15 Facts About Cathi Forbes

Cathi Forbes was born on June 15,1965 and is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represents District 43B in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Cathi Forbes was then elected to a four-year term in 2022, representing District 43B, which was drawn based on the 2020 Census.

Cathi Forbes worked in Washington, DC as an editorial assistant at a magazine and as administrative assistant with an advertising agency, where she met her husband, John Patterson.

In 2000, Cathi Forbes established the Coalition for Open Government to oppose a $75 million expansion of the Baltimore County Detention Center, the county's main jail center.

Cathi Forbes argued that county officials had decided to expand the jail without seeking public input.

In 2014, Cathi Forbes became a mediation coordinator for the Baltimore County Orphans' Court.

In September 2019, following the resignation of state delegate Steven Lafferty, Cathi Forbes applied to fill his vacancy in the Maryland House of Delegates.

The Baltimore County Democratic State Central Committee voted to recommend appointing Cathi Forbes to fill the vacancy on September 25, and Governor Larry Hogan appointed her to the House of Delegates on October 9,2019.

Cathi Forbes was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on October 29,2019.

Cathi Forbes supported legislation introduced in the 2020 legislative session that would provide $2.2 billion for local school construction.

Cathi Forbes has been a vocal advocate in favor of replacing Towson High School, the oldest and most overcrowded high school in the county.

Cathi Forbes introduced legislation in the 2020 legislative session that would require all state-owned buildings to install solar panels on their roofs.

Cathi Forbes's bill passed unanimously into law in 2020, and received national media attention.

In September 2020, Cathi Forbes resisted a planned 57-unit affordable housing complex, due to the possible loss of a historic Black neighborhood that was currently there.

Cathi Forbes introduced legislation in the 2021 legislative session that gave Baltimore County Public Library staff the right to form a union and receive collective bargaining rights.