Joan Carter Conway

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name = Joan Carter Conway


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birth_date = birth date and age|1951|4|5
birth_place =Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
residence = Baltimore, Maryland
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office = Senator 43rd District
term_start = 1997
term_end = Present
predecessor = John A. Pica, Jr.
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constituency = Baltimore City
party = Democrat
religion = Baptist
occupation = tax consultant
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spouse = Vernon "Tim" Conway
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order2 = Baltimore City Council
term_start2 = 1995
term_end2 = 1997
president = Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
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Joan Carter Conway is an American politician who represents district 43 in the Maryland State Senate. She is the first African American woman to be appointed chairman of any of the standing committees in the Maryland Senate and in 2000 was listed one of "Maryland's Top 100 Women" by the "Daily Record". [http://www.mddailyrecord.com/events.cfm?fuseaction=eventDetail&eventID=5&scheduleID=29&pageContent=winners]

Background

Senator Conway was born to Floyd O. and Pauline N. Carter in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 5, 1951. She attended the Community College of Baltimore, earning her A.A. in human services in 1987 and then the University of Baltimore, with a B.A. in sociology in 1988. She is co-owner of CIG Professional Tax Services, Inc. Conway was appointed to the Senate, from the Baltimore City Council, when John A. Pica, Jr. decided to retire iin 1997. Since then she has won three elections without major opposition. In 2007, Conway headed a team of 3 incumbent delegates (Curt Anderson, Ann Marie Doory and Maggie McIntosh) and 7 state central committee members (Baltimore City Councilmen Ken Harris and Robert Curran, and democrats Sherrod Barnes, Jeremy Rosendale, Beatrice Brown, and Sylvia Williams) to victory with every person on her ticket winning in the September primary. No other 11-person ticket achieved such distinction in the state primary election.

In the legislature

A member of Senate since January 8, 1997, Senator Conway is Chair of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee and a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12413.html]

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