1st CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

ANN GRANADOS, 69, of Ocean City, is a retired property manager who serves on the board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Women and as chairman of the Ocean City precinct for the Bush campaign. She is Gov. Robert Ehrlich's appointee to the state advisory council on physical fitness. Granados managed the Worcester County campaigns for Rep. Wayne Gilchrest and Ehrlich. Granados has been Worcester County Republican Central Committee vice chairman, president of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women and chairman of the Worcester County Republican Central Committee. This is her first convention.

J. LOWELL STOLTZFUS, 55, of Westover, is the minority leader of the Maryland State Senate. He has been a member of the Budget and Taxation Committee since 1999 and the Maryland Senate since 1992. He is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International, the Somerset County Farm Bureau, the National Kraut Packers Association, and the Holy Grove Mennonite Church. He is married with four children.

CATHLEEN VITALE, age unknown, of Severna Park, is a member of the Anne Arundel County Council. She was appointed in July to the state Critical Area Commission. Vitale is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bar associations and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Her practice interests include family law, estate planning and juvenile law. She holds a bachelor's degree in government and politics from the University of Maryland and a law degree from the University of Baltimore.

2nd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

WALTER HAYES, 49, of Baltimore, is an attorney who has worked as a political volunteer since he was a teenager. He is a member of the Northeast Republican Club and the Harford County Republican Club. He attended the Republican convention four years ago as a volunteer with a youth group.

LUIS BORUNDA, 46, of Baltimore, is founder and chairman of the Hispanic Republicans of Maryland. He also founded Hispanics for Ehrlich. This is his first convention.

DAVID CRAIG, 55, of Havre de Grace, is the mayor of Havre de Grace and an assistant principal at Harford County's Southampton Middle School. He served in the Maryland Senate from 1995 to 1999, the House of Delegates from 1991 to 1994 and the Havre de Grace City Council from 1979 to 1985. He is a member of the Sons of the American Legion, Post 47, and the Boy Scouts of America Troop 967, where he served as district chairman for Harford County. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1992. He is married with three children.

3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

NICOLEE W. AMBROSE, 30, of Baltimore, is president of the Maryland Young Republicans. She has been active in the group since 1998, restarting the Baltimore Area Young Republicans in 1999 and serving as the MYR national committeewoman prior to becoming president. She was the Young Republican Chairwoman for Bush's Youth Team 2000. She is also a Baltimore City Commissioner for Historical and Architectural Preservation. She volunteered at the 2000 Republican Convention, but this will be her first trip as a delegate. She is married and is expecting her first child in September. She will be promoting "Babies for Bush" during the election.

JOSE FUENTES, 49, of Annapolis, is a lawyer for Reed Smith LLP in Washington. He was the attorney general for Puerto Rico from 1997 through 1999. He was a campaign co-chairman for George W. Bush, for whom he acted as a spokesman to the Hispanic media, including interviews and debates on CNN en Espanol, Telemundo and Univision. He coordinated Ricky Martin's appearance at Bush's Inaugural opening ceremony. He is married and has three children. He attends St. Mary's Church in Annapolis.

MARK L. LUTERMAN, 38, of Reisterstown, is a co-owner of Stone Care International in Baltimore. He is also an officer on the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce board of directors. He was active in Ehrlich's successful gubernatorial campaign as liaison to Jewish voters. This will be his first convention. He is married and has two children. He attends Beth Tfiloh Synagogue in Baltimore.

4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

JASON FENWICK, 36, of Bowie, is a contract negotiator for a publishing firm. He is on the Prince George's County Republican Central Committee. He ran unsuccessfully for County Council in 2002. He received his bachelor's in finance from Hampton University in Virginia and his law degree from the University of Florida. He is married and has two children.

JOANN Y. FISHER, 58, of Oxon Hill, is a senior administrator at Children's Hospital in Washington. She is also second vice chairwoman of the Prince George's County Republican Central Committee and a member of the Southern Prince George's Republican Club. She plans to bring some local children to New York before the convention so they can see the city and gain an appreciation of the political process. She is divorced and has three children. She attends Freedom Fellowship Christian Church in Washington.

