Kathy Klausmeier | |
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President pro tempore of the Maryland Senate | |
In office January 9, 2019 – January 8, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Nathaniel J. McFadden |
Succeeded by | Melony G. Griffith |
Member of the Maryland Senate from the 8th district | |
Assumed office January 10, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Joseph T. Ferraracci |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 8th district | |
In office January 12, 1995 – January 10, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Bartenfelder |
Succeeded by | Eric M. Bromwell |
Personal details | |
Born | Katherine Nossel February 22, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A, |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | John Klausmeier |
Children | 2 |
Education | The Catholic High School of Baltimore, Community College of Baltimore County (AA) |
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Katherine A. Klausmeier (née Nossel; born February 22, 1950) is an American politician who has served as a member of both chambers of the General Assembly of Maryland at the state capital of Annapolis, Maryland, currently in the upper chamber of the Maryland Senate representing District 8 in northeast Baltimore County, since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as president pro tempore of the Maryland Senate from 2019 to 2020 and represented the same district earlier in the lower chamber of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1995 to 2003. Klausmeier is the longest serving current member of the Maryland Senate, serving in the Maryland State House for 21 years, and as a delegate for eight years before that.[1]