Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Born Stephanie Cole Rawlings on March 17, 1970, in Baltimore City, Maryland, to Nina Rawlings (née Cole) and Pete Rawlings, Rawlings-Blake grew up in the city's Ashburton neighborhood.{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2012/4/154-things-to-do-in-the-10-neighborhoods-you-need-to-know-about | title=Undiscovered Baltimore 154 Things To Do In The 10 Neighborhoods You Need To Know About |author1=Blumberg, Jess |author2=Mulvihill, Amy| work=Baltimore Magazine | date=April 27, 2012 | access-date=December 10, 2014}} Her mother is a retired pediatrician{{cite news|last1=Morton|first1=Will|title=Rising Star|url=http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2008/4/27/rising-star|access-date=March 17, 2017|work=Baltimore Magazine|date=April 27, 2008}} and her father is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, where he represented the 40th district, Baltimore City.{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12298.html |title=Howard P. Rawlings, Maryland State Delegate|work=Maryland Manual On-Line|date=September 29, 2015|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=March 17, 2017}} She had two siblings: one brother, brother Wendell Rawlings and one sister, Lisa Rawlings.{{Cite web|title="Howard 'Pete' Rawlings dies at 66." The Baltimore Sun, 14 November 2003.|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/012200/012298/html/sun14nov2003.html|access-date=2021-03-01|website=msa.maryland.gov}}

Rawlings-Blake attended Western High School, the oldest public all-girls high school in the United States. In 1984, she was elected vice president of her class. She graduated in 1988.{{cite web | url = https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/02/04/an-education-in-politics/ | title = An Education In Politics | work = Julie Scharper | date = February 4, 2010 | access-date = December 10, 2015 }}

Rawlings-Blake attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating in 1992 with a B.A. in political science. She later returned to Baltimore to attend the University of Maryland School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1995. She was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1996 and to the federal bar in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/leg/html/msa14500.html |title=Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Mayor, Baltimore, Maryland |publisher=Maryland State Archives, msa.md.gov |access-date=July 15, 2014}}

Rawlings-Blake is an alumna of the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, Epsilon Omega chapter. She is a former at-large member of the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys.{{cite news|author=Nick Alexopulos |url=http://www.loyola.edu/news/2012/0123-mayor-stephanie-rawlings-blake-speech|title=Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to deliver Black History Month speech Feb. 7 |publisher=Loyola University Maryland |date=January 23, 2012}}

From 1990 to 1998, Rawlings-Blake served on the Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee,"[https://www.proquest.com/docview/1734367888/ Baltimore Central Committee]". Baltimore Sun. September 16, 1990. and in the 1990s she served as the Annapolis lobbyist for the Young Democrats of Maryland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/generations-of-democratic-leaders-have-doomed-baltimore-and-other-cities|title=Generations of Democratic 'leaders' have doomed Baltimore and other cities|last=Bruce|first=Tammy|date=May 5, 2015|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=February 3, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usmayors.org/about/orgleaders.asp|title=About The U.S. Conference of Mayors|date=September 8, 2015|access-date=September 8, 2015}}

In 1997 Rawlings-Blake began serving as an administrative law attorney with the Baltimore City office of the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, which offers free civil legal services to Maryland's low-income residents. She went on to serve as a staff attorney with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in its Southern District (District 1, Baltimore City) from 1998 to 2006.

In 1995, Rawlings-Blake became the youngest person ever elected to the Baltimore City Council.Battle, Ursula V.; McCarthy, Anthony. "[https://www.proquest.com/docview/369740320/ The City Council changes as some depart, some arrive]". Afro-American Red Star (Washington, D.C.). December 9, 1995. p. B1. She represented the council's District 5 from 1995 to 2004 and District 6 from 2004 to 2007 (following a redistricting of the council).{{Cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/former/html/msa14500.html|title=Maryland Manual Online|website=maryland.gov|access-date=January 19, 2017}}

From 1999 to 2007, Rawlings-Blake served as vice president of the Baltimore City Council.

