Larry E. Haines was a Republican

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 member of the Maryland Senate from 1991 to 2011.

Background

Larry Haines was elected to the Maryland Senate in 1991 to represent District 5, which covers Carroll and Baltimore County. Haines graduated from Mt. Airy High School and attended Frederick Community College

Frederick Community College

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Career

Haines has been a real estate broker and an appraiser and is a former dairy farmer. He was a member of the Maryland Association of Realtors (legislative committee, 1986–90), chair of the Legislative Committee, Carroll County Association of Realtors, from 1986–90, a member of the American Association of Certified Appraisers, and a director of the Bank of Maryland Carroll County.

He received the Realtor of the Year award by the Carroll County Association of Realtors in 1975.

Haines was a member of the Housing Study Committee for the city of Westminster from 1974–80, and a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals for the city of Westminster from 1983-89.

Election results

• 2006 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 5

  Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
  Larry E. Haines, Rep.	23,870	97.9%	Won
  Other Write-Ins	618	2.1%	Lost

• 2002 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 5

  Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
  Larry E. Haines, Rep.	35,749	74.2%	Won
  Ronald Zepp, Dem.	12,399	25.7%	Lost
  Other Write-Ins	49	0.1%	Lost

• 1998 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 5

  Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
  Larry E. Haines, Rep.	29,341	100%	Won

• 1994 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 5

  Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
  Larry E. Haines, Rep.	22,599	64%	Won
  Cynthia Huggins Cummings, Dem.	12,857	36%	Lost

• 1990 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 5

  Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
  Larry E. Haines, Rep.	16,400	53%	Won
  J. Jeffrey Griffith, Dem.	14,373	47%	Lost