Robbyn Lewis

Robbyn T. Lewis (born July 18, 1963) is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing the 46th district since 2017.

[1] After graduating from Columbia, Lewis worked as a research coordinator at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and as a consultant for Population Services International in Haiti.

[1] In 2016, she graduated from a training course hosted by Emerge Maryland, an organization created to prepare potential female Democratic candidates for public office.

The Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee voted 6-1 to nominate Lewis to fill the vacancy later that month,[8] and was appointed by Governor Larry Hogan on December 30.

[21] During the 2018 legislative session, Lewis criticized Governor Larry Hogan's proposed $5 billion incentive package to encourage Amazon to build its second headquarters in Montgomery County, saying that the money would be better spent on reviving the Red Line.

[23] In July 2017, Lewis and other lawmakers from District 46 released an "anti-violence plan" that called for increased funding for social programs and strengthened gun laws.

[27] In April 2017, Lewis said she supported proposals to build a wind farm off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, believing it would help the state achieve its renewable energy goals.

[28] During the 2018 legislative session, Lewis introduced a bill to monitor air pollution levels around large chicken farms on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

[37] In January 2019, Lewis was one of nine Maryland lawmakers to add their names to a manifesto signed by 326 state legislators to reaffirm their commitment to protecting abortion rights.

[43] In April 2019, Lewis criticized a proposal by Elon Musk to build a 35-mile Hyperloop connecting Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, calling it "utter nonsense" and arguing that the state should instead expand its MARC and light rail lines.

[45] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lewis suggested that Baltimore close off certain streets to traffic to encourage outdoor exercise and promote social distancing after multiple other U.S. cities did the same.

Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch swearing in Delegate-designate Robbyn Lewis