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- Birth nameChristopher J. Van Hollen Jr.
- Chris Van Hollen is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Maryland since January 3, 2017. From 2003 to 2017 he served as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
In 2006, Van Hollen became the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). In this post, he was responsible for leading efforts to defend vulnerable Democrats and get more Democrats elected to Congress in 2008, which he did. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi created a new leadership post, Assistant to the Speaker, in 2006 so that Van Hollen could be present at all leadership meetings. He was elected Ranking Member on the Budget Committee on November 17, 2010. Pelosi appointed Van Hollen to the 12-member bipartisan Committee on Deficit Reduction with a mandate for finding major budget reductions by late 2011. On October 17, 2013, Pelosi appointed Van Hollen to serve on the bicameral conference committee.
Van Hollen ran for the United States Senate in 2016 to replace retiring Senator Barbara Mikulski and won the general election 60 to 36 percent. Van Hollen served as Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2017 to 2019.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpouseKatherine Van Hollen(? - present) (3 children)
- ChildrenAnna Van HollenNicholas Van HollenAlexander Van Hollen
- Democratic Congressman representing the State of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives (January 3, 2003 - 2017).
- U.S. House Budget Committee ranking member (January 3, 2011 - 2017).
- Graduated from Swarthmore College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, earned a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1985 and earned a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1990. Was admitted to the Maryland Bar Association in 1990 and joined the law firm of Arent Fox.
- Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011).
- Father of Anna Van Hollen, Nicholas Van Hollen, and Alexander Van Hollen.
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