Brian Frosh for Attorney General Information

Brian Frosh is State Senator of MD's 16th District and Chairman of Judicial Proceedings. He is running for Attorney General in 2014. Visit www.brianfrosh.com to learn more. Throughout his career in public service, Senator Frosh has been an independent voice and a leader on consumer protection, environmental protection, public safety, individual privacy, and civil rights. First elected to the General Assembly in 1986, Frosh has served as Chair of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee since 2003, where he has played a major role in shepherding landmark legislation on gun safety, marriage equality, repeal of the death penalty and protection for Maryland families against losing their homes. He has authored important environmental laws, including a ban on drilling for oil and gas in the Chesapeake Bay as well as the Maryland Recycling Act. He has fought to hold utility companies accountable for poor service and unreasonable rate hikes, and to make college affordable by reducing tuition costs at Maryland’s public colleges and universities. Senator Frosh has been honored by many organizations for his work in the General Assembly. Among many others, he has received the John Kabler Award for outstanding environmental leadership from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters, the Consumer Legislator of the Year award from the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, the Legislative Leader of the Year award from the Maryland Fraternal Order of Police, and he has been named one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by U.S. News & World Report. A graduate of Montgomery County public schools, Senator Frosh grew up in Bethesda. He lives in Chevy Chase with his wife Marcy Masters Frosh. They have two daughters, both educated in Montgomery County’s public schools.