FREDERICK D. GRAY, 79, of Capitol Heights, was an alternate at the 2000 Republican National Convention. Before he retired, he oversaw construction contracts for the National Park Service. He also served in the Army and fought at Iwo Jima in World War II. He is a member of the President's Club and of the Republican Senatorial Committee. He is married and has two daughters, and attends the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington.

5th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

M. JACQUELINE GORDON, of Bowie, who says she is in her 60s, is co-chairwoman of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Prince George's County and a member of the Prince George's County Republican Central Committee. She campaigned for Ronald Reagan and other Republican candidates in Maryland. She was a registered nurse and a recruiter for Harvard University, where she earned her master's in public administration in 1982. She is divorced and has two children and three grandchildren. A New York native, this will be her first Republican convention. She attends the Woodstream Church in Mitchellville.

THOMAS F. McKAY, 47, of Hollywood, is president of the St. Mary's County Board of Commissioners. He is also a member of the Governor's Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, the Food Advisory Council and the Legislative Advisory Council to the Maryland Retailers Association. Community organizations he belongs to include the St. John's Council of the Knights of Columbus, the Hollywood Optimist Club, and the SMC Chapter of Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge. He has two children.

ANTHONY J. O'DONNELL, 43, of Lusby, has represented Calvert and St. Mary's counties in the Maryland House since 1995 and served as minority whip since 2003. He is a member of the Judiciary, Rules and Executive Nominations committees. He worked as an engineering analyst at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant and served in the Navy from 1979 to 1987. O'Donnell holds a bachelor's degree from Regents College, State University of New York, is married, and has three children and one grandchild. This will be his third national convention.

6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

GEORGE C. EDWARDS, 56, of Grantsville has represented Garrett and Allegany counties in the Maryland House since 1983, serving as minority leader since 2003. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee. Edwards graduated from Northern High School in Accident and earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fairmont State College in 1970, when he was drafted by Baltimore Colts. He was an NAIA Football All-American fullback. Edwards served in the Maryland National Guard, 1970-76. Organizations he belongs to include the National Rifle Association, the American Legion, the Lonaconing Republican Club and the Lions Club. He is married and has two children.

JAMES M. HARKINS, 50, of Whiteford, is Harford County executive and a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates. He is a 25-year veteran of the Harford County Sheriff's Department's administrative services division, where he worked his way up to sergeant. Born in Havre de Grace, he graduated from Bel Air Senior High School and earned a criminal justice degree from Harford Community College in 1987. He is married and has two daughters. This will be his third convention.

KOREEN HUGHES, 54, of Eldersburg, leads field work for Maryland Sen. Edward J. Pipkin's bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski in November. She also worked for Ehrlich's gubernatorial campaign and has been a volunteer for numerous GOP campaigns. "We tried to have our kids in between campaigns," she said. She has a bachelor's degree in history from Texas Tech, and taught school in Midland, Texas, before moving to Maryland 15 years ago. She is married and has two daughters and one son. This will be Hughes' first national convention.

7th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

VICTOR CLARK JR., 59, of Baltimore is a member and former chairman of the city's Republican Central Committee. He served as vice chairman of the Maryland Republican Party, 1986-1998. He works as a director in the Governor's Office of Business Advocacy and Small Business Assistance. He has run for several local public offices, including a 1995 bid for mayor. This will be his seventh convention.

GLORIA B. MURPHY, 43, of Catonsville, is a member of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee. She is a stay-at-home mother married to former Maryland Delegate Donald E. Murphy, and they have two children. This will be her second national convention, but her first as a delegate.

HOWARD M. RENSIN, 60, of Glenelg, is chairman of the Howard County Republican Central Committee. He replaced Louis M. Pope, now Republican national committeeman, as the head of the Howard County Republicans in June. Rensin is also the owner of North American Investment, a commercial lending firm. He is married.

8th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

KATJA BULLOCK, 61, of Kensington, is special assistant to the president for presidential personnel at the White House. She is also on the platform committee for the convention. A German immigrant, Bullock traveled to Iraq as director of civilian personnel twice last year. She attended the Republican National Conventions in 1984, 1988 and 1996, but this is her first time as a delegate.

