In Baltimore County, a young community activist is taking aim at the longest-serving member of the state Senate. The incumbent is 74. The challenger, a fellow Democrat, is 25. Jordan Hadfield ‘07 ‘08 MPP, development officer in the Office of Institutional Advancement, is hoping to unseat Sen. Norman R. Stone Jr., the longest-serving member sitting in the Maryland Senate. Stone, a 74-year-old Democrat from Baltimore County, joined the chamber in 1967. “There’s no constitutional requirement that you have gray hair," said Delegate Saqib Ali, a Montgomery County Democrat elected to the House of Delegates in 2006.
The article, “Office-seekers forgot ‘waiting your turn,’ challenge their elders,” ran Monday, February 15, in the Baltimore Sun.
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