1. Deni Taveras was born on December 13,1972 and is a Dominican American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 47B in Prince George's County, Maryland.
27 Facts About Deni Taveras
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Deni Taveras was previously a member of the Prince George's County Council, representing District 2 from 2014 to 2022.
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When Deni Taveras was only four years old, her mother, Filomena Garcia, committed suicide.
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Deni Taveras moved between family members in New York and the Dominican Republic before settling with her father, Bienvenido Taveras.
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Deni Taveras' father was killed while he was driving his taxi cab when she was eight years old.
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Deni Taveras moved to Maryland after receiving a job offer from the Dominican American National Roundtable in Washington, DC Deni Taveras became unemployed when the Great Recession hit.
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Deni Taveras became involved with Dominicans 2000, a group of Dominicans seeking to make community change through political action.
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From 2011 to 2013, Taveras worked as the chief of staff for state senator Victor R Ramirez.
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Deni Taveras made her first run for public office in 2014 for the Prince George's County Council in District 2, seeking to succeed councilmember Will Campos, who ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 47B.
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Deni Taveras won the Democratic primary in June 2014, edging out state delegate Doyle Niemann by six votes.
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Deni Taveras was sworn into the Prince George's County Council on December 1,2014, making her the first Latina elected to the council.
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Deni Taveras was re-elected in 2018 after narrowly winning the Democratic primary against Hyattsville mayor Candace Hollingsworth.
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In December 2020, the council voted to elect Deni Taveras to serve as its vice chair.
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In September 2021, Deni Taveras, termed out of running for a third term on the Prince George's County Council, announced that she would for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 47B in 2022.
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Deni Taveras won the Democratic primary on July 19,2022, receiving 52.6 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary election.
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Deni Taveras was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11,2023.
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Deni Taveras is a member of the House Health and Government Operations Committee.
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In October 2018, Deni Taveras voted against overriding County Executive Rushern Baker's veto on a bill that would waive a school facilities surcharge for certain residential developers.
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In September 2020, Deni Taveras introduced the "Fair Housing Act", a bill to strengthen the county's code enforcement to improve the quality of housing.
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In 2019, Deni Taveras voted in favor of legislation that would block all county agencies from engaging in immigration enforcement.
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In 2019, Deni Taveras introduced legislation that would require all police officers to wear body cameras.
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In 2015, Deni Taveras was one of two county councilmembers to vote in favor of a proposal to provide paid sick leave to workers in Prince George's County.
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In 2018, Deni Taveras voted in favor of legislation that would establish a public financing program for local candidates by 2026.
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Deni Taveras endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on November 17,2015.
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In 2021, Deni Taveras endorsed state delegate Brooke Lierman for Comptroller of Maryland.
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Deni Taveras initially endorsed former Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker for Governor of Maryland, but later endorsed author and former nonprofit CEO Wes Moore after Baker suspended his campaign.
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Deni Taveras expressed skepticism over a plan to add toll lanes to the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 using public-private partnerships.