Candidate · U.S. House, District 7
Kweisi Mfume
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Maryland's 7th Congressional District (since May 2020)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Baltimore City
Background
- Bachelor's degree, Morgan State University; master's degree, Johns Hopkins University. source: thebanner.com
- Baltimore City Council member, 1978 to 1986. source: thebanner.com
- U.S. Representative for the 7th District, 1987 to 1996, and again since 2020. source: thebanner.com
- President and CEO of the NAACP, 1996 to 2004; later chaired the Morgan State University Board of Regents. source: ballotpedia.org
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