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Ulysses Currie, who represents District 25 in Prince George's County in the Maryland State Senate, is chair of the powerful Budget and Taxation Committee.
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for w...
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for w...
Ulysses Currie, who represents District 25 in Prince George's County in the Maryland State Senate, is chair of the powerful Budget and Taxation Committee.
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for which he worked without disclosing the employment in ethics filings. Documents show that Currie repeatedly interceded in the state bureaucratic process on Shoppers' behalf. Currie has brushed aside concerns about his political future and is continuing with his legislative duties and working with constituents.
Currie, the son of a sharecropper, grew up in Whiteville, N.C. He was the first of his family to go to college and earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. After serving in the United States Army, he moved to the Washington, D.C., area to attend American University. Currie worked for 25 years as an educator in the Prince George's County Public Schools.
Currie was originally elected to the House of Delegates in 1986, representing District 25 in Prince George's County. During his time in the House, he became majority whip, the third-ranking position in the House after the speaker and the majority leader. Currie has served in the state Senate since 1995.
In 2008, the FBI raided his District Heights home as part of an investigation into his work as a consultant to Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, a Lanham-based grocery chain for which he worked without disclosing the employment in ethics filings. Documents show that Currie repeatedly interceded in the state bureaucratic process on Shoppers' behalf. Currie has brushed aside concerns about his political future and is continuing with his legislative duties and working with constituents.
Currie, the son of a sharecropper, grew up in Whiteville, N.C. He was the first of his family to go to college and earned his undergraduate degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. After serving in the United States Army, he moved to the Washington, D.C., area to attend American University. Currie worked for 25 years as an educator in the Prince George's County Public Schools.
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