# Official biography — Rep. Jamie Raskin (raskin.house.gov)

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Current position: Rep. Jamie Raskin represents Maryland's 8th Congressional District and serves as "Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary in the 119th Congress."

Congressional service: Raskin was "sworn into his fifth Term at the start of the 119th Congress on January 6, 2025." He was first elected in 2016.

Prior office: before Congress he served as a three-term Maryland State Senator, where colleagues selected him as Senate Majority Whip.

Other roles listed: lead impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of President Trump (2021); member of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

Education: graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School; former editor of the Harvard Law Review.

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