David R. Brinkley (born September 24, 1959) is the Secretary of Budget and Management for the

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state of

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. He was appointed to the position by Governor

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in 2015.

Early life, education, and pre-political career

David Brinkley was born in

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, the only son of Dr. George Ross Brinkley and Jean Brinkley. He was raised in

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and graduated from

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in 1977. He attended

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and received a Bachelor of Science degree at the

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in 1981. He entered the life insurance business with Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, and earned his professional designations – Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) & Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) – from

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in Bryn Mawr, PA in October, 1984. During the early-1980s, David was an EMT/

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with the New Market District Volunteer Fire Company, and a volunteer EMT driver as Frederick County initiated its

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program.

Maryland House of Delegates

In 1994, Brinkley was elected to the House of Delegates, serving two terms representing District 4A. He was elected to the House of Delegates along with Paul S. Stull defeating Thomas H. Hattery and Thomas Gordon Slater. Incumbent George Littrell ran for the State Senate seat left open by Charles H. Smelser. Littrell was defeated by Timothy R. Ferguson. As a member of the House of Delegates, he was Deputy

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from 1997 to 1998. In 1998, Stull and Brinkley easily won re-election defeating Democratic challenger Valerie M. Hertges

Maryland Senate

In 2002, Brinkley was elected to the

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, representing District 4, which covers Carroll County and Frederick County. He defeated Republican incumbent Timothy R. Ferguson in the primary election. He went on to overwhelmingly defeat Timothy Schlauch in the general election. In 2006, he defeated Republican challenger Paul Chamberlain in the

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. He ran unopposed to any Democrats in the general election and convincingly defeated the

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Tenure

He was the Senate Minority Leader from 2007 to 2008. In 2010, he was selected as Minority Whip alongside Senator Allan H. Kittleman who was selected as Minority Leader. When Kittleman resigned in 2011, Brinkley again ran for Minority Leader, but was rejected in favor of the conservative Senator

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. Brinkley immediately resigned his position as Minority Whip upon losing the election to the more conservative Jacobs. Brinkley returned to the position of minority leader in 2013 following a five-year hiatus.

Committee assignments

* Finance Committee, 2013-2014 * Budget and Taxation Committee, 2003-2013 ** Education, business & administration subcommittee (2003–06, 2011-) ** Health & Human Services subcommittee, (2007) ** Pensions subcommittee (2007, 2011-) ** Health, education & human resources subcommittee (2008–10) * Joint Audit Committee (2004-) * Rules Committee (2007-) * Executive Nominations Committee (2007-) * Legislative Policy Committee (2007-) * Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (2007-) * Spending Affordability Committee (2008-) * Special Joint Committee on Pensions (2011-) * Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (2003–08) * Spending Affordability Committee (2007–08) * Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics (2007–10) * Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer (2007)

Other memberships

* Agricultural Stewardship Commission (2005–06 ) * Senate Special Commission on Electric Utility Deregulation Implementation (2005–06) * Maryland Rural Caucus (2003-) * Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus (2003-) * Maryland Veterans Caucus (2004-)

2012 congressional election

After redistricting, 85-year-old Republican incumbent U.S. Congressman

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was placed into a district that Obama won. Portions of Baltimore and Harford counties as waddell as Carroll County were taken away from the 6th District during redistricting. More of Montgomery County was put into the district, while another part of Montgomery County was removed and added to northern Frederick County to reform the 8th District. His current district has Obama at just 40%, while the newly redrawn district has Obama at 56%. In November, his Chief of Staff, Bud Otis, was reportedly soliciting the support of

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to run for his seat should he decide to retire. On November 30, 2011 ''

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'' reported that Brinkley will run for

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and, “if necessary,” will primary Bartlett, according to his friend and supporter, state Delegate

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. In the Republican primary election in 2012, Brinkley won nearly 20% of the vote, falling short of Bartlett's 43.6%. Retrieved on May 21, 2015 Bartlett went on to lose the general election to Democrat John Delaney.

2014 election

Brinkley faced another Republican challenge from Delegate Michael Hough, who aligned himself with the more conservative Tea Party faction Hough accused Brinkley of being a "tax-and-spend liberal" and of cooperating too much with the Democratic majority and then-Governor

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. Hough crushed Brinkley in the primary election, 68%-32%. Newly elected governor

appointed Brinkley to the position of Secretary of Budget and Management in January 2015.

Electoral history

* 2014 Republican Primary Race for Maryland State Senate – District 4 Retrieved on May 21, 2015 : * 2010 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 4 Retrieved on May 21, 2015 : * 2006 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 4 Retrieved on Oct. 4, 2007 : * 2002 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 4 Retrieved on Oct. 4, 2007 : * 1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 4A Retrieved on Sept, 07 2007 ::Voters to choose two: : * 1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 4A Retrieved on Sept, 07 2007 ::Voters to choose two: :

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070204032251/http://www.dbrinkley.com/home.html * http://www.marylandlegalhistory.com/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12193.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Brinkley, David R. State cabinet secretaries of Maryland Republican Party Maryland state senators Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates 1959 births Living people Politicians from Frederick, Maryland University of Maryland, College Park alumni American firefighters The American College of Financial Services alumni 21st-century American politicians