Carmen M. Amedori Biography

Carmen Amedori was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates for District 5A, which represents Carroll County in 1998. She served in the Maryland General Assembly until 2004 when she was appointed by Governor Bob Ehrlich to the Parole Commission.

Education

1977 Graduate of Stevenson University, formerly known as Villa Julie College; attended the College Of Notre Dame of Maryland.

Career

Amedori served as a paralegal for many years before becoming a journalist writing for The Baltimore Sun and the Carroll County Times. She was the District Court Commissioner for Carroll County District 10 from 1991-1993.

She is a member of the Maryland Taxpayers' Association, the National Association of Legal Assistance, Citizens Against Government Waste, Citizens Against Big Charter Government, and Americans for Tax Reform.

She has received several awards over her lifetime including the School Bell Award from the Maryland State Teacher's Association and the Distinguished Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Amedori was elected twice to the Maryland House of Delegates (1998 and 2002). In June 2004, she was appointed to serve on the Maryland Parole Commission where she continued to serve the citizens of Maryland until her Commissioner appointment expired in December 2009. While in the House she served on the House Judiciary Committee, where she was ranking member in 2004. She also had the distinction of serving as Deputy Minority Leader, as well as Minority Whip.

In February 2010, Amedori announced her intention to run against incumbent senator Barbara Mikulski for one of Maryland's senate seats. She dropped her bid for the Senate on April 16, 2010 when she announced that she would run for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, on the ticket with Maryland gubernatorial candidate Brian Murphy, saying, "I went to a luncheon and the speaker was Governor Ehrlich and the basis of his speech was it was going to take a businessman to beat Martin O'Malley. I was baffled by his comments. To my knowledge, Governor Ehrlich has never been a businessman. And it dawned on me he was talking about Brian Murphy." Two weeks later, on April 29, Amedori left the Murphy ticket and endorsed former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich, Murphy's opponent in the Republican primary, arguing that Ehrlich had the best chance to beat current Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley in the general election. She further stated, "If there was going to be a loss to O'Malley, let it be Bob's loss." Amedori since moved from Carroll County to Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore to be with her family. On Sept 14th 2010, Amedori was elected to the Worcester County Republican Central Committee and is working toward building the GOP's numbers. She also serves as Campaign Manager to one of the Conservative candidates for House of Delegates in 38 B.

Legislative notes

• Pro-life supporting and sponsoring Parental Notification, Judicial bypass legislation
• Pro-Second Amendment lead sponsor on CCW bills, as well as right to protect property legislation
• Fiscal Conservative

Election results

• 2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates " District 5A

Voters to choose two:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Carmen Amedori, Rep.	19,195	34.0%	Won
Nancy R. Stocksdale, Rep.	20,480	36.3%	Won
Kimberly J. Petry, Dem.	6,195	11.0%	Lost
Robert P. Wack, Dem.	10,520	18.6%	Lost
Other Write-Ins	49	0.1%	Lost

• 1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates " District 5A

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Carmen Amedori, Rep.	21,969	24%	Won
Nancy R. Stocksdale, Rep.	27,665	30%	Won
Joseph M. Getty, Rep.	25,114	27%	Won
Ellen Willis Miller, Dem.	16,735	18%	Lost