Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2017
Preceded by	Chris Van Hollen
Member of the Maryland Senate from the 20th district
In office January 10, 2007 – November 10, 2016
Preceded by	Ida Ruben
Succeeded by	Will Smith
Personal details
Born	Jamin Ben Raskin (1962-12-13) December 13, 1962 (age 54) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Sarah Bloom Raskin
Parents	Marcus Raskin Barbara Bellman Raskin
Residence	Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University Harvard Law School
Occupation	Law professor, American University Washington College of Law
Website	House website

Jamin Ben "Jamie" Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district. A law professor, Raskin teaches constitutional law and legislation at American University, Washington College of Law, in Washington. He served as the Director of the college's LL.M. program on Law and Government.

Raskin was born in Washington, D.C. on December 13, 1962 to a Jewish family, the son of progressive activist Marcus Raskin, a former staff aide to President John F. Kennedy on the National Security Council and co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, and Barbara (née Bellman) Raskin, a journalist and novelist. He graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1979, and from Harvard College (magna cum laude) in 1983, and from Harvard Law School (magna cum laude) in 1987. He is a past editor of the Harvard Law Review.

He is married to Sarah Bloom Raskin, who served as the Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation from 2007-2010, and was nominated by President Barack Obama to the Federal Reserve Board on April 28, 2010. On October 4, 2010, she was sworn in as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. She served as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from March 19, 2014 – January 20, 2017.

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