Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) will be the featured speaker at the Kent County
Democratic Central Committee’s annual fundraising Kennedy-King Dinner, to be held virtually
on Wednesday, May 12.
Raskin represents Maryland’s 8th Congressional District, which includes parts of
Montgomery, Carroll, and Frederick Counties. He was among the first officials to call for an
impeachment inquiry into then-President Trump’s collusion with Ukraine in 2020. As chair of
the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, he served as the lead impeachment
manager for the second impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Prior to his time in Congress, Raskin was a three-term State Senator in Maryland, where
he also served as the Senate Majority Whip. He earned a reputation for building coalitions in
Annapolis and was also a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington
College of Law for more than 25 years. Congressman Raskin is a graduate of Harvard University
and Harvard Law School.
Tickets include a prepared three-course dinner to be picked up at Occasions Catering.
The virtual social hour and program begin at 6:45pm, and include music by Pam and Bob Ortiz.
The keynote presentation will be at 7:30pm.
Tickets may be purchased on line at www.kentdems.org. Tickets will also be available
beginning April 17 at Kent County Democratic Headquarters, 357 High St., Chestertown. The
deadline for orders is Sunday, May 9. For more information, email [email protected].
Vic Pfeiffer says
I’ll be there. Jamie Raskin was an absolute all-star managing the proceedings of the 2nd Trump Impeachment and only days after losing his son. Articulate, informed, sensitive, professorial, effective.