Rawlings-Blake became President of the Council on January 17, 2007, when then-City Council President Sheila Dixon became mayor. The Charter of Baltimore City states: "If it becomes necessary for the president of the City Council to fill the unexpired term of the mayor…the City Council, by a majority vote of its members, shall elect a new president for the unexpired term."{{cite web|url=http://archive.baltimorecity.gov/Portals/0/Charter%20and%20Codes/ChrtrPLL/01%20-%20Charter.pdf |title=Charter of Baltimore City |publisher=City of Baltimore, baltimorecity.gov |access-date=August 11, 2014}}

On June 14, 2007, Rawlings-Blake announced that she would seek a full four-year term as council president. Her platform included improving education and reducing crime in the city.{{Cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bal-sun-candidates-stephanie-rawlings-blake-story.html|title=Stephanie Rawlings-Blake|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=January 19, 2017}} Rawlings-Blake won the Democratic primary with 49 percent of the vote. In the general election, Rawlings-Blake defeated her only opponent with 82 percent of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimorecity.gov/government/elections/results/ |title=City of Baltimore, Maryland |publisher=Baltimorecity.gov |access-date=November 8, 2011}}

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On January 6, 2010, then-Mayor Sheila Dixon announced, following her conviction for embezzlement, that she would resign from office, effective February 4, 2010.{{cite news|last1=Bykowicz|first1=Julie|title=Dixon Resigns|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.plea07jan07-story.html|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=January 7, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170317155751/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.plea07jan07-story.html|archive-date=March 17, 2017|url-status=live}} Under the Baltimore City charter, whenever the mayor's office becomes vacant, the sitting city council president automatically ascends to the mayor's post for the balance of the term. Consequently, following Dixon's resignation on February 4, 2010, Rawlings-Blake became mayor of Baltimore City.{{cite web | title = Rawlings-blake Sworn In As Mayor | url = https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/02/05/rawlings-blake-sworn-in-as-mayor/ | author = Scharper, Julie | work = The Baltimore Sun | date = February 5, 2010 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20141231165916/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-02-05/news/1002040147_1_mayor-stephanie-rawlings-blake-city-hall-new-mayor | archive-date = December 31, 2014 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}

Rawlings-Blake went on to seek a full term as mayor in the 2011 mayoral election. In the 2011 Democratic primary, the real contest in this overwhelmingly Democratic city, she won 52% of the vote. She then won the general election in November 2011, receiving 84% of the vote. In her February 2012 State of the City address, she stated that her goal as mayor was to grow Baltimore by 10,000 families.{{cite web | title = Text: Rawlings-Blake State of the City Address | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2012/02/13/text-rawlings-blake-state-of-the-city.html |author =Griner, Nicholas | work = Baltimore Business Journal | date = February 13, 2012 | access-date = August 12, 2014}}

In September 2015, Rawlings-Blake announced that she would not seek re-election in the 2016 mayoral election, stating, "It was a very difficult decision, but I knew I needed to spend time focused on the city's future, not my own".{{cite web|work=Fox News|title=Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake Says She Won't Seek Re-Election|date=September 11, 2015|access-date=March 17, 2017|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/baltimore-mayor-rawlings-blake-says-she-wont-seek-re-election/}}

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Rawlings-Blake received criticism for her handling of the 2015 Baltimore protests that were prompted by the death of Freddie Gray on April 19, 2015. Several days of peaceful protests escalated into violence in the late afternoon of April 25, 2015. After about three hours of violence, looting, and destruction of property throughout the city, Rawlings-Blake requested the assistance of the Maryland National Guard.{{cite news|last1=Reutter|first1=Mark|last2=Shen|first2=Fern|title=State of Emergency Declared for Baltimore|url=https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2015/04/27/state-of-emergency-declared-for-baltimore/|access-date=March 17, 2017|work=Baltimore Brew|date=April 27, 2015}} Two days later, on April 27, as unrest continued, she requested that the governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, declare a state of emergency, and on April 28, she asked for further assistance from the National Guard. Rawlings-Blake was criticized for waiting too long before asking the state for help.{{cite web | url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/baltimore-unrest/mayor-stephanie-rawlings-blake-under-fire-giving-space-destroy-baltimore-n349656 |title=Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Under Fire For 'Space' to Destroy Comment |author=Chuck, Elizabeth |work=NBC News |date=April 28, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2017}} Hogan claimed that she did not return his repeated phone calls for two hours after the riots started on April 25 and that he could not enact a state of emergency or deploy the National Guard without a formal request from the mayor.{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-state-city-response-20150428-story.html |title=Critics Question Delay in Calling Out the Guard |author1=Broadwater, Luke|author2=Cox, Erin|author3=Fenton, Justin |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=April 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170317170847/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-state-city-response-20150428-story.html|archive-date=March 17, 2017|url-status=live}} On April 28, Hogan said he didn't want to "second-guess the mayor's decision" and that he knew "she was doing the best that she could".

