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Adelaide C. Eckardt
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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>Adelaide C. Eckardt was first elected in 1994 to represent the new District 37B.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> District 37B covers parts of <a href="/facts/Caroline_County,_MD/FU8U2j5d">Caroline</a>, <a href="/facts/Dorchester_County,_MD/B3ecqzLM">Dorchester</a>, <a href="/facts/Talbot_County,_MD/JLH1IAyp">Talbot</a>, & <a href="/facts/Wicomico_County,_MD/fDcdoCC4">Wicomico</a> counties. </p><p>She defeated Democratic incumbent Robert Alan Thornton Jr.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> and served with fellow Republican <a href="/facts/Kenneth_D._Schisler/346FSmjI">Kenneth D. Schisler</a>. She ran in 1990, but was defeated by <a href="/facts/Kenneth_D._Schisler/346FSmjI">Kenneth D. Schisler</a>, Robert Alan Thornton Jr., and Democrat Samuel Q. Johnson III.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>In 1998, Eckardt was reelected along with <a href="/facts/Kenneth_D._Schisler/346FSmjI">Schisler</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Again in 2002, Eckardt and Schisler won with little competition.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Finally, in 2006, Eckardt won reelection, this time with fellow Republican, <a href="/facts/Jeannie_Haddaway-Riccio/CYe7U5dG">Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Schisler was appointed to the chair of the <a href="/facts/Maryland_Public_Service_Commission/9Pb1adbY">Maryland Public Service Commission</a> by Governor <a href="/facts/Bob_Ehrlich/AuooXjg1">Bob Ehrlich</a> in May 2003. </p> <h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>Like fellow House Republican <a href="/facts/Mary_Roe_Walkup/L33MqghQ">Mary Roe Walkup</a>, Eckardt got her career start in nursing. Eckardt attended <a href="/facts/Bryn_Mawr_Hospital/9yPy4QjC">Bryn Mawr Hospital</a> School of Nursing and received her R.N. degree. She later attended the <a href="/facts/University_of_Maryland,_Baltimore/kbrYvVLu">University of Maryland, Baltimore</a> School of Nursing attaining her B.S. in 1978, and later her M.S. in 1981. She practiced as a Registered Nurse-Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>A few years later, Eckardt became an adjunct member of the faculty at <a href="/facts/Salisbury_State_University/durvjGu3">Salisbury State University</a>. Later that same year, she became a Psychiatric Nurse Clinical Specialist at Eastern Shore Hospital Center<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> and worked there until 2003. During that same time, she also served as an adjunct member of the faculty at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Maryland,_Baltimore/kbrYvVLu">University of Maryland School of Nursing</a>. She remained on the faculty from 1991 to 1999. </p><p>Eckardt's remained active in her field, but shifted to a more administrative and legislative role. She joined the Executive Committee of the Maryland Hospital Association in 1993 and has served on the Board of Directors for Leadership Maryland, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to the betterment of Maryland,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> since 2001. </p><p>Currently, Eckardt is a board member of the Chesapeake Health Planning Systems, a member of the Maryland Nurses Association,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> the American Nurses Association,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> the American Ortho-Psychiatric Association,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Sigma_Theta_Tau/8wQy7V0d">Sigma Theta Tau</a>, the honor society of nursing. </p><p>She is a past recipient of the Psychiatric Nursing Award from the University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> in 1981. In 1986 and again in 1991, Eckard was named Nurse of the Year, District 4, by the Maryland Nurses Association.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> In 1988, she won the Rosalie S. Abrams Legislative Award from the Maryland Nurses Association. She received the Outstanding Board Member Award from the Maryland Nurses Association in 1992. Later she received the Outstanding Rural Legislator Award from the Rural Maryland Council<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> in 2003. Additionally in 2003, she received recognition for her efforts from Local Management Board. Finally, she was listed as a member of Maryland's Top 100 Women by the <i>Daily Record</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> a local newspaper, in 2003, 2005, and 2007. </p><p>In July 2022, Eckardt was defeated in the <a href="/facts/2022_Maryland_Senate_election/HnI26e1o">Republican primary</a> by state delegate <a href="/facts/Johnny_Mautz/Fe7a9a74">Johnny Mautz</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> Following her defeat, she announced on July 25, 2022, that she would run in the <a href="/facts/Cambridge,_Maryland/3ohBGK88">Cambridge</a> mayoral special election on August 23, 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> No candidate received the majority of the vote, forcing a runoff between Eckardt and former Cambridge commissioner Steve Rideout on September 20, 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> She was defeated by Rideout 55%-45%.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> In November 2022, Governor-elect <a href="/facts/Wes_Moore/Ih6sKBeb">Wes Moore</a> announced that Eckardt would serve on the steering committee of his transition team.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p> <h3>Legislative notes</h3> <ul><li>voted against the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li>voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006(SB154)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li>voted for slots in 2005 (HB1361)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li>voted for <a href="/facts/Maryland_Electric_Deregulation/V1mksLzP">electric deregulation</a> in 1999 (HB703)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li> <li>voted against in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li>voted against police transparency in 2021 (HB1090)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="election-results">Election results</h2> <ul><li>2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li></ul> Voters to choose two: <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Votes</th><th>Percent</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><td>Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep.