Jamie Raskin
Jamie Raskin, a Democrat who has represented Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017 and serves as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, faces Republican Cheryl Riley in his 2026 re-election race.
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Raskin: Executive Branch Doesn't Have the Power to Compile List of Undocumented Voters
Jamie Raskin (D-MD) argues the executive branch lacks authority to compile or request a list of undocumented/illegal voters.
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Lawmakers 'horrified' by mass shooting plot on Chicago-area Hindu temple
Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Congressman for Maryland's 8th district (MD-08), condemned a mass shooting plot targeting a Chicago-area Hindu temple.
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Industry stakeholders are urged to prepare for potential Congressional power shift in 2027
The article notes that U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, has signaled that if he becomes chairman, he would focus investigations into alleged self-enrichment and…
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Democrats plan investigations, inflation relief if they reclaim Congress
The article outlines House Democrats’ 100-day agenda if they regain the majority, led by Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08).
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- Born
- December 13, 1962
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C.
- Education
- Georgetown Day School (1979)
Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts in government, 1983)
Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1987)
Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Jamie Raskin was born Jamin Ben Raskin in Washington, D.C., on December 13, 1962, to Barbara Raskin, a journalist and novelist, and Marcus Raskin, a former National Security Council aide to President John F. Kennedy and co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies.
He graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1979 at age 16 as a U.S. Presidential Scholar and from Harvard College in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in government. In 1987 he received a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Career
After two years as an assistant attorney general in Massachusetts, Jamie Raskin served as general counsel for Jesse Jackson's National Rainbow Coalition from 1989 to 1990.
Beginning in 1990, he spent more than 25 years as a constitutional law professor at American University's Washington College of Law.
He won a seat in the Maryland Senate in 2006 by defeating incumbent Ida G. Ruben in the Democratic primary, represented District 20, and was named Senate majority whip in 2012.
Raskin won the seven-way Democratic primary for the 8th district in 2016 with 33% of the vote and defeated Republican Dan Cox with 60% in the general election.
In Congress he co-founded the Congressional Freethought Caucus in 2018, served as lead impeachment manager for the Senate trial after President Donald Trump's second impeachment, and joined the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack in July 2021.
The House Democratic Caucus elected him ranking member of the Judiciary Committee on December 18, 2024.
2026 race
Jamie Raskin is seeking re-election in Maryland's 8th congressional district, which is based in Montgomery County and includes inner Washington, D.C. suburbs such as Rockville, Silver Spring, and Bethesda.
Raskin was re-elected with 76.8% of the vote in 2024 and won the 2026 Democratic primary with 92.7%, ahead of Boris Velasquez, J. D. Kumar, and Stephen Leon.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Republican Cheryl Riley, a public relations consultant and the party's nominee for the district in 2024, who won her primary with 43.3% of the vote.