E._J._Pipkin
E. J. Pipkin
Education
Pipkin grew up in Dundalk, Maryland, and went to Dundalk High School. He initially attended Salisbury University, but ultimately received his B.A. from Roanoke College. He received an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.Senate campaign
In the 2004 U.S. Senate election, Pipkin ran unsuccessfully against incumbent senator Barbara Mikulski receiving 34% of the vote to Mikulski's 65%.Voting record
Pipkin broke with most Senate Republicans and voted for Governor Martin O'Malley's budget, which exceeded tax receipts by $1 billion, increased spending by 8 percent, and eradicated a $1 billion surplus. Pipkin and Wayne Gilchrest are pro-choice and have voted for taxpayer funded abortions. Pipkin voted for a bill to establish a state registry for gay "life partners." Pipkin voted to fund a free needle program for drug addicts. In 2003, E.J. Pipkin sponsored a bill to return a tax credit to employers who provide daycare for their employees. In 2004, he sponsored a permanent repeal of the estate tax in Maryland. In 2006, E.J. Pipkin sponsored a reduction in state property taxes and a reduction in income taxes.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
As a resident of Stevensville, Pipkin himself has been affected by traffic congestion on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and has fought to reduce the problem. In 2005, he proposed a set of bills, which ultimately failed to pass, in that year's Maryland General Assembly session, known as the "Bay Bridge Users' Bill of Rights". The bills would have, among other things, made various modifications to the governing board of the Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA), banned trucks from the bridge when one of its dual spans is carrying two-way traffic, and waived tolls whenever backups extended beyond a certain point. Later that year, Pipkin was one of the 22 citizens appointed by Governor Robert Ehrlich to serve on the Bay Bridge Task Force, to explore the possibility of building a new crossing of the Chesapeake Bay.In the 2006 Maryland General Assembly session, Pipkin once again tried to pass parts of the Bay Bridge Users' Bill of Rights, this time more successfully. Among the bills that passed that year included one that made various modifications to the governing board of the MdTA (e.g. addition of two appointed members; imposition of three term limit of service; lengthening of terms to four years, rather than three years; etc). Along with Delegate Mary Roe Walkup (R-Dist. 36), Pipkin also proposed a bill to remove the Baltimore County-Kent County crossing from the list of crossing locations that could potentially be studied in the future). However, that bill did not pass (nor did it pass when re-introduced in 2007). Also during 2006, Pipkin worked collaboratively with MdTA to promote successful legislation (Senate Bill 168, signed into law as Chapter 24 of 2007 of the Laws of Maryland) that doubled the amount of violations fines that could be issued for overweight tractor-trailers crossing the bridge.
Election Results
- 2006 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 36
Name Votes Percent Outcome E. J. Pipkin, Rep. 27,101 63.7% Won Harry E. Sampson, Dem. 15,402 36.2% Lost Other Write-Ins 34 0.1% Lost - 2004 Race for U.S. Senator
Name Votes Percent Outcome Barbara A. Mikulski, Dem. 1,504,691 64.8% Won E. J. Pipkin, Rep. 783,055 33.7% Lost Maria Allwine, Green. 24,816 1.1% Lost Thomas Trump, Const. 9,009 0.4% Lost Robert Gemmill, II, Rep. 204 0.1% Lost Ray Bly, Rep. 109 0.0% Lost Dennard A. Gayle-El, Sr., Rep. 47 0.0% Lost - 2002 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 36
Name Votes Percent Outcome E. J. Pipkin, Rep. 24,827 62.5% Won Walter M. Baker, Dem. 14,898 37.5% Lost Other Write-Ins 27 0.1% Lost References and notes
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