Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee
In office February 6, 2018 – February 3, 2021
Preceded by
Jeanne Shaheen
Succeeded by
Rand Paul
In office January 3, 2015 – April 2, 2015
Preceded by
Jim Risch
Succeeded by
Jeanne Shaheen
Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
In office April 2, 2015 – February 6, 2018
Preceded by
Bob Menendez
Succeeded by
Bob Menendez
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by
Barbara Mikulski
Succeeded by
John Sarbanes
103rd Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office January 6, 1979 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by
John Hanson Briscoe
Succeeded by
Clayton Mitchell
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 42nd district
In office January 6, 1967 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by
Maurice Cardin
Succeeded by
David Shapiro
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Louis Cardin
(1943-10-05) October 5, 1943 (age 80) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Myrna Edelman
(m. 1964)
Children
2
Relatives
Meyer Cardin (father)
Education
University of Pittsburgh (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (JD)
Signature
Website
Senate website
Cardin's voice
Cardin questions IRS commissioner nominee Daniel Werfel on tax loopholes and small businesses Recorded February 15, 2023
Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967 to 1987 and as its speaker from 1979 to 1987, the youngest person to ever hold the position. In his half-century career as an elected official, he had never lost an election.
Cardin was elected as U.S. Senator to succeed Paul Sarbanes in 2006, defeating Republican Michael Steele, the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, by a margin of 54% to 44%. He was reelected in 2012 taking 56% of the vote.[1] He became Maryland's senior U.S. senator on January 3, 2017, upon Barbara Mikulski's retirement. Cardin won reelection to a third term in 2018, taking 65% of the vote. Cardin will retire rather than run for reelection in 2024.
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district from 1951 to 1966. His nephew is current Maryland U.S. Senator BenCardin, who took over his seat in the Maryland House of Delegates when he retired...
not seek re-election in 2006, when he was succeeded by fellow Democrat BenCardin. Sarbanes was known for his low-key style, often shunning the limelight...
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ran for Attorney General of Maryland in 2014. Cardin is the nephew of U.S. Senator BenCardin. Cardin was born in Baltimore on January 12, 1970. He graduated...
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nomination for Maryland's 3rd congressional district after 10-term incumbent BenCardin gave up the seat to run for the Senate seat of John Sarbanes's father...
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continues to receive committee assignments through the Democrats. In Nebraska: Ben Sasse (R) resigned on January 8, 2023, to become President of the University...
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a landslide, taking only 26.6% of the vote against incumbent Democrat BenCardin. Bongino ran for the U.S. House of Representatives seat from Maryland's...
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