HOWARD A. DENIS, 64, of Chevy Chase, is a Montgomery County councilman representing Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, North Bethesda, Garrett Park and Friendship Heights. After he was appointed to the Maryland State Senate in 1977, Denis was elected to four full-terms, the last one ending in 1994. He taught government as an adjunct associate professor at University College at the University of Maryland in College Park. Denis also was a delegate to the 1996 convention. He is married and has one daughter.

JAYNE H. PLANK, 71, of Kensington, was the mayor of Kensington from 1974 to 1982. She was also the first woman president of the Maryland Municipal League and served on the board of directors of the National League of Cities.

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ANDY HARRIS, 47, of Cockeysville, is a state senator and Senate minority whip. He is a member of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing. Harris, an anesthesiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, will be attending his first Republican National Convention. He is married and has five children.

DONNA D. JUDGE, 54, of Centreville, is a self-employed manufacturer and distributor of boats and boating equipment for Jet Dock on the Chesapeake Bay. She attended the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, but not as a delegate or an alternate.

JEAN L. ROTHERT, 57, of Easton, is a retired designer and the mother of three children. She attended the 2000 Republican National Convention, but not as a delegate.

ALTERNATES - 2nd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

JOHN FIASTRO, 26, of Lutherville, is a manager for Vita Inc., a Maryland hospitality company. He is also secretary of the Hispanic Republicans of Maryland and a member of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee. He waged an unsuccessful campaign for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2002. This will be his first convention.

MELISSA REDMER MULLAHEY, 27, of Baltimore, is an account executive with Crosby Marketing and Communications in Baltimore. She is a member of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee and serves as second vice chairwoman of the state party central committee. She is the daughter of former Maryland House Minority Leader and current Insurance Commissioner Alfred W. Redmer Jr. She holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication from Towson University. She is married. This will be her first convention.

EMIL B. PIELKE, 62, of Towson, is a real estate, tax and small business attorney in Fullerton. He served in the House of Delegates from 2002-2003, representing Baltimore County. He completed the term of Jim Kelly, who resigned his seat to take a federal appointment. Pielke worked with the Republican State Central Committee from 1968-76 conducting research, and served as president of the Republican Club of Northeast Baltimore County from 1994-95. He is an Air Force veteran with a bachelor's in history from Capital University and a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. He is married with one daughter. This will be his first convention.

ALTERNATES - 3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

J. MICHAEL COLLINS, 55, of Reisterstown, is president and chief executive of his own real estate investment firm and is also a kitchen design consultant. He is a member of the Republican State Central Committee and campaign chairman for his son, Joe Collins Jr., who is running for Baltimore City Council. He ran unsuccessfully for the House of Delegates in 2002. He holds two associate degrees from Catonsville Community College, in real estate and fire service. He is married with two children and three grandchildren. This will be his first convention.

ALLEN FURTH, 41, of Annapolis, is a senior project manager at Hayward Baker, a nationwide construction consulting company. He is past president of the Maryland Young Republicans and husband of former Anne Arundel County Orphans' Court Judge Elaine Furth. A New Jersey native, Furth holds an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. This will be his first convention.

LAURIE SEARS, 37, of Annapolis, is the owner of Destination Relaxation, a small chain of day spas and retail stores. She has been active with Anne Arundel County Republican Women and volunteered for Ehrlich's 2002 campaign. She also volunteers for the Bush-Cheney campaign. The Operation Desert Storm Navy veteran holds a bachelor's degree in international studies from Towson State University and a master's in international marketing from University of Maryland, University College. She is married and this will be her first convention.

ALTERNATES - 4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

HENRY NICHOLS, 53, of Fort Washington, was recently appointed chief financial officer of the Maryland Department of Human Resources by Ehrlich. He was president and owner of a mortgage company in Prince George's County and also served on the Republican Central Committee. This will be his first convention.

MARIA PENA-FAUSTINO, 44, of Laytonsville, works for Montgomery County Public Schools and serves as Montgomery County liquor commissioner. She is a vice-chairwoman of the GOP state central committee and serves on the Commission on Service and Volunteerism. A native of Colombia, Pena-Faustino became a citizen in 1986. This will be her first convention.

