She was first appointed to office in 2003 by Governor Bob Ehrlich to replace Kenneth D. Schisler who was appointed as the Chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.
Posted on 04/28/2009 6:34:27 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Del. Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (R-Dist. 37B) of Newcomb
At just 31 years old, Haddaway-Riccio has long been considered one of the GOP's rising stars.
Some see her as an ideal candidate for the 1st Congressional District. She's the daughter of an Eastern Shore waterman, boasts a strong environmental record, owns a graphic design company and is a fiscal conservative who has strong crossover appeal.
Her composed presence within the GOP caucus and her strong debating skills on the House floor have earned kudos. She also has won plaudits for her advocacy of women's issues and her promotion of rural broadband.
"Jeannie's potential is unlimited in the caucus," Shank said. "Jeannie's star is uneclipsed. She can go as far as she wants to go."
(Excerpt) Read more at gazette.net ...
I don’t know a great deal about this legislator and perhaps future Congresswoman. But her name has been getting circulation in Maryland.
She was first appointed to office in 2003 by Governor Bob Ehrlich to replace Kenneth D. Schisler who was appointed as the Chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.
Youch! Nice pic :)
Run, gurl, run!
As much as I like Andy Harris perhaps she is the best answer to taking back CD-1.
“She also has won plaudits for her advocacy of women’s issues”
We need a conservative from the Eastern Shore to run. Harris was a fine candidate, but hailed from the “wrong” part of the district (costing him votes in the parochial EC).
That was my worry, too. It did sound like code language for being a pro-abort. Andy Harris got clusterf**ked out of winning that race by a scumbag Specteresque RINO loser, he deserves the honor of getting it this time around.
Just did a quick check and this website confirms she is not pro-abort:
http://www.prochoicemaryland.org/assets/files/delegatesonchoice.pdf
I was concerned about that. It’s a relief to read.
“Just did a quick check and this website confirms she is not pro-abort:
http://www.prochoicemaryland.org/assets/files/delegatesonchoice.pdf";
It bothers me to see good Republicans from the “wrong part” of a district like Andy Harris or the guy who ran in the Mississippi special lose votes due to silly regional sentiments.
But ideally to maximize chances at victory in this MD seat our nominee should be from the shore.
I’m sure someone will find some reason to hate some position associated (no matter how thinly) to her thus causing a ideological jihad to throw her under the bus, the Metro or the ICC.
An irrelevant aside but I hate hyphenated names. Ladies should either keep their maiden name or use their husbands.
Maryland ping
Women's issues = code word for abortion.
Sorry, she won't get any of my money unless that is UTTERLY repudiated.
The thing is, we don’t think that rule applies in this case (please check Posting #8). She has been active in women’s employment issues, so it doesn’t mean she’s pro-abortion.
She apparently has also been appointed as the 2nd vice president of the md legislative women's caucus (which has both "D" and "R" in it).
That, in a dark blue state like MD, is not a good sign (IMHO).
Having said that, she could simply put that up on her website as a position. One way or the other. But, in MD, in the absence of something concrete, my assumption is going to be...what it is right now.
That’s understandable. However, I don’t think that she would have been mentioned in the article in such a way if she were pro-abort.
Yeah, and I’m also not calling her a liar (as I would if she were a Dhim)
Easiest thing: ask her — and ask her to write a little blog entry about it (maybe she could talk aboout the Notre Dame scandal...thus addressing the subject indirectly). Or ask her to speak at the next Maryland March for Life. In other words, to declare in a public, accessible fashion.
Alternatively, I don’t know if there have been any votes on “life” type issues since she’s been in office. (MD is so liberal, I don’t know what else could be voted on here...other than legalizing retroactive abortions) But if there have been, please let me know and I can look up her votes on the subject.
But I’m not going to assume on the subject. And I don’t want to deal with a Romney-like “I was pro-choice before I was pro-life”
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
I understand that a lot of us are tired of compromising, but right now, I think there are bigger issues to solve than abortion and gay marriage.
While, I still take those two issues seriously, and consider them, right now, I’m more concerned about how we stop the spending and bailouts, and how we ultimately reduce the 12 trillion dollars that we owe to foreign t-bond holders.
How do you eat an elephant (no republican pun intended)? One bite at a time. Doesn’t mean we have to compromise our principals to get those things accomplished, but the point is, single issues are just plain DUMB unless you consider the most pressing issue at hand, and I’m sorry, abortion isn’t the number one COUNTRY concern right now (it should still be a state’s right issue, at worst).
Sorry, don’t take this the wrong way, just venting that we need to honestly stay focused on the issues that will win us seats back with core conservatives, and beating on some of the social issues isn’t going to do it.
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