Dennis F. Rasmussen
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Dennis F. Rasmussen
|image = DennisFRasmussen.jpg
|caption =
|order = 8th Baltimore County Executive
|term_start = 1986
|term_end = 1990
|predecessor = Donald P. Hutchinson
|successor = Roger B. Hayden
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|6|14|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Essex, Maryland
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|party = Democrat
|state_senate2 = Maryland
|district2 = 6th
|term_start2 = 1982
|term_end2 = 1986
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|successor2 =
|state_senate3 = Maryland
|district3 = 7th
|term_start3 = 1978
|term_end3 = 1982
|state_delegate4 = Maryland
|district4 = 7th
|term_start4 = 1975
|term_end4 = 1978
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Dennis F. Rasmussen (born June 14, 1947) is an American politician from the state of Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as Baltimore County Executive, a Delegate within the Maryland House of Delegates and a Senator within the Maryland Senate. He ran unsuccessfully in the 2006 Maryland U.S. Senate election.{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2006/08/poll_shows_ehrlich_omalley_tie.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721235838/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/annapolis/2006/08/poll_shows_ehrlich_omalley_tie.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2011|author=Phyllis Jordan|title=Poll Shows Ehrlich, O'Malley Tied|date=August 11, 2006|access-date=January 13, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Education
Rasmussen graduated from Kenwood High School in Essex, Maryland. He attended Essex Community College but obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc5100/sc5123/000002/html/rasmussen.html|title=Society of Senates Past|publisher=Government of Maryland|access-date=January 13, 2018}}
Career
Rasmussen was established and later served as President of The Rasmussen Group, a political lobbying group.
His career includes political office experience, entrepreneurial experience in lobbying, association management, banking, and marketing services, and directorships on various boards of major corporate entities and community nonprofits. He developed and operated several businesses in the fields of information development, alternative energy and real estate. As a lobbyist, Rasmussen has worked at local, state and federal government levels.
Additionally, Rasmussen is a Principal in consulting firms such as Chesapeake Renewable Energy, LLC, Chesapeake Ventures, LLC, and Rasmussen/Swanzey Strategic Partners, LLC.{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bco/former/html/msa02740.html|title=Dennis F. Rasmussen|publisher=Government of Maryland|access-date=January 13, 2018}}
Politics
Before his advocacy career, Rasmussen was chairman of the Maryland Senate Finance Committee and a state senator from 1978 to 1986. Rasmussen held various key positions, ranging from Majority Whip, Chairman of the Joint Budget and Audit Committee to Chairman of the Finance Committee.{{cite web | url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bco/former/html/msa02740.html | title=Dennis F. Rasmussen, County Executive, Baltimore County, Maryland }}
Rasmussen served a single term as Baltimore County Executive between 1986 and 1990. Two decades later, he ran unsuccessfully for the junior Maryland seat in the 2006 U.S. Senate election.{{cite web | url=https://wikibioall.com/dennis-f-rasmussen-wiki-networth-age/ | title=Dennis F. Rasmussen (Politician) Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Family, Instagram, Twitter & More Facts | date=16 November 2021 }}
Charity
Rasmussen serves on numerous boards, including the Chairman of the Board of Visitors at Towson University, where he is also an adjunct professor teaching public policy courses. Rasmussen also serves as a current member of:
Board of Trustees at the Franklin Square Hospital Center;
Board of Trustees for the Franklin Square Hospital Center Foundation;
Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Port Discovery Children's Museum, and
Current Board Member of the Arc of Baltimore.{{cite web | url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bco/former/html/msa02740.html | title=Dennis F. Rasmussen, County Executive, Baltimore County, Maryland }}
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Category:Baltimore County executives
Category:Democratic Party Maryland state senators
Category:Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:Loyola University Maryland alumni
Category:Politicians from Baltimore County, Maryland
Category:People from Essex, Maryland
Category:20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly