Todd Schuler
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Todd L. Schuler is an American politician from Maryland
Maryland
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 and a member of the Democratic Party
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The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

.

Background

Schuler was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 20, 1977. His father, Leoanard G. "Bud" Schuler, is a business agent fot Plumbers and Steamfitters U.A., Local 486. His mother, K. Michelle Schuler, is an office manager at the Career Development and Placement Center at Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola University Maryland is a Roman Catholic, Jesuit private university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges...

. He attended Calvert Hall College High School
Calvert Hall College High School
Calvert Hall College High School is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys located in Towson, Maryland, United States...

, Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College is a private, Roman Catholic Jesuit liberal arts college in the United States. It was founded in 1830 on the Gulf Coast in Mobile, Alabama, by Most Rev. Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile, Alabama...

 and the Tulane University School of Law.

He was active with both the Maryland Bar Association
American Bar Association
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, the Maryland Association for Justice, and with local Democratic Party organizations before his election. He is active in the Elmwood Improvement Association. Todd is a practicing attorney. He lives in Overlea with his wife, Colleen.

In the legislature

Delegate Schuler served one term in the Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland House of Delegates
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, representing Maryland's District 8 in Baltimore County
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. Schuler was a member of the Judiciary Committee and a member of its Civil Law and Procedure Subcommitte since his appointment and a member of its Criminal Justice Subcommittee since February, 2009.

In January 2009, Delegate Schuler became the first member of the Maryland General Assembly to report live the General Assembly Session via Twitter.

Legislative notes




  • Co-sponsored Religious Freedon and Civil Marriage Protection Act.

  • Successfully sponsored a legislative bond bill that (along with its Senate counterpart bill)garnered $250,000 to help fund the Storyville Children's Learning Center at the Rosedale Library, a project of the Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library, (HB360)http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0360.htm





Election results

  • 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 08
Voters to choose three:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Joseph C. Boteler III
Joseph C. Boteler III
Joseph C. Boteler III is an American politician who was elected in 2002 to represent District 8 of the Maryland House of Delegates in Baltimore County along with Alfred W. Redmer, Jr.. and Eric Bromwell. Alfred W. Redmer Jr. resigned in 2003 to accept an appointment as Maryland Insurance...

, Rep.
19,586   17.4%    Won
Eric M. Bromwell
Eric M. Bromwell
Eric Bromwell is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party.-Background:Bromwell was born in Baltimore, Maryland...

20,116   17.9%    Won
Todd Schuler 18,356   16.3%    Won
John W. E. Cluster, Jr.
John W. E. Cluster, Jr.
John W. E. Cluster, Jr. , is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 8th district in Baltimore County.-Background:...

18,057   16.0%    Lost
Melissa Redmer Mullahey 18,160   16.1%    Lost
Ruth Baisden 18,261   16.2%    Lost
Other Write-Ins 74   0.1%    Lost

  • 2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 08
Voters to choose three:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Joseph C. Boteler III
Joseph C. Boteler III
Joseph C. Boteler III is an American politician who was elected in 2002 to represent District 8 of the Maryland House of Delegates in Baltimore County along with Alfred W. Redmer, Jr.. and Eric Bromwell. Alfred W. Redmer Jr. resigned in 2003 to accept an appointment as Maryland Insurance...

, Rep.
19,826   16.99%    Won
Eric M. Bromwell
Eric M. Bromwell
Eric Bromwell is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party.-Background:Bromwell was born in Baltimore, Maryland...

20,314   17.41%    Won
Todd Schuler 16,277   13.95%    Lost
Alfred W. Redmer, Jr.
Alfred W. Redmer, Jr.
Alfred W. Redmer, Jr. , was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 8 in Baltimore County prior to being appointed Maryland Insurance Commissioner in 2003.-Background:...

22,884   19.61%    Won
Mike Rupp 18,755   16.07%    Lost
Tim Caslin 18,553   15.90%    Lost
Other Write-Ins 86   0.07%    Lost

External links

  • http://www.toddschuler.com/ - campaign website
  • http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14632.html/ - Maryland Manual Online
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