This week, the Maryland General Assembly will reconvene in Annapolis for a “special session.” The session will revolve specifically around the issue of congressional redistricting outside the normal timeframe as dictated by the Maryland Constitution. If the redistricting law passes this session, the question will then go to us, Maryland voters, to decide whether we redraw the lines or not.
For a special Conservation Conversation, Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Executive Director Kim Coble interviewed Maggie McIntosh on her career in the legislature, the common procedure on special sessions, and the importance of such sessions.
Maggie McIntosh represented Baltimore City in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1992-2023. She was appointed Chair of the Appropriations Committee in 2014, the first woman in Maryland history to serve in that role. Previously, she chaired the Environmental Matters Committee from 2003-2013.
In 2015, she was named an Admiral of the Chesapeake, the highest honor a governor can give a Maryland resident for their contributions to the health of Maryland’s environment.
She resides in Baltimore with her wife, Diane Stollenwerk, and their two Labrador Retrievers, Obie Jane and Flynn.