Adelaide C. Eckardt
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Adelaide C. Eckardt is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

, District 37B.

Background

Adelaide C. Eckardt was first elected in 1994 to represent the new District 37B. District 37B covers parts of Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, & Wicomico counties.

She defeated Democratic incumbent Robert Alan Thornton Jr. and served with fellow Republican Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.-Background:...

. She ran in 1990, but was defeated by Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.-Background:...

, Robert Alan Thornton Jr., and Democrat Samuel Q. Johnson III.

In 1998, Eckardt was reelected along with Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.-Background:...

. Again in 2002, Eckardt and Schisler won with little competition. Finally, in 2006, Eckardt won reelection once again, this time with fellow Republican, Jeannie Haddaway
Jeannie Haddaway
Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio , is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 37B.-Background:Jeannie Haddaway was born in Easton, MD, but grew up in nearby Neavitt, MD. She was first appointed to office in 2003 by Governor Bob Ehrlich to replace Kenneth D. Schisler who was appointed as the...

. Schisler was appointed to the chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission
Maryland Public Service Commission
The Maryland Public Service Commission is an independent administrative agency within the state government which regulates public utilities and certain taxi cab and other passenger services in Maryland...

 by Governor Bob Ehrlich in May 2003.

Education

Like fellow House Republican Mary Roe Walkup
Mary Roe Walkup
Mary Roe Walkup is a delegate in the Maryland House of Delegates serving District 36, which covers Caroline, Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's Counties.-Background:...

, Eckardt got her career start in nursing. Eckardt attended Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Bryn Mawr Hospital is a Pennsylvania hospital near Philadelphia that is part of Main Line Health, a community-based not-for-profit health system, comprising Lankenau Hospital, Paoli Hospital, and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. It is located on 130 South Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania....

 School of Nursing and received her R.N. degree. She later attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore, was founded in 1807. It comprises some of the oldest professional schools in the nation and world. It is the original campus of the University System of Maryland. Located on 60 acres in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, it is part of the University System of Maryland...

 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.

Career

A few years later, Eckardt became an adjunct member of the faculty at Salisbury State University. Later that same year, she became a Psychiatric Nurse Clinical Specialist at Eastern Shore Hospital Center http://www.hospitalsoup.com/rn/asp/HospitalID.11601/pt/hospitaldetails3.asp and worked there until 2003. During that same time, she also served as an adjunct member of the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Nursing
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore, was founded in 1807. It comprises some of the oldest professional schools in the nation and world. It is the original campus of the University System of Maryland. Located on 60 acres in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, it is part of the University System of Maryland...

. She remained on the faculty from 1991-99.

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 http://www.leadershipmd.org, since 2001.

Currently, Eckardt is a board member of the Chesapeake Health Planning Systems, a member of the Maryland Nurses Association http://www.marylandrn.org/, the American Nurses Association http://www.nursingworld.org/, the American Ortho-Psychiatric Association http://www.amerortho.org, and Sigma Theta Tau
Sigma Theta Tau
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International exists to improve the health of people by increasing the scientific base of nursing research...

, the honor society of nursing.

She is a past recipient of the Psychiatric Nursing Award from the University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing http://nursing.umaryland.edu/admissions/grad.htm in 1981. In 1986 and again in 1991, Eckard was named Nurse of the Year, District 4, by the Maryland Nurses Association http://www.marylandrn.org/. 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 http://www.ruralforvm.state.md.us/ 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 Daily Recordhttp://www.mddailyrecord.com/, a local newspaper, in 2003, 2005, and 2007.

Legislative notes


Election results

  • 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B
Voters to choose two:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep. 19,980   34.5%    Won
Jeannie Haddaway
Jeannie Haddaway
Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio , is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, District 37B.-Background:Jeannie Haddaway was born in Easton, MD, but grew up in nearby Neavitt, MD. She was first appointed to office in 2003 by Governor Bob Ehrlich to replace Kenneth D. Schisler who was appointed as the...

, Rep.
18,677   32.2%    Won
James A. Adkins, Dem. 9,640   16.6%    Lost
Tim Quinn, Dem. 9,588   16.6%    Lost
Other Write-Ins 34   0.1%    Lost

  • 2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B
Voters to choose two:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep. 21,100   50.2%    Won
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.-Background:...

, Rep.
20,718   49.3%    Won
Other Write-Ins 200   0.5%    Lost

  • 1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B
Voters to choose two:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep. 16,558   42%    Won
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.-Background:...

, Rep.
15,604   40%    Won
William Steven Brohawn, Dem. 7,340   19%    Lost

  • 1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37B
Voters to choose two:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep. 11,422   27%    Won
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.-Background:...

, Rep.
14,992   35%    Won
Philip Carey Foster, Dem. 6,618   16%    Lost
Robert Alan Thornton Jr, Dem. 9,240   22%    Lost

  • 1990 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 37
Voters to choose three:
Name Votes Percent Outcome
Samuel Q. Johnson, Dem. 12,803   23%    Won
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler
Kenneth D. Schisler is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission.-Background:...

, Rep.
11,096   20%    Won
Robert Alan Thornton Jr, Dem. 12,480   23%    Won
Adelaide C. Eckardt, Rep. 9,559   17%    Lost
Don William Bradley, Dem. 9,210   17%    Lost

External links

  • http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12216.html
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