Mary Ann Lisanti

Mary Ann Lisanti
Mary Ann Lisanti
	Lisanti in 2015
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates; from the 34A district
	In office; January 13, 2015 – January 11, 2023 Serving with Glen Glass (2015-2019) Steven C. Johnson (2019-2023)
Preceded by	Mary-Dulany James
Succeeded by	Andre Johnson Jr.
Constituency	Harford County
Member of the Harford County Council; District F
	In office; December 4, 2006 – December 1, 2014
Preceded by	Cecilia M. Stepp
Succeeded by	Curtis L. Beulah
Personal details
Born	October 27, 1967 (age 56); Havre de Grace, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	College of Notre Dame of Maryland (B.A.); Central Michigan University (M.S.)
Profession	Executive director
Website	Campaign website; Facebook page

Mary Ann Lisanti (born October 27, 1967) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party, who represented District 34A in the Maryland House of Delegates. Previously she represented district F on the Harford County Council, representing Havre de Grace, Abingdon, Belcamp/Riverside and Aberdeen Proving Ground.^[1] In January 2014 Lisanti filed to run for the Maryland House of Delegates and to not seek a 3rd term on the County Council.^[2] In early March 2019, the House of Delegates unanimously censured Lisanti for a racial slur directed at the African-American majority Prince George's County, with her own county's Democratic Party calling for her resignation.

Political career

2014 Maryland State Delegate candidacy

Lisanti entered the race for Delegate in district 34A after much speculation that she might run for the seat left open when Delegate Mary-Dulany James decided to run for Maryland State Senate.^[2] On June 24, 2014 Lisanti led the Democratic primary by nearly 10 percentage points, with Marla Posey-Moss coming in second, after a heavily contested race with five candidates vying for two seats. Lisanti and Posey-Moss faced Republicans Glen Glass and Mike Blizzard in the General election in November.^[3] Glass and Lisanti finished 1 and 2, thus gaining election.^[4]

Censure

On February 26, 2019, The Washington Post reported that Lisanti referred to Prince George's County, Maryland as a "n----- district" [thus in the original] in conversation with another Democratic legislator.^[5] She was removed as the chair of a subcommittee.^[5] Two days later she was unanimously censured by the House of Delegates in a 136-0 vote, but refused to resign her seat.^[6] On March 2, 2019, the Harford County Democratic Central Committee called for Lisanti to resign for using the racial slur.^[7]

2022 Maryland State Senate candidacy

On January 28, 2022, Lisanti entered the race for State Senate in District 34, seeking to succeed Senator Robert G. Cassilly,^[8] who announced his candidacy for Harford County executive in April 2021.^[9] Lisanti lost the Democratic primary to Mary-Dulany James.^[10]

Election results

2006 Primary Election Results Harford County Council – District F^[11]

Voters to choose one:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Mary Ann Lisanti, Dem.	1,898	64.6%	Won
Gunther Hirsch, Dem.	1,057	35.8%	Lost

2006 General Election Results Harford County Council – District F^[12]

Voters to choose one:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Mary Ann Lisnati, Dem.	7,433	60.3%	Won
John P. Correri, Jr., Rep.	4,877	39.6%	Lost
Write-Ins	13	0.1%	Lost

2010 General Election Results Harford County Council – District F^[13]

Voters to choose one:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Mary Ann Lisanti, Dem.	7,167	51.8%	Won
Sheryl Davis Kohl, Rep.	6,646	48.1%	Lost
Write-Ins	16	0.1%	Lost

2014 Primary Election Results Maryland House of Delegates - District 34A - Harford County^[14]

Voters to choose two:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Mary Ann Lisanti, Dem.	2,473	29.0%	Won
Marla Posey-Moss, Dem.	1,895	22.2%	Won
Pat Murray., Dem.	1,784	20.9%	Lost
Steve Johnson, Dem.	1,574	18.4%	Lost
Maria Terry, Dem.	812	9.5%	Lost

2014 General Election Results Maryland House of Delegates – District 34A - Harford County^[4]

Voters to choose two:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Glen Glass, Rep.	10,779	28.41%	Won
Mary Ann Lisanti, Dem.	10,015	26.40%	Won
Mike Blizzard, Rep.	9,041	23.83%	Lost
Marla Posey-Moss, Dem.	8,057	21.24%	Lost
Write-Ins	49	0.13%	Lost