In a press conference addressing the riots, Rawlings-Blake stated, "It’s a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well. And we worked very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate".{{cite web | url = http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/25/baltimore-mayor-gave-those-who-wished-to-destroy-space-to-do-that/ | title = Baltimore Mayor: 'Gave Those Who Wished to Destroy Space to Do That' | work = CBS Baltimore | date = April 25, 2015 | access-date = April 28, 2015 }} The phrase "we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well" was interpreted by some to mean that the mayor was giving permission to protestors to destroy property.{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Jon |title=In Context: What Baltimore's mayor said about space for rioters |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2015/apr/28/context-baltimores-mayor-space-rioters/ |publisher=Politifact |access-date=May 31, 2020 |date=April 28, 2015}}{{cite web | url = http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/04/27/baltimore-mayor-balancing-act-gave-protestors-permission-to-turn-violent/ | title = Baltimore mayor's 'balancing act' gave protestors permission to turn violent |author=Manning, Richard| work = Fox News | date = April 27, 2015 | access-date = April 28, 2015 }} Some conservative outlets disagreed with that interpretation, however, such as Breitbart News contributor John Sexton, who wrote, "when you look at the full context, it’s clear the Mayor meant something different (though it’s also true she didn’t say it very clearly)".

Rawlings-Blake clarified her remarks in a Facebook post, writing, "I did not instruct police to give space to protesters who were seeking to create violence or destruction of property. Taken in context, I explained that, in giving peaceful demonstrators room to share their message, unfortunately, those who were seeking to incite violence also had space to operate".

During a subsequent press conference, Rawlings-Blake said, "Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who, in a very senseless way, are trying to tear down what so many have fought for", which led to even more criticism from people who felt her use of the term "thugs" was racially charged, such as Baltimore City Council member Carl Stokes, who compared her use of the word "thug" to the "n-word". Rawlings-Blake apologized two days later on Twitter.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/29/baltimore-protesters-thugs_n_7172562.html |title=Baltimore Mayor Apologizes For Calling Protesters 'Thugs' |author=Fang, Marina |work=The Huffington Post |date= April 29, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2017}}

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Rawlings-Blake was appointed secretary of the Democratic National Committee in January 2013, serving under Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/blog/morning-edition/2013/01/rawlings-blake-becomes-dnc-secretary.html |title=Rawlings-Blake becomes DNC secretary, takes office Tuesday |work=Baltimore Business Journal |date=January 22, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2017}} Rawlings-Blake gaveled in the 2016 Democratic National Convention, where she served as one of 23 superdelegates from Maryland; Rawlings-Blake did not endorse any candidate at the convention.{{cite web |url= https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6622695/Unpledged_Delegate_List_5.27.16.0.pdf|title=Unpledged Delegates By State|website=vox.com|access-date=June 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160624_In_face_of_uproar__Fattah_resigns_effective_immediately.html|title=In face of uproar, Fattah resigns effective immediately|publisher=philly.com|date=June 24, 2016}}

