was also a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years. He authored several books, including the Washington Post best-seller Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court versus the American People and the highly-acclaimed We the Students: Supreme Court Cases For and About America’s Students, which has sold more than 50,000 copies.</p>

<p>Congressman Raskin is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.</p>

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 11/03/2020 MD District 08 Won 68.23% (+36.65%)</li>
<li> 06/02/2020 MD District 08 - D Primary Won 86.81% (+78.87%)</li>
<li> 11/28/2018 Caucus Leadership Representative Won 53.28% (+6.56%)</li>
<li> 11/06/2018 MD District 08 Won 68.17% (+37.94%)</li>
<li> 06/26/2018 MD District 08 - D Primary Won 90.50% (+84.65%)</li>
<li> 11/08/2016 MD District 08 Won 60.57% (+26.35%)</li>
<li> 04/26/2016 MD District 08 - D Primary Won 33.57% (+6.42%)</li>
<li> 11/04/2014 MD State Senate 20 Won 98.66% (+97.32%)</li>
<li> 01/11/2012 MD State Senate Majority Whip Won 50.00% (+0.00%)</li>
<li> 11/02/2010 MD State Senate 20 Won 98.92% (+97.83%)</li>
<li> 11/07/2006 MD State Senate 20 Won 98.69% (+97.38%)</li>
<li> 09/12/2006 MD State Senate 20 - D Primary Won 66.58% (+33.15%)</li>
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<p>Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. The district is located in Montgomery County, an affluent suburban county northwest of Washington, D.C., and extends through rural Frederick County to the Pennsylvania border. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016.</p>

<p>In Congress, Raskin is the chair of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the co-chair of the Congressional Freethought Caucus. He was also the lead impeachment manager for the second impeachment of President Donald Trump. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law, where he co-founded and directed the LL.M. program on law and government and co-founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.</p>

<p>Descended from Russian Jewish immigrants, Jamin Ben Raskin was born in Washington, D.C. on December 13, 1962, to Barbara (née Bellman) Raskin and Marcus Raskin. His mother was a journalist and novelist, and his father was a former staff aide to President John F. Kennedy on the National Security Council, co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, and a progressive activist. Raskin graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1979 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1983. In 1987, he received a J.D. degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.</p>