Dr. '''Peter Beilenson''' is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] politician in [[Maryland]], [[United States]]. He is a former Health Commissioner of [[Baltimore, Maryland]], having served for 13 years under the administrations of Kurt Schmoke and [[Martin J. O'Malley]]. He sought the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] [[nomination]] for [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 3|Maryland's third congressional district]] in [[U.S. House election, 2006|2006]]; despite taking a quarter of the vote, he lost to [[John Sarbanes]]. The seat had been vacated by ten-term [[United States Congress|Congressional]] veteran [[Ben Cardin]] to pave the way for his own run for the [[United States Senate]].
Named the "Best Civil Servant" by Baltimore Magazine and recognized nationally by the American [[Public Health]] Association for "creative public health work," his dedication to public service was instilled at an early age as the son of [[Anthony C. Beilenson|Congressman Tony Beilenson]], who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 -1997.
Dr. Beilenson received his undergraduate degree from [[Harvard College]], Medical Doctorate from [[Emory University]] School of Medicine, and Masters in Public Health from [[Johns Hopkins University]] [[Bloomberg School of Public Health]]. He also served as an [[EMT]], teacher and family practitioner before his tenure as Health Commissioner.
Dr. Beilenson is married to Chris and has five children. He lives in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], and serves now as the Health Officer for Howard County, MD.
==See also==
*[[Maryland Congressional election, 2006]]
==External links==
*[http://www.beilensonforcongress.com/ Campaign website]
*[http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/magazine/archive/Mag_Fall03/beilenson/ Think Big... Move Fast]
*[http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/16/smn.03.html/ CNN Transcript]
*[http://images1.istandfor.com/images/FE/chain190siteType8/site147/client/Beilenson's%20Fight%20(Olesker%20Article).pdf/ Baltimore Sun, Michael Olesker Column]
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[[Category:Unsuccessful Maryland political candidates|Beilenson, Peter]]
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