21 Facts About Jeff Waldstreicher

Jeffrey D Waldstreicher was born on December 31,1979 and is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party.

Jeff Waldstreicher is currently a member of the Maryland Senate, representing District 18 in Montgomery County after serving two terms in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Jeff Waldstreicher graduated from Montgomery Blair High School and later attended Emory University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history.

Jeff Waldstreicher received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003, where he was an editor for the California Law Review.

Jeff Waldstreicher was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 10,2007, where he served on the Judiciary Committee until 2015, and on the Economic Matters Committee from 2015 to 2019.

In July 2017, Jeff Waldstreicher announced his candidacy for the Maryland Senate in District 18, seeking to succeed state senator Richard Madaleno, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2018.

Jeff Waldstreicher denied Luest's allegations in a statement sent to Bethesda Magazine, but did not comment further.

Jeff Waldstreicher's opponents accused him of dodging candidate events, which Waldstreicher said he missed because of a sickness and legislative duties.

Jeff Waldstreicher won the Democratic primary on June 26,2018, defeating Beyer with 49.4 percent of the vote.

Jeff Waldstreicher was sworn into the Maryland Senate on January 9,2019, where he serves as the vice-chair of the Judicial Proceedings Committee and the Chair of the Joint Committee on Federal Relations.

Jeff Waldstreicher ran for re-election to the Maryland Senate in 2022, and was challenged by progressive activist Max Socol in the Democratic primary.

Socol accused Jeff Waldstreicher of weakening the Maryland Police Accountability Act during the 2021 legislative session and of again dodging candidate events during the primary, which Jeff Waldstreicher responded by saying he held two town halls during the Democratic primary and freely shares his personal cell phone number with constituents.

Jeff Waldstreicher outraised Socol 4-to-1, was endorsed by the Montgomery County Education Association, the state Sierra Club, and Service Employees International Union Local 500, and received support from the Maryland Democratic Senate Caucus Committee.

Jeff Waldstreicher won the Democratic primary on July 19,2022, defeating Socol with 63.8 percent of the vote to Socol's 36.2 percent.

Jeff Waldstreicher was a delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, pledged to Kamala Harris.

Jeff Waldstreicher withdrew the bill in March 2019 after The Baltimore Sun asked him questions about the measure, saying that he hadn't intended to get involved in a Baltimore County land-use issue.

In September 2019, Jeff Waldstreicher joined Baltimore, Gaithersburg, and a number of advocacy groups in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its public charge rule toward granting green cards or permanent residency to certain immigrants using public benefits.

In November 2007, Jeff Waldstreicher voted against a bill that would allow voters to decide whether to legalize slot machine gambling in Maryland.

In October 2012, Jeff Waldstreicher attended a fundraiser event for Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a group supporting Question 6 to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland.

In March 2013, Jeff Waldstreicher voted for a bill to repeal the death penalty in Maryland.

Jeff Waldstreicher opposes the widening of Interstate 270 and the Capital Beltway.