Katherine A. Klausmeier

Kathy Klausmeier
Klausmeier in 2022
President pro tempore of the Maryland Senate
In office
January 9, 2019 – January 8, 2020
Preceded byNathaniel J. McFadden
Succeeded byMelony G. Griffith
Member of the Maryland Senate
from the 8th district
Assumed office
January 10, 2003
Preceded byJoseph T. Ferraracci
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 8th district
In office
January 12, 1995 – January 10, 2003
Preceded byJoseph Bartenfelder
Succeeded byEric M. Bromwell
Personal details
Born
Katherine Nossel

(1950-02-22) February 22, 1950 (age 74)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A,
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJohn Klausmeier
Children2
EducationThe 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]

  1. ^ Kurtz, Josh (December 20, 2022). "Moore taps Sen. Pinsky and Mollie Byron for his administration; multiple legislative dominoes set to fall". Maryland Matters. Retrieved January 1, 2024.