Member, Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, 1984-90. RICHARD F. COLBURN Republican, District 37, Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot & Wicomico Counties James Senate Office Building, Room 315 11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 841-3590, (301) 858-3590 e-mail: mdmanual@mdarchives.state.md.us This web site is presented for reference purposes under the doctrine of fair use.
CAMBRIDGE — Alleging adultery with a former aide, Alma Fitzgerald Colburn filed, for divorce Friday, Dec. 27 from her husband of more than 14 years, state Sen. Richard Franklin Colburn,
Richard Colburn was first elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1994 to represent District 37, which covers Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico Counties. Alma Colburn met her future husband on a blind date. Member of Senate, January 11, 1995 to January 14, 2015.
It was April 1996, and her friend Thomas "Mac" Middleton, a state senator from Charles County, set her up with fellow senator Rich Colburn. Five percent of the vote was split between write-in candidates and Moonyene Jackson-Amis.In November 2010, Senator Colburn was re-elected to his 5th term in the Maryland State Senate defeating Cambridge Attorney Chris Robinson.In 2005, a former aide of Colburn, Gregory Dukes, claimed to have written In 1992, Colburn was selected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Maryland Rural Water Association,Colburn, had been active in the People for Better Housing organization and was President of the Board of Directors.Colburn belongs to several other organizations including the While in the Maryland Senate, Colburn served on the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee from 2003–2010, the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review since 1996, the Joint Committee on the Colburn previously served on the Judicial Proceedings Committee from 1995–2003; the Special Committee on He was married to Alma Colburn. Senator Colburn has been helping Maryland… Member, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1983-86; Environmental Matters Committee, 1987-91.
In that year he defeated Democratic challenger Samuel Q. Johnson III and won the seat left open by Frederick C. Malkus, Jr., who retired after 47 years in the Maryland General Assembly. Member, Commission to Review Landlord-Tenant Laws, 1998; Shore Erosion Task Force, 1999-2000; Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development, 1999-2001; Study Panel on Funding Needs of Trauma Centers, 2001-03; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-15 (executive board, 2014); Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2001-15; Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, 2002-03 (executive committee; seafood industry work group); Poultry Issues Action Team, 2003; Governor's Wellmobile Program Advisory Board, 2003-06; Rural Maryland Council, 2004-15; Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities, 2005-15; Incentives for Agriculture Task Force, 2006-07; Eastern Shore Task Force on Foster Care, 2007-08; Oyster Advisory Commission, 2007-15; Task Force on the Future for Growth and Development in Maryland, 2009-10; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2010; Joint Legislative and Executive Commission on Oversight of Public/Private Partnerships, 2011-12. Colburn received almost 69% of the vote to go on and serve four more years.In 2006, a year that saw many Republicans lose their seats all across the country, Colburn managed to keep his. Chair, Committee to Promote Employment of the Handicapped, Dorchester County, 1981. In 2014 she filed for divorce, alleging that he had a relationship with a former aide. RICHARD F. COLBURN Republican, District 37, Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot & Wicomico Counties. When this material is used, in whole or in part, proper citation and credit must be attributed to the Maryland State Archives. Former state Sen. Richard F. Colburn announced Friday, Jan. 19, he has filed for register of wills in Dorchester County for the 2018 election. Colburn was the Federalsburg town manager for 24 years and was a state senator for even longer, representing the Mid-Shore in Annapolis for 28 years. In the 1998 election Colburn defeated his challenger, former Democratic state delegate Robert Alan Thornton, Jr. Member, House of Delegates, representing District 37 (Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot & Wicomico Counties), 1983-91. That year saw him defeat Democrat Hilary Spence, who received almost 39% of the vote to Colburn’s 56%. 410-228-1137 - Don't forget to vote at the Primary on June 24th for your Republican representative for Maryland's Eastern Shore.
He captured 59% of the vote to Thornton’s 41%.The election in 2002 saw challenger Grason Eckel manage to get 31% of the vote.