- Born
- Birth nameJamin Ben Raskin
- Jamie Raskin is an American author and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. The district is located in Montgomery County, an affluent suburban county northwest of Washington, D.C., and extends through rural Frederick County to the Pennsylvania border. A Democrat, he was previously a member of the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016.
Prior to his election to Congress, Raskin was a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law, where he co-founded and directed of the LL.M. program on Law and Government and co-founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseSarah Bloom Raskin(August 11, 1990 - present) (3 children)
- ChildrenThomas Bloom Raskin
- Parents
- Attended Georgetown Day School with Josh Welsh where they both worked for The Augur Bit, the school newspaper.
- In April 2017 he was one of many political leaders who participated in the march in Washington, D.C., calling for President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.
- Son of Marcus Raskin, co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies.
- U.S. Representative (D) from Maryland (2017-present), representing the northern suburbs of Washington, D.C. including Bethesda, Rockville and Silver Spring; prior to 2023, his district extended north to the Pennsylvania border, including most of the area surrounding Frederick.
- Tragically lost his only son Thomas Bloom Raskin to suicide 12/31/20.
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