About Richard Madaleno
Richard Stuart Madaleno Jr., commonly known as Rich Madaleno, is an American politician from Maryland. A Democrat, he was a member of the Maryland State Senate, representing the state's 18th district in Montgomery County, which includes Wheaton and Kensington, as well as parts of Silver Spring, Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Madaleno served as chair of the Montgomery County Senate Delegation from 2008 to 2011. He previously served four years in the House of Delegates. On leaving university, Madaleno began his career in Maryland government, working first for the Maryland General Assembly's Department of Fiscal Services, which provides staff support to Senators and Delegates. Madaleno would have been the first Italian-American and the first openly gay governor of Maryland. Madaleno made history by publishing the first ever US political TV ad featuring a candidate kissing their same-sex spouse. In 2002, he won one of three seats representing Maryland's 18th district in the House of Delegates.
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