Jamie Raskin (MD-08)

Congressman Jamie Raskin has served in Congress representing Maryland’s 8th District since 2017. He’s the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group of the House Democratic Caucus.

Rep. Raskin was the lead impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of President

Donald Trump for inciting insurrection against the Union and served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. Prior to Congress, Raskin was a three-term Maryland State Senator and a professor of constitutional law at American University. He has authored several books including the New York Times #1 Bestseller Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy.

Rep. Raskin is the founder and leader of Democracy Summer, the Democratic Party’s acclaimed nationwide program which has engaged thousands of young people in training for political activism and “leadership for strong democracy and freedom.”