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On February 6, 2013, Baltimore City released a 10-year fiscal forecast, which the city had commissioned from independent financial consulting firm Public Financial Management, Inc. (PFM) at Rawlings-Blake's direction.{{cite press release | title = City of Baltimore Releases First Ten-Year Fiscal Forecast | publisher = City of Baltimore | date = February 6, 2013 | url = http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/news/press-releases/2013-02-06-city-baltimore-releases-first-ten-year-fiscal-forecast | access-date = August 12, 2014}} The report outlined a number of fiscal obstacles facing the City in subsequent years.{{citation | title = City of Baltimore, Maryland Ten-Year Fiscal Forecast FY2013 – FY2022 | publisher = Public Financial Management, Inc. | date = February 6, 2013 | url = http://archive.baltimorecity.gov/Portals/0/Ten%20Year%20Fiscal%20Forecast.pdf | access-date = August 12, 2014}}{{cite web | title = City of Baltimore is on a path to financial ruin, report says | publisher = Associated Press | url = https://www.foxnews.com/politics/city-of-baltimore-is-on-a-path-to-financial-ruin-report-says/ | date = February 6, 2013 | access-date = August 12, 2014}}

To address the challenges outlined in the fiscal forecast, Rawlings-Blake presented Change to Grow: A Ten-Year Financial Plan for Baltimore,{{cite web | title=Change to Grow: A Ten-Year Financial Plan for Baltimore | publisher = City of Baltimore, Maryland | date = February 20, 2013 | url = http://archive.baltimorecity.gov/portals/0/agencies/finance/changetogrow.pdf | access-date = August 12, 2014}} the city's first long-range financial plan. Among other major reforms, the plan outlined proposed changes to Baltimore City's employee pensions and benefits system, City tax structure, and overall municipal operations.{{cite press release | title = Mayor Rawlings-Blake Issues First-of-Its-Kind Ten-Year Financial Plan | publisher = City of Baltimore | date = February 20, 2013 | url = http://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/news/press-releases/2013-02-20-mayor-rawlings-blake-issues-first-its-kind-ten-year-financial-plan| access-date = August 12, 2014}} By implementing elements of this plan, Baltimore City has been able to extinguish $300 million from a cumulative budgetary shortfall forecasted at approximately $750 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-md-ci-srb-legacy-20161127-story.html|title=Rawlings-Blake says she's leaving Baltimore in better shape than she found it|last=Broadwater|first=Luke|website=baltimoresun.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 2, 2019}}

When Rawlings-Blake took office Baltimore City had approximately 16,000 vacant buildings, resulting from a half-century of population decline. In November 2010, in an effort to reduce urban blight caused by vacant structures, Rawlings-Blake introduced the Vacants to Value (V2V) initiative.{{cite web | title = Rawlings-Blake unveils plan for vacant housing | work = The Baltimore Sun | date = November 3, 2010 | url = https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/11/03/rawlings-blake-unveils-plan-for-vacant-housing/ | access-date = December 15, 2014}} The initiative's strategies include streamlining code enforcement and disposition of City-owned vacant properties, offering incentives targeted at home buyers who purchase previously vacant homes, supporting large-scale redevelopment in deeply distressed areas, and targeting demolition to improve long-term property values.{{cite web | title = Vacants to Value - About | publisher = Baltimore Housing | url = http://www.vacantstovalue.org/About.aspx | access-date = December 15, 2014}}

In 2013, Baltimore Housing won the Urban Land Institute's Robert C. Larson Workforce Housing Public Policy Awards{{cite press release | title = ULI Announces Winners of the 2013 Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards and 2013 Robert C. Larson Workforce Housing Public Policy Awards | publisher = Urban Land Institute | date = November 6, 2013 | url = http://uli.org/press-release/2013-uli-housing-awards/ | access-date = December 15, 2014}} for the V2V initiative. V2V has also been recognized by the Obama administration, the Clinton Global Initiative, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, ABCD Network, and the Financial Times.{{cite web | title = Vacants to Value - About | publisher = Baltimore Housing | url = http://www.vacantstovalue.org/Awards.aspx | access-date = December 15, 2014}}

On January 8, 2025, the Old National Bank sued Rawlings-Blake for failing to repay a {{US$|2.1}} million 10-year business loan for Gulf Coast Technology Corporation and Buy MBE, which she was the president and manager of, respectively. The loan was issued on November 8, 2023, with an interest rate of prime plus three percent and monthly payments of {{US$|28000}}. While Rawlings-Blake made early payments, the payments ended in May 2023 and she did not respond to two demand letters from the Old National Bank.{{Cite news |last=Ericson Jr. |first=Edward |date=January 8, 2025 |title=Bank sues former Baltimore mayor for $2 million |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/bank-sues-former-baltimore-mayor-for-2-million/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |work=Courthouse News Service}}

