Joan Carter Conway
| Joan Carter Conway | |
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Conway in 2007
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| Member of the Maryland Senate from the 43rd district |
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Assumed office 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John A. Pica, Jr. |
| Constituency | Baltimore City |
| Baltimore City Council | |
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In office 1995–1997 |
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April 5, 1951 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Vernon "Tim" Conway |
| Residence | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation | tax consultant |
| Religion | Baptist |
Joan Carter Conway (born April 5, 1951) is an American politician who represents district 43 in the Maryland State Senate. She is the first African American woman to be appointed chairman of any of the standing committees in the Maryland Senate and in 2000 was listed one of "Maryland's Top 100 Women" by the Daily Record.
Senator Conway was born to Floyd O. and Pauline N. Carter in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 5, 1951. She attended the Community College of Baltimore, earning her A.A. in human services in 1987 and then the University of Baltimore, with a B.A. in sociology in 1988. She is co-owner of CIG Professional Tax Services, Inc. Conway was appointed to the Senate, from the Baltimore City Council, when John A. Pica, Jr. decided to retire in 1997. Since then she has won three elections without major opposition. In 2007, Conway headed a team of 3 incumbent delegates (Curt Anderson, Ann Marie Doory and Maggie McIntosh) and 7 state central committee members (Baltimore City Councilmen Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. and Robert W. Curran, and democrats Sherrod Barnes, Jeremy Rosendale, Beatrice Brown, and Sylvia Williams) to victory with every person on her ticket winning in the September primary. No other 11-person ticket achieved such distinction in the state primary election.
A member of Senate since January 8, 1997, Senator Conway is Chair of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee and a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
In 1999 Conway was arrested and charged with hindering a law enforcement officer after a six-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle in front of her office and she allegedly refused to provide space for the paramedics to work on the child. The charges were later dropped by State's Attorney Patricia Jessamy.
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