Rudolph C. Cane

Infobox_Politician
name = Rudolph C. Cane

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birth_date = birth date and age|1934|5|23
birth_place = Marion, Maryland, United States
residence = Hebron, Maryland
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state_delegate = Maryland
district = 37A
term_start = January 13, 1999
term_end = present
predecessor = Don B. Hughes
successor = incumbent
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party = Democrat
religion = Methodist
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spouse = Louella Fitchett Cane
children = Dr. Rudolph Cane, Jr. and Dr. Renee Cane McCoy
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order2 = Wicomico County Council
term_start2 = 1990
term_end2 = 1994
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Rudolph C."Rudy" Cane is an American politician who is the first African American to represent the Eastern Shore in the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Cane is also a former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14636.html]

Background

Rudolph Cane Born on May 23, 1934 in Marion on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Delegate Cane graduated from Carter G. Woodson High School in Crisfield, Maryland, in 1952. He entered the United States Army right after high school and served as a radar specialist earning the rank of sergeant by the time of his honorable discharge in 1955. After his military service he pursued undergraduate studies at Maryland State College from 1956 to 1957 and Coppin State College from 1964 to 1968. [http://rudycane.org/Meet.htm]

In the legislature

A member of House of Delegates since January 13, 1999, Cane serves on the House Environmental Matters Committee and its environment, its natural resources and its land use & ethics subcommittees. He is chairman of the committee's agriculture, agriculture preservation & open space subcommittee.

Legislative notes

* voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm]
* voted in favor of increasing the sales tax by 20% - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2) [http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf]
* voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6) [http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm]
* sponsored House Bill 30 in 2007, allowing the state to confiscate unused portions of gift certificates after 4 years. [http://mlis.state.md.us/2007s1/billfile/HB0030.htm House Bill 30]

Election Results

*1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37Acite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1994/results_1994/gahod.html| title=House of Delegates Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Dec 1, 2007] ::Voters to choose one::

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