Verna L. Jones

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name = Verna L. Jones

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office = Maryland State Senate
term_start = January 2003
term_end = Present
predecessor = Clarence Mitcell, IV
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constituency = Baltimore City
party = Democrat
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order2 = Maryland House of Delegates
term_start2 = 1999
term_end2 = 2003
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predecessor2 = John D. Jefferies
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Verna L. Jones is an American politician who represents the 44th legislative district in the Maryland State Senate. [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12253.html] Senator Jones was also the chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland from 2007 to 2008. [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa02779.html]

Background

_{"if you have information that can be referenced with a , please, feel free to help!"}Expand-section|date=June 2008 Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 27, 1955. University of Maryland College Park, B.A. (urban studies & community organization), 1978; Baruch College, City University of New York, M.P.A., 1987.

In the legislature

Member of Senate since January 8, 2003. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2003- (public safety, transportation & environment subcommittee, 2003-); Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2003-; Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 2003-; Special Committee on Substance Abuse, 2003-. Chair, Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, 2007-. Member, Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2003.

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