W. Raymond Beck
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W. Raymond Beck was a member of 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...

 from District 39.

Background

W. Raymond Beck was elected to 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...

 in 1994. He served until 1999 and did not run for reelection. The two-Republican district was replaced by three Democrats: Charles E. Barkley
Charles E. Barkley
Charles E. "Charlie" Barkley is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently serving in his third term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 39 in Montgomery County...

, Paul Carlson, and Joan F. Stern after district lines were redrawn.

Education

Delegate W. Raymond Beck attended the U.S. Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
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, receiving his Bachelor's of Science degree in 1954. He returned to Annapolis and received his Master's of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1962 from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Postgraduate School
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.

Career

Delegate Beck served in United States Navy
United States Navy
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 from 1950 until 1984. He achieved the rank of captain before retiring. He also received the Bronze Star
Bronze Star Medal
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for duty commanding a destroyer during the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
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.

Delegate Beck only served a short time in the Maryland House of Delegates. During that time he served on a couple of committees, including: the Ways and Means Committee and the Special Committee on School Enrollment Management.

Election results

  • 1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 39
Voters to choose three:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Mathew Mossburg
Mathew Mossburg
Matthew J. Mossburg is a business owner and former Republican legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates.-Education:Delegate Mossburg was educated at Puritan Christian School in Laytonsville, MD...

, Rep.
13,119   17%    Won
W. Raymond Beck, Rep. 12,311   16%    Won
Barrie S. Ciliberti, Rep. 12,897   16%    Won
Charles E. Barkley
Charles E. Barkley
Charles E. "Charlie" Barkley is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently serving in his third term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 39 in Montgomery County...

, Dem.
12,137   15%    Lost
Anise Key Brown, Dem. 10,987   14%    Lost
Anthony J. Santangelo, Dem. 10,939   14%    Lost
Patricia Cummings, Ind. 6,471   8%    Lost

External links

  • http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12184.html
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