Jamie Raskin

Jamin Ben 'Jamie' Raskin is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district and a member of the Democratic Party, first elected in 2016. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Before his tenure in Congress, he was a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years and served as an Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts. Raskin served three terms in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016, where he became Majority Whip and championed landmark legislation including marriage equality, the abolition of the death penalty, and the first National Popular Vote measure in the country. In the U.S. House, he has served as the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Judiciary Committees and gained national prominence as the lead impeachment manager for the second impeachment of Donald Trump and as a member of the Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol attack.

Jamie Raskin's policy positions focus on progressive reform and constitutional protections. In healthcare, he strongly supports reproductive rights, including federal legislation to codify abortion access, and advocates for expanding medical nutrition therapy and behavioral health services. His economic platform emphasizes federal spending to stimulate growth, corporate transparency, and achieving equal pay for equal work while opposing tax cuts that significantly increase the national deficit. Regarding immigration, Raskin supports comprehensive reform that includes a path to legal status for 'Dreamers' and more efficient legal entry processes, while criticizing enforcement policies that he argues undermine public safety and victim cooperation. On environmental issues, he has voted in favor of protecting wildlands and supports animal welfare legislation. In foreign policy, he has called for humanitarian pauses and surges of aid in conflict zones like Gaza and advocates for congressional oversight of military actions under the War Powers Resolution.