Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg (born May 18, 1950) is an American politician who represents the 41st legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

. Delegate Rosenberg is the vice-chairman of the Ways and Means committee and has been in the General Assembly since 1983.http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12301.html

Background

Born in Baltimore

Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, Rosenberg attended the Baltimore City College

Baltimore City College

The Baltimore City College , also referred to as The Castle on the Hill, historically as The College, and most commonly City, is a public high school in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. The City College curriculum includes the International Baccalaureate Programme and emphasizes study in the classics...

 high school and then went on to Amherst College

Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...

 where he got his B.A. degree in political science in 1972. He immediately followed that up with a juris doctor

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

 from the Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 Law School in 1975. For the last sixteen years, Delegate Rosenberg has taught at the two law schools in Baltimore. He currently teaches Legal Writing and Moot Court at the University of Baltimore

University of Baltimore

The University of Baltimore , located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood at 1420 N. Charles Street, is part of the University System of Maryland. Through the Freshman Initiative or Lower Division Initiative, UB has transformed from an upper division university to a...

 and Legislation at the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, Baltimore

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. He has also taught seminars on Law and the Homeless and Legislative Process: Abortion.http://delsandy.com/

In the legislature

Delegate Rosenberg was a lead sponsor of legislation to de-regulate electric utilities in Maryland in 1999, and the lead sponsor of legislation to repeal Maryland's death penalty. in the 2007 session of the Maryland General Assembly. HB-225: death penalty repeal.http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/hb/hb0225f.pdf Although the bill failed to get out of committee, Rosenberg has vowed to introduce it again. Of the 37 bills he introduced in 2007, 9 passed and became law. Rosenberg has changed his position on legalizing slot machines. He voted against slots in 2005, but for slots in 2007.

Rosenberg posts a daily legislative diary at his website, delsandy.com, when the legislature is in session.

http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/sponsors/rosenberg$.htm In his 25 years as a delegate his most significant legislative accomplishments are writing the holding of Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade, , was a controversial landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion,...

 into Maryland law; creating two programs that encourage students to enter public service, by repaying a portion of the educational debt of people who have lower-paying public interest jobs and by providing an up-front scholarship to students planning careers in public service; lead paint abatement legislation; Maryland’s welfare reform law; the Voters Rights Protection Act of 2005, which expands access to the ballot and deters activities intended to suppress turnout;http://www.mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/sponsors/rosenberg.htm extending Maryland’s civil rights law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; and establishing public health priorities for the use of the State’s share of the settlement of the tobacco litigation.

Election results

• 2006 Primary Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 41

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Jill P. Carter Jill P. Carter Jill P. Carter is an American politician who represents Maryland's 41st legislative district of Baltimore City in the Maryland House of Delegates. She was elected to the Maryland legislature after defeating four incumbents in the Democratic primary that September... , Dem.	13,196	31.2%	Won
Samuel I. Rosenberg, Dem.	9,215	21.8%	Won
Nathaniel T. Oaks Nathaniel T. Oaks Nathaniel T. Oaks is an American politician who represents district 41 in the Maryland House of Delegates. -Background:... , Dem.	9,189	21.7%	Won
Wendall Phillips	6,480	15.3%	Lost
Kevin Hargrave	2,095	5.0%	Lost
Karen M. Ferguson	2,116	5.0%	Lost

• 1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 42

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Samuel I. Rosenberg, Dem.	21,768	30%	Won
James W. Campbell James W. Campbell James William Campbell , was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42.-Background:James W. Campbell was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1979. He served until 2003. He was defeated in the 2002 general election when District 42 was redrawn. The newly redrawn... , Dem.	20,903	29%	Won
Maggie McIntosh Maggie McIntosh Margaret L. McIntosh, commonly known as Maggie McIntosh, is an American politician from the state of Maryland. The Chairman of the Environmental Matters Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates, she has been a member of the House of Delegates since November 1992... , Dem.	20,443	29%	Won
Jeffrey B. Smith Jr., Rep.	8,399	12%	Lost

• 1990 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 42

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Samuel I. Rosenberg, Dem.	12,633	34%	Won
James W. Campbell James W. Campbell James William Campbell , was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42.-Background:James W. Campbell was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1979. He served until 2003. He was defeated in the 2002 general election when District 42 was redrawn. The newly redrawn... , Dem.	12,477	34%	Won
Delores G. Kelley Delores G. Kelley Delores Goodwin Kelley is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She is currently serving in her 4th term in the Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 10 in Baltimore County.-Background:... , Dem.	11,949	32%	Won
Nicholas B. Fessenden, Rep.	3,396	6%	Lost
Ernest B. Gray Sr., Rep.	2,750	5%	Lost

• 1986 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 42

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Samuel I. Rosenberg, Dem.	16,143	30%	Won
James W. Campbell James W. Campbell James William Campbell , was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 42.-Background:James W. Campbell was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1979. He served until 2003. He was defeated in the 2002 general election when District 42 was redrawn. The newly redrawn... , Dem.	16,000	30%	Won
David B. Shapiro, Dem.	14,978	28%	Won
Nicholas B. Fessenden, Rep.	3,396	6%	Lost
Ernest B. Gray Sr., Rep.	2,750	5%	Lost

External links

• http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12301.html