</td><td>19,980</td><td> 34.5%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jeannie_Haddaway-Riccio/CYe7U5dG">Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio</a>, Rep.</td><td>18,677</td><td> 32.2%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td>James A. Adkins, Dem.</td><td>9,640</td><td> 16.6%</td><td> Lost</td></tr><tr><td>Tim Quinn, Dem.</td><td>9,588</td><td> 16.6%</td><td> Lost</td></tr><tr><td>Other Write-Ins</td><td>34</td><td> 0.1%</td><td> Lost</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li></ul> Voters to choose two: <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Votes</th><th>Percent</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><td>Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep.</td><td>21,100</td><td> 50.2%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_D._Schisler/346FSmjI">Kenneth D. Schisler</a>, Rep.</td><td>20,718</td><td> 49.3%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td>Other Write-Ins</td><td>200</td><td> 0.5%</td><td> Lost</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li></ul> Voters to choose two: <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Votes</th><th>Percent</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><td>Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep.</td><td>16,558</td><td> 42%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_D._Schisler/346FSmjI">Kenneth D. Schisler</a>, Rep.</td><td>15,604</td><td> 40%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td>William Steven Brohawn, Dem.</td><td>7,340</td><td> 19%</td><td> Lost</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li></ul> Voters to choose two: <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Votes</th><th>Percent</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><td>Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep.</td><td>11,422</td><td> 27%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_D._Schisler/346FSmjI">Kenneth D. Schisler</a>, Rep.</td><td>14,992</td><td> 35%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td>Philip Carey Foster, Dem.</td><td>6,618</td><td> 16%</td><td> Lost</td></tr><tr><td>Robert Alan Thornton Jr, Dem.</td><td>9,240</td><td> 22%</td><td> Lost</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>1990 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li></ul> Voters to choose three: <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Votes</th><th>Percent</th><th>Outcome</th></tr><tr><td>Samuel Q. Johnson, Dem.</td><td>12,803</td><td> 23%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenneth_D._Schisler/346FSmjI">Kenneth D. Schisler</a>, Rep.</td><td>11,096</td><td> 20%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td>Robert Alan Thornton Jr, Dem.</td><td>12,480</td><td> 23%</td><td> Won</td></tr><tr><td>Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep.</td><td>9,559</td><td> 17%</td><td> Lost</td></tr><tr><td>Don William Bradley, Dem.</td><td>9,210</td><td> 17%</td><td> Lost</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references-and-notes">References and notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?107518">Appearances</a> on <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"1994 Gubernatorial Election". elections.maryland.gov. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1994/results_1994/gahod.html" target="_blank">https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1994/results_1994/gahod.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"1990 Gubernatorial Election". elections.maryland.gov. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1990/results_1990/gahod.html" target="_blank">https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1990/results_1990/gahod.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"1990 Gubernatorial Election". elections.maryland.gov. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1990/results_1990/gahod.html" target="_blank">https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1990/results_1990/gahod.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"1998 Gubernatorial Election". elections.maryland.gov. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html" target="_blank">https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"2002 Gubernatorial Election". elections.maryland.gov. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/g_house_of_delegate.html" target="_blank">https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2002/results/g_house_of_delegate.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates". elections.maryland.gov. <a href="https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/results/general/office_House_of_Delegates.html" target="_blank">https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/results/general/office_House_of_Delegates.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Adelaide C. Eckardt, Maryland State Senator". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. February 22, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021. <a href="https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12216.html" target="_blank">https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa12216.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Hospital details <a href="https://archive.today/20130125233346/http://www.hospitalsoup.com/rn/asp/HospitalID.11601/pt/hospitaldetails3.asp" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20130125233346/http://www.hospitalsoup.com/rn/asp/HospitalID.11601/pt/hospitaldetails3.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Leadership Maryland | Annapolis, MD". www.leadershipmd.org. <a href="https://www.leadershipmd.org/" target="_blank">https://www.leadershipmd.