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Ben Cardin
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In office January 3, – January 3, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Paul Sarbanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Angela Alsobrooks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office January 3, – January 3, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Barbara Mikulski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | John Sarbanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office January 6, – January 3, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Hanson Briscoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Clayton Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office January 6, – January 3, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Maurice Cardin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | David Shapiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Benjamin Louis Cardin () October 5, (age81) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Myrna Edelman (m.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Meyer Cardin (father) Maurice Cardin (uncle) Jon Cardin (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Pittsburgh (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (JD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | Senate website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin (born October 5, ) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.
He was the United States Senator from Maryland from to
Before his election to the Senate, Cardin, who has never lost an election, was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Maryland's 3rd congressional district (). He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates (–87), serving as Speaker (–87).
He was the youngest Speaker in Maryland history.
Senator van hollen Thirty years after the end of the Cold War, it is time for democracies to band together and demand an end to the unprecedented corruption that has come to be the defining feature of the global order. Henry J. Archived from the original on June 21, Archived from the original on July 25,Cardin was elected to succeed Paul Sarbanes in the U.S. Senate election, defeating RepublicanMichael Steele, the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, by a margin of 54% to 44%. He was re-elected in with 55% of the vote.
He became the senior Senator on January 3, upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement.
In May , Cardin announced he would not run for re-election in [1]
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