Susan K. McComas
American politician
Susan K. McComas (born April 3, 1951) is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates since 2002, first representing District 35B from 2003 to 2015 and then District 34B since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served on the Bel Air Town Commission from 1987 to 2002, and thrice served as the town's mayor.
Early life and education
McComas was born in Denver on April 3, 1951, and raised in Wyoming. Two of her great-grandfathers, John H. Martin and John L. Murray, served the mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, from 1869 to 1870 and from 1901 to 1903 respectively, and her uncle James O'Neill served as the mayor of Bel Air, Maryland, from 1970 to 1974. McComas graduated from Cheyenne Central High School and later attended Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in social and behavioral sciences in 1974, studied at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs, and earned her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1980, after which she was admitted to the Wyoming Bar and the Maryland Bar.
Career
McComas has worked as an attorney in private practice since her graduation from the University of Wyoming, only briefly working in the Law Offices of Bruce J. Gilbert from 1984 to 1985. She was also a member of the board of directors of the Sexual Assault/Spouse Abuse Resource Center from 1982 to 1989.
McComas first became involved with politics as a file clerk for the Wyoming House of Representatives, after which she worked as a legal intern for the Wyoming Department of Health and for Albany County, Wyoming, and as a researcher for the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives. From 1983 to 1985, she worked as a commissioner for the Harford County District Court, afterwards unsuccessfully running for the Bel Air Town Commission. Following her defeat, McComas applied to serve on the Bel Air Town Historic District Commission.
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