Brooke Lierman
Brooke Lierman | |
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34th Comptroller of Maryland | |
Assumed office January 16, 2023 | |
Governor | Larry Hogan Wes Moore |
Preceded by | Peter Franchot |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 46th district | |
In office January 14, 2015 – January 11, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Brian K. McHale |
Succeeded by | Mark Edelson |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | February 14, 1979
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Eben Hansel (m. 2009) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Dartmouth College (BA) University of Texas at Austin (JD) |
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Brooke Elizabeth Lierman (born February 14, 1979) is an American civil rights attorney and politician who is the 34th Comptroller of Maryland. She was first elected in 2022, becoming the first female Comptroller of the state and the first woman elected to an independent state government office in Maryland.[1] She was previously a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 46 in Baltimore.[2]
Life and career
Lierman was born in Washington, D.C., on February 14, 1979,
Lierman is a counsel for the Baltimore civil rights firm Brown, Goldstein, & Levy LLP, where she handles a variety of civil rights and disability rights cases.[7][8] She is also a trustee of the Baltimore Museum of Art[9] and on the board of Advocates for Children and Youth and the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore.[10]
Political career
Lierman first got involved in politics by working on the 2002 campaign of U.S. Senator
In July 2013, Lierman announced her candidacy for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 46.[11] She won the Democratic primary, receiving 28.1 percent of the vote and filling the seat left by retiring Delegate Brian K. McHale.[12]
In 2016, Lierman filed to run as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, representing Hillary Clinton. She received 14.5 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary election, coming in third in a field of nine candidates.[13]
In the legislature
Lierman was sworn in as a member of the House of Delegates on January 14, 2015.[2]
Shortly after the election of President
In August 2018, Lierman organized a protest against the opening of a campaign office for Larry Hogan in Baltimore City, highlighting his opposition of the Red Line and handling of the State Center station redevelopment project.[16][17]
Committee assignments
- Member, Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019–2023 (chair, land use & ethics subcommittee, 2019–2023; member, environment subcommittee, 2020; motor vehicle & transportation subcommittee, 2021–2023)
- Member, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2015–2023
- Member, Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2015–2023; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 2019–2023
- Member, Study Group on Economic Stability, 2019–2023
- House Chair, Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2021 (member, 2015–2023)
- Member, Member, Appropriations Committee, 2015–2019 (vice-chair, transportation & the environment subcommittee, 2019, member, 2015–2019; vice-chair, oversight committee on pensions, 2019, member, 2015–2019; member, capital budget subcommittee, 2019)
Other memberships
- Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2015–2023
- Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2015–2023
- Co-Chair, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019–2023
Comptroller of Maryland
Elections
- 2022
In August 2020,
Lierman defeated Bowie mayor Tim Adams in the Democratic primary election on July 19, 2022, receiving 66.2 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, winning with the highest margin of victory of the highly contested statewide Democratic primaries.[26] She defeated Harford County executive Barry Glassman in the general election on November 8, 2022,[1] becoming the first woman to serve as Maryland comptroller[27][28][29] and the first woman elected by voters to an independent state government office in Maryland.[30]
Tenure
Lierman was sworn in on January 16, 2023.[31][32]
In February 2023, Lierman released a list of legislative priorities for the 2023 legislative session, including creating a chief information officer position to promote modernizing technology in the comptroller's office, increasing transparency and access to the agency, and increasing state contracts offered to diverse businesses.[33][34] During the 2023 legislative session, legislators passed bills supporting these priorities, including a bill to create a new Taxpayer Advocate Division for the comptroller.[35][36]
Political positions
Abortion
In January 2019, Lierman was one of nine Maryland lawmakers to add their names to a manifesto signed by 326 state legislators to reaffirm their commitment to protecting abortion rights.[37]
In March 2022, Lierman spoke in support of legislation that would enshrine the right to abortion in the
Education
Lierman supports increasing funding for
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2017 legislative session that would ban pre-K suspensions and expulsions.[40] The bill passed and became law on May 27, 2017.[41]
During the 2019 legislative session, Lierman voted in favor of a bill that would give school districts the right to decide when classes begin and end each year. The bill passed but was vetoed by Governor Hogan. Lierman voted in favor of overriding the gubernatorial veto.[42]
Elections
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2019 legislative session that would allow
Environment
In September 2017, Lierman was one of 10 lawmakers to receive a score of 100 percent on the Maryland League of Conservation Voters' annual legislative scorecard.[45] She received the same score in the organization's 2019 scorecard.[46]