In 2015, Rawlings-Blake became the first mayor to appear in the musical Chicago, appearing in a one-night performance on March 4, 2015, as an ensemble performer throughout the night.{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/baltimore-mayor-is-chicago-star-tonight-343143|title=Baltimore Mayor Is Chicago Star Tonight|work=Playbill|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=April 29, 2015}}

In 2007{{cite web | title = 2007 Winners Marylands Top 100 Women | publisher = The Daily Record | url = http://thedailyrecord.com/marylands-top-100-women/winners/past-winners/2007-winners/ | access-date = December 15, 2014}} and 2011,{{cite web | title = 2011 Winners Marylands Top 100 Women | publisher = The Daily Record | url = http://thedailyrecord.com/marylands-top-100-women/winners/past-winners/2011-winners/ | access-date = December 15, 2014}} Rawlings-Blake was honored by the Daily Record as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women.

Rawlings-Blake was named as a Shirley Chisholm Memorial Award Trailblazer by the National Congress of Black Women, Washington, DC Chapter (2009){{Cite web|url=https://www.dentons.com/en/stephanie-rawlings-blake|title=Stephanie Rawlings-Blake|website=www.dentons.com|language=en|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423083717/https://www.dentons.com/en/stephanie-rawlings-blake|url-status=dead}} and as an Innovator of the Year by the Maryland Daily Record (2010).{{cite web | title = 2010 Winners Innovator of the Year | publisher = The Daily Record | url = http://thedailyrecord.com/innovator-of-the-year/current-winners/past-winners/2010-winners/ | access-date = December 31, 2014}} In 2013, she was included in The Baltimore Sun's list of 50 Women to Watch.{{cite web | title = 50 Women to Watch Stephanie Rawlings-Blake | work = The Baltimore Sun | url = http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-bs-sm-group-p82-50-women-to-watch-fox-20130702-photo.html | date = July 16, 2013 | access-date = December 31, 2014}}

She is a recipient of the Fullwood Foundation Award of Excellence (2010),{{cite web|title=Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series)|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/014500/014500/html/14500bio.html|website=msa.maryland.gov|access-date=March 16, 2018}} the National Forum for Black Public Administrators' Distinguished Leadership Award (2012),{{cite web | title = 2013 Leadership Awards Dinner | publisher = National Forum for Black Public Administrators | url = http://www.nfbpa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=4068 | access-date = December 31, 2014}} the Maryland State Senate's First Citizen Award (2013),{{cite web | title = The First Citizen Award | publisher = Maryland State Archives | url = http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/firstcitizen.html | access-date = December 31, 2014}} and the Baltimore Black Pride ICONS We Love Award (2013).{{cite web | title = Rawlings-Blake 'extremely honored' to receive Black Pride ICON award | work = The Baltimore Sun | url = https://www.baltimoresun.com/2013/10/14/rawlings-blake-extremely-honored-to-receive-black-pride-icon-award/ | date = October 14, 2013 | access-date = December 31, 2014}}

In 2014, Vanity Fair included Rawlings-Blake in its list of the Top 10 Best-Dressed Mayors.{{cite web | title = Photos: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore – The Top 10 Best-Dressed Mayors | publisher = Vanity Fair | url = https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2014/06/best-dressed-mayors | date = June 13, 2014 | access-date = December 31, 2014}}

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| title = 2011 Mayor, Baltimore, general election[http://boe.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/2011-MAYORAL%2520PRIMARY%2520%2520SOVC%2520REPORTS.pdf Baltimore City General Election Held November 8, 2011]". Baltimore City Board of Elections. November 22, 2011.

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

| votes = 40,125

| percentage = 84%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Alfred V. Griffin

| votes = 6,108

| percentage = 13%

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| candidate = write-in

| votes = 1,270

| percentage = 3%

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