SYLVESTER VAUGHNS, 67, of Palmer Park, is a retired administrator for the Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources. He currently serves on the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and is active in the Black Republican Council of Prince George's County and the Young Republicans Club. He has served on the Republican Central Committee several times. He was an alternate delegate at the Republican National Convention in Miami in 1968. This will be his second national convention.

ALTERNATES - 5th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

GREGORY DAVIS, age unavailable, of Davidsonville, is executive vice president of HAZMED Inc., a Lanham consulting firm in environmental engineering and information technology. He has worked on projects for several federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.

MIGUEL BOLUDA, 73, of Bowie, says he became involved in Republican politics as soon as he obtained American citizenship in 1968, after emigrating from Cuba. He is a member of the Hispanic Republican Caucus of Maryland and worked on Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign. He was a customer-service manager for Sears, Roebuck and Co. until his retirement. In June 2003, he joined Ehrlich's Commission on Hispanic Affairs in the Department of Human Resources.

CAROLYN LEES, 62, of La Plata, is a legislative aide for state Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, R-Charles, and a former elementary school teacher. She serves on the Charles County Republican Central Committee. The 2004 Republican National Convention will be her first.

ALTERNATES - 6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

RICHARD HUGG, 57, of Hagerstown, is a retired senior special agent with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He is a member of the Washington County Republican Central Committee. This will be his first convention.

DAVID LENHART, 44, of Frederick, is a Frederick City alderman. During Bush's 2000 campaign he was the executive director of Youth Team 2000 and director of communications of Frederick County. He is a member of the Frederick County Republican Central Committee. This will be his first convention.

DANIEL WILLARD, 43, of Rockville, is an attorney with his own practice. He is co-chairman of President Bush's campaign in Montgomery County and a vice chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee. Willard is the great-grandson of Dan Willard, who was president of the B&O Railroad for almost 20 years. This will be his first convention.

ALTERNATES - 7th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

JOSEPH BROWN, 46, of Baltimore, is the director of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. He is on the Baltimore City Republican Central Committee and is chairman of President Bush's campaign for Baltimore. Brown was a delegate to the 2000 Republican convention.

MANDA ZAND ERVIN, 67, is a Realtor and member of the Maryland Republican Central Committee for Howard County. This will be her first convention.

LORETTA D. GAFFNEY, 49, of Glenelg, is a legislative aide to state Delegate Gail H. Bates, R-Howard. Gaffney was a lifelong Democrat until early 2003, when she says she became a Republican after losing a bet . . . and now she couldn't be happier. This will be her first convention.

ALTERNATES - 8th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

SAMBHU BANIK, 68, of Bethesda, is a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Bowie State University. He also is president of the Family Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center in Washington, D.C. He is commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Montgomery County. He was appointed by President Reagan in 1988 to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, and by President Bush Sr. to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. This will be his sixth convention, but his first as a delegate. He attended before as a guest.

MARILYN DANKNER, 56, of Potomac, taught school for eight years. She is a member-at-large of the National Federation of Republican Women and just finished a four-year term as president of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women. She is a fourth-generation Republican and attended the 2000 convention.

CRISTENA YEUTTER, 45, of Potomac, is a homemaker who began at age 12 working polls in Michigan and is now the governor-appointed commissioner of the Maryland Commission of Women. Yeutter attended the 1980 and 1992 conventions.

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STEVE ABRAMS, 61, of Rockville, is in venture capital and chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee. This is his first convention.

JOHN BARTKOVICH, 56, of Salisbury, is a surgeon who has been elected to the Republican committee for the past eight years. He will be calling in regularly to the Daily Times of Salisbury to report on the convention. This will be his first convention.

BETTY JANE CARROLL, 70, of Trappe, is retired. She is president of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women, which contains 42 clubs in Maryland. She attended the 1996 convention as an alternate delegate and the 2000 convention as a guest, but this will be her first convention as a full delegate.