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Maryland Nurses Association". Nursing Network. <a href="https://mna.nursingnetwork.com/" target="_blank">https://mna.nursingnetwork.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"ANA Enterprise | American Nurses Association". ANA. <a href="https://www.nursingworld.org/" target="_blank">https://www.nursingworld.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Home". amerortho.org. <a href="http://www.amerortho.org/" target="_blank">http://www.amerortho.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"University of Maryland School of Nursing". nursing.umaryland.edu. <a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/admissions/grad.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/admissions/grad.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Maryland Nurses Association". Nursing Network. <a href="https://mna.nursingnetwork.com/" target="_blank">https://mna.nursingnetwork.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Rural Maryland Council - A Collective Voice for Rural Maryland". February 8, 2007. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070208025736/http://www.ruralforvm.state.md.us/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070208025736/http://www.ruralforvm.state.md.us/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"MDDailyRecord.com ! Daily News, Entertainment and Gossip". Archived from the original on December 5, 1998. Retrieved March 31, 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19981205132741/http://www.mddailyrecord.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/19981205132741/http://www.mddailyrecord.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Kurtz, Josh (July 20, 2022). "Eckardt, 5 other state lawmakers appear to have lost their primaries; others could still fall". Maryland Matters. Retrieved July 21, 2022. <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/07/20/eckardt-5-other-state-lawmakers-appear-to-have-lost-their-primaries-others-could-still-fall/" target="_blank">https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/07/20/eckardt-5-other-state-lawmakers-appear-to-have-lost-their-primaries-others-could-still-fall/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Kurtz, Josh (July 25, 2022). "Sen. Eckardt to run for mayor of Cambridge". Maryland Matters. Retrieved July 25, 2022. <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/07/25/sen-eckardt-to-run-for-mayor-of-cambridge/" target="_blank">https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/07/25/sen-eckardt-to-run-for-mayor-of-cambridge/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Flaks, Rob (August 24, 2022). "Cambridge Mayor race heads to runoff between State Senator Addie Eckardt and former Commissioner Stephen Rideout". WMDT. Retrieved September 12, 2022. <a href="https://www.wmdt.com/2022/08/cambridge-mayor-race-heads-to-runoff-between-state-senator-addie-eckardt-and-former-commissioner-stephen-rideout/" target="_blank">https://www.wmdt.com/2022/08/cambridge-mayor-race-heads-to-runoff-between-state-senator-addie-eckardt-and-former-commissioner-stephen-rideout/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Kurtz, Josh (September 21, 2022). "Sen. Eckardt loses comeback bid in Cambridge mayoral election". Maryland Matters. Retrieved September 21, 2022. <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/09/21/sen-eckardt-loses-comeback-bid-in-cambridge-mayoral-election/" target="_blank">https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/09/21/sen-eckardt-loses-comeback-bid-in-cambridge-mayoral-election/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Cox, Erin; Wiggins, Ovetta (November 10, 2022). "Newly elected Maryland Democrats prepare to take power in Annapolis". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 12, 2022. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/10/wes-moore-transition-team/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/10/wes-moore-transition-team/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"BILL INFO-2007 Regular Session-HB 359". mlis.state.md.us. <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm" target="_blank">http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"2006 Regular Session - Vote Record 0942". mlis.state.md.us. <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm" target="_blank">http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/votes/house/0942.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"2005 Regular Session - Vote Record 0152". mlis.state.md.us. <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm" target="_blank">http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>"1999 Regular Session - Vote Record 0870". mlis.state.md.us. <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/1999rs/votes/house/0870.htm" target="_blank">http://mlis.state.md.us/1999rs/votes/house/0870.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>"2007 Regular Session - Vote Record 0690". mlis.state.md.us. <a href="http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm" target="_blank">http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Harley, Deana (March 4, 2021). "'What are you marching for?': Activist reacts to Senator voting no on police transparency bill". 47abc. Retrieved March 15, 2021. <a href="https://www.wmdt.com/2021/03/what-are-you-marching-for-activist-reacts-to-senator-voting-no-on-police-transparency-bill/" target="_blank">https://www.wmdt.com/2021/03/what-are-you-marching-for-activist-reacts-to-senator-voting-no-on-police-transparency-bill/</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>"House of Delegates Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved September 30, 2007. <a href="http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/office_House_of_Delegates.html" target="_blank">http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/office_House_of_Delegates.html</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>"House of Delegates Results". Maryland State Board of Elections. 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