Introduction
Victor R. Ramirez (born July 20, 1974) is a former state delegate and state senator for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 1974. His family soon after moved to the United States and he lived in Mount Rainier, Maryland.
Education
Ramirez attended Mt. Rainier and Thomas S. Stone Elementary, Hyattsville Middle School, and graduated from Northwestern High School.He received his B.A. from Frostburg State University in 1996 and his J.D from St. Thomas School of Law in Miami in 2001.
Career
Ramirez was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2001 and began a practice in his own name.He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2002, becoming with Ana Sol Gutierrez, who was elected at the same time, the first Latinos elected to the Maryland State House.
In the legislature
Ramirez was a member of House of Delegates from 2003 to 2011 and a member of the Joint Committee on Federal Relations and the Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility (2003–04).Ramirez served as a member of the Ways and Means Committee (2003–06) and the Ways and Mean's subcommittee on education (2003–04).
- Ramirez has a Chair on the Law Enforcement and State-Appointed Boards Committees.
- Ramirez has served in the Prince George's County Delegation (2007- vice-chair, 2003–06).
- Ramirez is a Member of the Maryland Educators Caucus (2005-) and the Maryland Veterans Caucus (2005-).
In January 2007he proposed a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to attend public colleges and universities at the in-state tuition rate.
In 2010 Ramirez defeated the incumbent senator from district 47.
Legislative notes
- voted in favor of Maryland gas tax increase
- voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154)
- voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361)
- voted in favor of in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants in 2007 (HB6)
- voted in favor of the Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2)
Past elections
- 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 47th District
- Voters to choose three:
Name Votes Percent Outcome Jolene Ivey, Democratic 12,860 35.5% Won Victor R. Ramirez, Democratic 12,231 33.6% Won Doyle L. Niemann, Democratic 11,229 30.8% Won Other write-ins 120 .3%