Mary Ann Lisanti (born October 27, 1967) is an

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and a member of the

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, who represents District 34A in the

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. Previously she represented district F on the

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Council, representing Havre de Grace, Abingdon, Belcamp/Riverside and

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. In January 2014 Lisanti filed to run for the

and to not seek a 3rd term on the County Council. In early March 2019, the House of Delegates unanimously censured Lisanti for a racial slur directed at the African-American majority

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, with her own county's Democratic Party calling for her resignation.

Political career

2014 Maryland State Delegate candidacy

Lisanti entered the race for Delegate in district 34A after much speculation that she might run for the seat left open when Delegate Mary-Dulany James decided to run for Maryland State Senate. On June 24, 2014 Lisanti led the Democratic primary by nearly 10 percentage points, with Marla Posey-Moss coming in second, after a heavily contested race with five candidates vying for two seats. Lisanti and Posey-Moss faced Republicans

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and Mike Blizzard in the General election in November. Glass and Lisanti finished 1 and 2, thus gaining election.

Censure

On February 26, 2019, ''

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'' reported that Lisanti referred to Prince George's County, Maryland as a " n----- district" hus in the originalin conversation with another Democratic legislator. She was removed as the chair of a subcommittee. Two days later she was unanimously censured by the House of Delegates in a 136-0 vote, but refused to resign her seat. On March 2, 2019, the Harford County Democratic Central Committee called for Lisanti to resign for using the racial slur.

2022 Maryland State Senate candidacy

On January 28, 2022, Lisanti entered the race for State Senate in District 34, seeking to succeed Senator Robert G. Cassilly, who announced his candidacy for Harford County executive in April 2021. Lisanti lost the Democratic primary to Mary-Dulany James.

Election results

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References

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