1. David V Fraser-Hidalgo was born on November 25,1969 and is an Ecuadorian-born American politician and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
19 Facts About David Fraser-Hidalgo
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David Fraser-Hidalgo was appointed to complete the term of Delegate Brian J Feldman following Feldman's appointment to a Senate seat and has since been elected to his own full term.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland, attending Albert Einstein High School in Kensington, Maryland.
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For three years, David Fraser-Hidalgo served as a police officer in Montgomery County before leaving the police department and entering the business world.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo has worked for a number of firms, including being a partner in a Montgomery County based tech firm for 10 years and as an Area Director for Regus.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo has been involved in a variety of volunteer activities in the county, including as a leader in the Boyds Civic Association and sits on the boards of the Montgomery County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Community Farm Share and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators.
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In 2010, David Fraser-Hidalgo unsuccessfully ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 15, coming in fourth place with 8.8 percent of the vote.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo won the final vote of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee by a close margin, and on October 16,2013, was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to fill the seat.
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In February 2015, David Fraser-Hidalgo joined state Senator Victor Ramirez and Delegates Joseline Pena-Melnyk, Marice Morales, Will Campos, and Ana Sol Gutierrez in organizing the Maryland Latino Legislative Caucus, becoming one of the caucus' first six members.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo served as the Latino Caucus' chair from 2019 to 2024.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo has repeatedly introduced legislation that would ban the practice of fracking in Maryland.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo introduced legislation in the 2019 legislative session that would increase the state's electric vehicle tax credit to $3,000.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo introduced legislation in the 2021 legislative session that would charge polluters a carbon fee for their greenhouse gas emissions, investing the revenue earned from the fee into education and green infrastructure.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo introduced legislation in the 2022 legislative session that would set goals for electrifying the state's vehicle fleet, with 100 percent of passenger cars purchased to be electric by 2028 and all passenger cars in the fleet to be electric by 2031.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo introduced legislation in the 2018 legislative session that would create a pilot program authorizing both growing and processing operations for industrial hemp.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo introduced legislation during the 2019 legislation to fully legalize commercial hemp farming, which was signed into law by Hogan on April 30,2019.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo introduced legislation in the 2016 legislative session that would have strengthened laws on underage drinking.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo introduced legislation in the 2020 legislative session that would require special elections to fill vacancies in the Maryland General Assembly.
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David Fraser-Hidalgo was married to Lisa Bethel, and has two children, Samantha and Scott.