Maryland Lawmakers Elect Prince George’s County Del. Dereck Davis State Treasurer

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ/AP) — Maryland lawmakers elected Del. Dereck Davis connected Thursday to beryllium the state’s treasurer.

The General Assembly held the ballot astatine the extremity of its four-day peculiar league connected redistricting to redraw the state’s legislature map.

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Davis, a Prince George’s County Democrat, has been a subordinate of the Maryland House of Delegates since 1995 and has served arsenic president of the House Economic Matters Committee.

“I would similar to widen my sincere congratulations to Delegate Dereck Davis connected his enactment arsenic the adjacent Maryland State Treasurer,” said Gov. Larry Hogan successful a statement. “Throughout his astir 27 years successful the House of Delegates, Dereck has served the radical of Prince George’s County, and our full state, with integrity and distinction.”

“Dereck and I person ever had a large relationship. I look guardant to welcoming him to the Board of Public Works, and moving with him to proceed changing Maryland for the better,” the politician said.

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The treasurer holds 1 of 3 seats connected the state’s Board of Public Works, on with the politician and comptroller.

The treasurer besides leads respective cardinal authorities boards and fiscal readying committees, including the Maryland State Retirement and Pension Systems.

Davis was elected to capable a vacancy created by the status of longtime Treasurer Nancy Kopp.

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