Candidate · State Senate, District 4
William "Bill" Folden
What this job does: Your district's one senator in the Maryland Senate (47 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and taxes and propose changes to the state constitution for voters to decide, like the questions on this ballot. A term is four years.
- Current office
- State Senator, District 4 (since January 2023)
- Occupation
- Law enforcement officer (retired assistant police chief)
- Lives in
- Frederick County
Background
- Born in Hagerstown in 1972; A.A. in criminal justice, Frederick Community College (1999); Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command. source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
- Served in the U.S. Army as a military police officer and infantry sniper. source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
- Frederick County deputy sheriff (1994-2011), Frederick police officer (2011-2022) and assistant police chief at University of Maryland, Baltimore (2022-2025). source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
- Member of the House of Delegates, District 3B, 2015 to 2019. source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
- Elected to the State Senate in 2022; serves on the Judicial Proceedings Committee. source: mgaleg.maryland.gov
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