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Joan Carter Conway
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Conway in 2007
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| Member of the Maryland Senate from the 43rd district |
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| In office 1997–2019 |
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| Preceded by | John A. Pica Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Mary L. Washington |
| Constituency | Baltimore City |
| Baltimore City Council, District 3 | |
| In office 1995–1997 |
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| Born | April 5, 1951 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Vernon "Tim" Conway |
| Residences | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Tax consultant |
Joan Carter Conway (born April 5, 1951) is an American politician who represented district 43 in the Maryland State Senate. She is the first African American woman to be appointed chairman of any of the standing committees in the Maryland Senate.
Background
Senator Conway was born to Floyd O. and Pauline N. Carter in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 5, 1951. She attended the Community College of Baltimore, earning her A.A. in human services in 1987 and then the University of Baltimore, with a B.A. in sociology in 1988. She is co-owner of CIG Professional Tax Services, Inc. Conway was appointed to the Senate, from the Baltimore City Council, when John A. Pica Jr. decided to retire in 1997. Since then she has won three elections without major opposition. In 2007, Conway headed a team of 3 incumbent delegates (Curt Anderson, Ann Marie Doory and Maggie McIntosh) and 7 state central committee members (Baltimore City Councilmen Ken Harris Sr. and Robert W. Curran, and Democrats Sherrod Barnes, Jeremy Rosendale, Beatrice Brown, and Sylvia Williams) to victory with every person on her ticket winning in the September primary. No other 11-person ticket achieved such distinction in the state primary election.
In the Legislature
A member of Senate from January 8, 1997, to January 2019, Senator Conway was Chair of the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee and a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. Senator Conway was defeated in the 2018 democratic primary election by Mary L. Washington.
