Biography

Delegate Nancy Stocksdale was born in Owings Mills, Maryland and attended Franklin High School in Reisterstown.  She graduated from Western Maryland College and was a teacher in Baltimore County public schools for 34 years.  She resides in Westminster, MD and has five children, one foster son and eleven grandchildren.

Political Experience

Nancy has served as President of the Carroll County Republican Club (3 terms) and as Chair of the Carroll County Republican Central Committee from 1991-92 (she was a member from 1990-94).   She is currently a member of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women and served as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican Party National Convention in 1992.

House of Delegates Career & Leadership Positions

Nancy has been a member of the House of Delegates since January 11, 1995 and is currently the Assistant Minority Leader in the House Republican Caucus.

Her Committee Assignments and Workgroups Include:

• House Appropriations Committee

• Transportation and the Environment

• Oversight Committee on Program Open Space and
  Agricultural Land Preservation

• Education & Economic Development

• Oversight Committee on Personnel

• Juvenile Services Work Group

• Capital Budget Subcommittee

• Joint Committee on Children, Youth and Families

• Special Committee on Rail Mergers (1996-1997)

• Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics (1999-2003)

• Special Committee on Higher Education Affordability and
  Accessibility (2003-2004)

• Deputy Minority Whip, House Republican Caucus (2003-2006)

• Chair, Carroll County Delegation (vice-chair, 1999-2002)

• Member, Women Legislators of Maryland

• Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus

• Member, Maryland Rural Caucus

• Member, Maryland Taxpayers Protection Caucus

• Member, National Conference of State Legislatures
  (communications, technology & interstate commerce committee, 2005-07; communications, financial services & interstate commerce committee, 2007-present).