CHRIS CAVEY, of Hampstead, was appointed chairman of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee in 2003. He was most recently in the news in late July when he testified about frivolous lawsuits before the House Small Business Committee on Capitol Hill. He has been an agent for Nationwide Insurance and is a member of Maryland Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. He ran unsuccessfully for the House of Delegates in 2002 and 1998.

SHARON CARRICK, 50, of Centreville, is secretary of the state Republican Central Committee and director of licensing and registration for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. She is also campaign treasurer for U.S. Senate candidate E.J. Pipkin, a Maryland state senator. She was recently in the news when she sent a campaign-related letter to the Senate Public Records Office using Maryland Department of Natural Resources materials. She was quoted in late July by the Gazette as calling it "an absolute, total oversight."

ADDIE ECKARDT, 60, of Cambridge, has been a member of the House of Delegates from District 37B since 1995. She recently retired after 30 years of nursing with a psychiatric clinical specialization. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Nursing and has received numerous awards and recognition for her work. She was an alternate to the Republican Convention in 1992. She is a member of the Women Legislators of Maryland and was Deputy Minority Whip from 1999-2003.

DONALD FARBER, 55, of Baltimore, is a stockbroker. His first convention was in 1976, and this will be his third overall. He is chairman of the Baltimore City Republican Central Committee.

CHARLIE "CHUCK" JENKINS, 48, of Thurmont, is an investigator with the Frederick County Sheriff's Department. He is married, has never been to a convention before and is chairman of the Frederick County Republican Central Committee.

DOROTHY "DORO" BUSH KOCH, 45, of Bethesda, is the president's younger sister. She was active in his 2000 campaign, even announcing the state's votes for him at the convention in Philadelphia. She is married to Robert Koch, who comes from a prominent Democratic family and has been active in the California wine industry. They were married at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland in 1992. She has four children, including two from a previous marriage.

MICHAEL MALONE, 36, of Gambrills, is the chairman of the Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee. An attorney at the law office of Robert Fuoco, Malone has been active in the Maryland Republican Party since 1998. He will be attending his first political convention this year.

DONALD MUNSON, 66, of Hagerstown, has been a Maryland state senator from Washington County since 1991 and has been involved with the Maryland Republican Party for more than 30 years. This will be his fourth political convention: He previously attended the 1976, 1988 and 1992 conventions.

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BRENDA BUTSCHER, 64, of Mountain Lake Park, is executive director of the Hospice of Garrett County. She is chairwoman of the Garrett County Republican Central Committee. She has previously attended seven political conventions.

JAMES PELURA, 56, of Davidsonville, is the Maryland state chairman of the Bush-Cheney campaign. A veterinarian at the Davidsonville Veterinary Clinic, he has been involved with the Maryland Republican Party for more than 15 years and is a member of the Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee. This is his first convention as a delegate; he attended the 2000 convention as a visitor.

DIANE CARABETTA, 44, of Perryville, is president of the Cecil County Republican Women's Club. She has been an active volunteer with the Republican Party since 1995. This will be her first political convention.

MICHAEL STEELE, 45, of Largo, is Maryland's lieutenant governor. He is a corporate attorney and founder of The Steele Group, a consulting firm in Largo. He has been involved in Maryland politics since 1978, serving on the Republican National Committee and as chairman of the Maryland Republican Central Committee from 2000 to 2002. He has attended two previous conventions, in 1996 as an alternate, and in 2000 as a delegate.

WILLIAM "BILL" CHRISTOFORO, 51, of Bel Air, has been a Harford County assistant state's attorney for 22 years. Christoforo earned his law degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and was briefly in private practice. He worked on Ehrlich's 2002 campaign for governor (one of his Harford co-workers was future Maryland first lady Kendel Ehrlich). He has been chairman for the last two years of the Republican Central Committee in Harford. This is his first convention.

ROY CROW, 47, of Kennedyville, wears many hats: farmer, insurance salesman and Kent County commissioner. He sold his herd of 75 dairy cattle and now works for Nationwide Insurance, specializing in farm and commercial policies. He still farms 360 acres in wheat and "a few head of beef cattle." The nephew of former Maryland House Speaker R. Clayton Mitchell, Crow said he has always been interested in politics. A first-time delegate, he'll bring his oldest son and "political guru," Karl, 23, to the convention with him.

