Steny Hoyer is a Democratic Representative from Maryland and the House Majority Leader. He was reelected to his office in the general elections of November 2, 2010, when he faced Republican challenger Charles Lollar.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/state_districts/MD.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://democraticleader.house.gov/
Hoyer was voted into the House during a special election in 1981, and has remained in office ever since. Prior to this, he was voted into the Maryland Senate in 1966 when he was 27 years of age. He served three terms in the state senate, and then left office in 1978 in an attempt to become lieutenant governor. He did not succeed in that attempt.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/state_districts/MD.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Early Life
Steny Hoyer was born on June 14, 1939 in New York City. He earned his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1966, after graduating from the University of Maryland in 1963. Instead of practicing law, however, he immediately joined the Maryland State Senate in 1966 and kicked off his political career.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/state_districts/MD.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Hoyer was 27 years old when he entered the Senate, and at 35 was named president (making him the youngest Senate president in Maryland history). In 1981 he joined the United States House of Representatives, where he shaped legislation such as the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Help America Vote Act.http://hoyer.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2340&Itemid=48
