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Fisher was sworn in as a Delegate on January 9, 2019, and assigned to the House Judiciary committee. She also serves at the Assistant Majority Leader.
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in 2013 and was admitted to Maryland Bar. She then worked as an assistant State's Attorney in Prince George's and is now in private practice.
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In June 2021, Fisher announced that she would not seek re-election to the House of Delegates, instead opting to run for
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in government and politics in 2010. While attending the university, she became a member of the sorority
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and activist Raymond Nevo, and later won general election on November 8, 2022.
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representing district 2. She was first elected to the council in 2022 as a
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Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
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who moved to the United Kingdom as a teenager to escape
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Fisher was born in New York, New York. Her father is a
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Wanika Fisher

Prince George's County Council
Incumbent
Deni Taveras
Maryland House of Delegates
Carlo Sanchez
Deni Taveras
New York City
Democratic
University of Maryland
BA
Penn State Dickinson Law
JD
Prince George's County Council
Democrat
Maryland House of Delegates
Yoruba
Nigerian
Indian South African
apartheid
Westchester County, New York
University of Maryland, College Park
B.A.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Pennsylvania State University
Prince George's County Council
Victor R. Ramirez

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