Haven Shoemaker previously served as a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2022, and as the House minority whip in 2022.
33 Facts About Haven Shoemaker
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In 1995, Haven Shoemaker unsuccessfully ran for the Hampstead Town Council.
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Haven Shoemaker ran again in 1997, winning the election with 227 votes.
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Haven Shoemaker served on the town council until he was elected the town's mayor in 2003.
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In November 2005, Haven Shoemaker announced his candidacy for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 5A.
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Haven Shoemaker received 14.7 percent of the vote in the Republican primary election.
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In 2010, Haven Shoemaker was elected to the Carroll County Board of County Commissioners, representing District 2.
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Haven Shoemaker opposed an unsuccessful 2020 proposal to repeal the ordinance which he has called his idea.
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In June 2013, Haven Shoemaker voted to block Carroll County residents and businesses from paying Maryland's stormwater fee, calling the tax "idiotic".
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Haven Shoemaker announced his candidacy for the Maryland House of Delegates on June 24,2013.
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Haven Shoemaker won the primary election with 17.3 percent of the vote and defeated Democratic candidates Dorothy G Scanian and Zachary Hands in the general election with 27.2 percent of the vote.
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Haven Shoemaker was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 14,2015.
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Haven Shoemaker served as the House Minority Whip in 2022.
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In 2016, Haven Shoemaker ran for alternative RNC delegate from Maryland's 1st congressional district in the Republican primary, pledged to Marco Rubio.
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Haven Shoemaker voted for Donald Trump in the general election, albeit "not happily".
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Haven Shoemaker was re-elected in 2018, during which he ran on a "Team Hogan" platform alongside state Senator Justin Ready and Delegates Susan Krebs and April Rose.
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In July 2021, Haven Shoemaker announced his candidacy for Carroll County State's Attorney, opting out of a third term in the legislature.
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Haven Shoemaker won the Republican primary on July 19,2022, receiving 57.3 percent of the vote.
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In May 2019, Haven Shoemaker accused Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot of "playing partisan politics" in asking officials to review whether the state's pension system had investments in Alabama after the state passed laws restricting access to abortions.
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In March 2022, Haven Shoemaker voted against legislation that would create a ballot referendum to enshrine access to reproductive care into the Constitution of Maryland.
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In June 2020, Haven Shoemaker attended the Carroll County Freedom Rally to protest the state's coronavirus restrictions.
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In September 2021, Haven Shoemaker voted against regulations that would implement an universal mask mandate in public schools.
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Haven Shoemaker introduced legislation in the 2016 legislative session that would limit standardized testing for kindergarten students and prevent any future testing of prekindergarten students.
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In February 2020, Haven Shoemaker voted against legislation that would reverse a Labor Day start date for all public schools in Maryland.
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In March 2020, Haven Shoemaker voted against the Blueprint for Maryland's Future reform bill.
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Haven Shoemaker introduced legislation in the 2022 legislative session that would require election officials to verify signatures on all mail-in ballots, and another bill that would prohibit sending mail-in ballots to voters unless the voters requested them.
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Haven Shoemaker opposed legislation introduced in the 2022 legislative session that would require firearm dealers to install video surveillance and alarm systems at their gun shops, saying that he considered the security requirements "onerous".
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In July 2017, Haven Shoemaker joined 35 of his House and Senate colleagues penned a letter questioning the legal merits of a lawsuit launched by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh over Executive Order 13769.
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In July 2020, Haven Shoemaker hosted a rally outside of the Maryland State House to support law enforcement officials following the murder of George Floyd.
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In March 2021, Haven Shoemaker voted against the Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021, arguing that it would cause a mass exodus of police officers from forces across the state.
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Haven Shoemaker voted against legislation that would end life without parole sentences for juvenile offenders.
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In November 2020, Haven Shoemaker called an anti-Donald Trump banner displayed at the house of a Carroll County Public Schools administrator "hate speech".
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In February 2022, Haven Shoemaker voted against legislation that would create a ballot referendum to legalize recreational marijuana, saying it would be wrong to legalize marijuana before the state can conduct its study of its public health effects.