WILLIAM FRANK, 44, of Lutherville, was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore County's District 42 in 2002. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee and is assistant minority whip. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's in administration science. He worked in banking, then as marketing and development director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Now he is development director at the Catholic High School of Baltimore. Frank ran for Congress in 1994 against Robert Ehrlich, losing with 40 percent of vote. He is married, with three school-age children. This will be his second Republican convention; his first was 1980 in Detroit.

DAVID HALE, 40, of Owings, is president of the Calvert County Board of Commissioners. His background is in computer and information security and he has worked since 1994 for Digital Net of Herndon, an information security consultant for businesses and government. He first ran for office in 1998 because, he said, he "heard a lot of grumbling (about local development) and decided to take a shot." He said no one really knew who he was, but he won anyway. New York will be his first political convention.

MICHELLE JEFFERSON, 42, of Westminster, started Professional Permit Expediting Service 17 years ago to help people navigate the bureaucratic maze of getting building permits. Her impetus for political involvement was a problem with the IRS, which she resolved with help from the office of Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Frederick. As a gesture of gratitude, she said, she asked to volunteer for "the lowest, nonpaying job" they had. That eventually led to her election, in 2002, to the Carroll County Republican Central Committee, where she became chairwoman in November 2003. She describes herself as politically incorrect, with a can-do attitude and a natural aversion to red tape. She and her second husband, Randy, have a blended family of three: Chelsea, 14; Jennifer, 16, and Chris, 20. This is her first political convention.

MICHELLE DUFFY ORR, 43, of Reisterstown, is launching a new business as a public relations consultant after over 20 years as an employee for Constellation Energy Group. She is a certified public accountant and has a master's degree in administration science. She recalls first meeting Ehrlich in 1985: She was sitting next to him at a dinner and he asked if she would help him run for the House of Delegates. She's worked on every one of his campaigns since. In 2003, Ehrlich appointed her to a five-year term on the Board for Injured Workers' Insurance. She will oversee surrogate speakers and events for the Bush campaign in Maryland in the upcoming election. She was also a delegate in 2000.

E.J. PIPKIN, 47, of Stevensville, is a Maryland state senator running to unseat U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski. D-Baltimore. He attended Salisbury State before graduating from Roanoke College. He went on to earn a master's of business administration from the University of Virginia. Pipkin opposed Gov. Parris Glendening's efforts to dump dredge spoils from the Baltimore Harbor approach channels into the Chesapeake Bay and helped organize and lead a massive grass-roots campaign. Pipkin and his wife Alisa have three young children.

FRANKIE POWELL, 56, of Baltimore, is a first-time delegate. An ordained minister for three years, Powell decided to get involved in politics after seeing "things getting worse," and no one doing anything about it. Along with his wife, Patricia, he has one daughter and a granddaughter.

JOANNE SMITH, 54, of Denton, is comptroller for Eastern Shore Title Co. A charter member of the Caroline County Republican Women, Smith has been a member of the Caroline County Republican Central Committee since 1992. This is her second convention.

JOHN KANE, 43, of Potomac, is the state party chairman. Kane is one of nine siblings, all of whom still live in Maryland. He graduated from Mount Saint Mary's College and the Wharton School of Business' Senior Management Program. His initial political involvement came from serving on Republican gubernatorial candidate Ellen Sauerbrey's finance committee and then-U.S. Rep. Robert Ehrlich's finance committee. He is a trustee with the Maryland Republican Party and was named by Ehrlich in 2002 to succeed Lt. Gov. Steele as chairman of the state party. He and his wife, Mary, Maryland's deputy secretary of state, were recently voted one of Maryland's most influential couples. They have three children.

LOUIS M. POPE, 53, of Laurel, is this year's Maryland Republican National Committee chairman. A real estate broker, Pope was introduced to politics at an early age. This is his fourth convention.

JOYCE LYONS TERHES, 64, of Dunkirk, was a Calvert County commissioner for two terms before becoming state party chairman from 1989 to 1998 -- the first woman to hold that post in Maryland history. A retired teacher, Terhes is now the state's National Committee chairwoman. This is her fifth convention as a delegate.

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