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2019 legislative session that would ban all polystyrene products in Maryland.[47] The bill passed and became law without Governor Hogan's signature on May 28, 2019.[48][49][50] The bill was slated to go into effect in July 2020, but its deadline was extended to October amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[51]
Lierman introduced "The Plastics and Packaging Reduction Act", a bill that would ban the sale of plastic bags and require stores to charge a minimum of 10 cents for paper bags, during the 2020 legislative session.[52][53] The bill passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 95-37, but was placed on hold amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[54] The bill was reintroduced in the 2021 legislative session.[55]
Lierman introduced legislation during the 2022 legislative session that would require the Maryland State Retirement and Pensions System to consider climate change as a financial factor when making investment decisions.[56][57]
Labor
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2019 legislative session that would allow student athletes at
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2021 legislative session that would give college athletes the right to profit off their names and likenesses.[59]
In February 2022, Lierman attended a rally encouraging Maryland legislators to pass a bill that would offer paid family leave to all Marylanders.[60] She voted in favor of the Time to Care Act, which provides up to 24 weeks of paid leave per year.[61][62]
Marijuana
Lierman supports the legalization of
Social issues
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2018 legislative session that would make it illegal for police officers to have sex with people in custody. The bill passed and became law.[64][65]
Lierman cosponsored legislation introduced during the 2020 legislative session that would research providing reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans.[66]
Lierman introduced legislation during the 2022 legislative session that would require strip clubs and bars on The Block in downtown Baltimore to close by 10 P.M.[67] The legislation was protested by businesses owners, who said that the bill would cripple their livelihoods.[68][69] The bill was modified to require business owners to record and share videos of activity on The Block, deploy off-duty police officers at peak hours, and incorporate security plans on February 18, 2022, after the group of legislators behind the bill reached a compromise with the owners of clubs on The Block.[70][71]
Amid the
Transportation
Lierman supports the Baltimore Red Line[39] and organized a protest against the opening of Larry Hogan's campaign office in Baltimore in 2018 over his position on the Red Line and State Center redevelopment project.[16]
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2019 legislative session that would give counties the ability to prohibit the construction of toll roads, highways, or bridges without the consent of a majority of the affected counties.[74] She reintroduced this legislation in 2020.[75] Lierman also introduced a bill that would boost funding for statewide bicycle infrastructure.[76] The bill passed but was vetoed by Governor Hogan on May 24, 2019.[77]
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2020 legislative session that would increase funding for bus and subway maintenance. The bill passed the Maryland House of Delegates by a vote of 95–36.[78]
Lierman introduced legislation in the 2021 legislative session that would increase funding for the state's bus and rail budget by $757 million.[79] The bill passed but was vetoed by Governor Hogan on May 28, 2021.[80] The Maryland General Assembly voted to override the gubernatorial veto during its special legislative session in December 2021.[81]
Personal life
Lierman is married to Eben Hansel, a real estate attorney who she had met while they were both students at Dartmouth College. The couple married on September 19, 2009.[82][83] Together, they have two children and live in Fell's Point, Baltimore.[2][39]
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brooke Lierman | 6,014 | 28.1 | |
Democratic | Peter Hammen | 5,400 | 25.2 | |
Democratic | Luke Clippinger | 5,123 | 23.9 | |
Democratic | Bill Romani | 3,139 | 14.7 | |
Democratic | Liam F. Davis | 1,745 | 8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Brooke Lierman | 13,889 | 24.6 | |
Democratic | Peter Hammen | 13,217 | 23.4 | |
Democratic | Luke Clippinger | 12,680 | 22.5 | |
Republican | Roger Bedingfield | 6,113 | 10.8 | |
Republican | Joseph Sedtal | 5,275 | 9.4 | |
Republican | Duane Shelton | 5,115 | 9.1 | |
Write-in | 117 | 0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shelly Hettleman (Clinton )
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61,827 | 14.8 | |
Democratic | Lee Finney (Clinton) | 60,602 | 14.5 | |
Democratic | Brooke Lierman (Clinton) | 60,414 | 14.5 | |
Democratic | Lynn Morrison Venetoulis (Clinton) | 58,131 | 13.9 | |
Democratic | Barbara Friedland (Sanders) | 45,299 | 10.9 | |
Democratic | Joan Taylor (Sanders) | 40,821 | 9.8 | |
Democratic | Mirah Derora Ippolito (Sanders) | 39,387 | 9.4 | |
Democratic | Donna Plamondon (Sanders) | 38,511 | 9.2 | |
Democratic | Cheryl Ann Menke (Uncommitted) | 12,223 | 2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brooke Lierman | 23,711 | 28.6 | |
Democratic | Luke Clippinger | 23,023 | 27.8 | |
Democratic | Robbyn Lewis | 22,582 | 27.3 | |
Republican | Jeremy Baron | 6,879 | 8.3 | |
Republican | Nicholas Wentworth | 6,324 | 7.6 | |
Write-in | 289 | 0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brooke Lierman | 422,815 | 66.2 | |
Democratic | Tim Adams | 215,564 | 33.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Brooke Lierman | 1,223,044 | 61.56 | -10.51 | |
Republican | Barry Glassman | 761,422 | 38.33 | +10.54 | |
Write-in | 2,244 | 0.11 | -0.03 | ||
Total votes | 1,986,710 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
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External links
- Profile at Vote Smart
- "Brooke E. Lierman, Maryland Comptroller". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. January 25, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2023.