Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin serves as the Congressman for Maryland's 8th Congressional District since January 2017, following an extensive career in public service and law. Prior to Congress, Jamie Raskin spent nearly a decade in the Maryland State Senate, where leadership roles included Majority Whip and Chairman of various committees focused on ethics reform and legislative nominations. Raskin is a constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law and founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. Previous roles also include General Counsel for The National Rainbow Coalition and Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Jamie Raskin holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor's Degree in Government from Harvard University.