Bilal Ali | |
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Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 41st district | |
In office February 3, 2017 – January 9, 2019[1] | |
Preceded by | Jill P. Carter[3] |
Succeeded by | Dalya Attar, Tony Bridges[4] |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | October 6, 1951
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Essex Community College, A.A.; University of Baltimore, B.A. (psychology); Coppin State University, M.A. (psychology)[1] |
Occupation | Event promoter[3] Community liaison, State's Attorney's Office, Baltimore City[1] |
Bilal Abdul Malik Ali is an American politician who served as a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly representing Maryland's District 41.
Ali was appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates, filling the vacancy created when Jill P. Carter resigned.[3] He was defeated for election in the 2018 Democratic primary.[4]
Ali was sworn in on February 3, 2017, and assigned to the House Ways and Means committee.[1] He was a member of the Baltimore City Delegation and the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
In January 2018 Ali introduced a bill entitled the "Jared Kushner Act" to prohibit the issuing of civil arrest warrants for tenants being sued for less than $5,000 in unpaid rent. This proposal followed a report the previous year that Kushner's apartment management company was Maryland's most aggressive landlord in obtaining civil arrest warrants.[5]
In February 2018 Ali proposed disbanding and reconstituting the Baltimore Police Department in the wake of a police corruption trial. The Baltimore Sun reported that in reaction to this Sen. Joan Carter Conway questioned Ali's understanding of the police department.[6]
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg | 7,795 | 17.20% | Won |
Dalya Attar | 7,773 | 17.10% | Won |
Tony Bridges | 5,476 | 12.10% | Won |
Angela C. Gibson | 5,308 | 11.70% | |
Bilal Ali | 5,194 | 11.40% | |
Richard Bruno | 2,996 | 6.60% | |
Tessa Hill-Aston | 2,862 | 6.30% | |
Sean Stinnett | 2,806 | 6.20% | |
Joyce J. Smith | 2,291 | 5.00% | |
George E. Mitchell | 2,101 | 4.60% | |
Walter J. Horton | 773 | 1.70% |