April McClain Delaney
U.S. Representative from MD, District 6
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April McClain Delaney is a first-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Maryland's 6th District elected in 2024, chairing the Rural Broadband Task Force.
April McClain Delaney represents Maryland's 6th Congressional District, stretching from Montgomery County's northwest suburbs across Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties, having been elected in 2024. A University of Iowa and Georgetown University Law Center graduate, Delaney worked as a media and telecommunications lawyer specializing in children's programming before serving during the Biden administration as a senior official at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration focused on broadband deployment. She is married to former Representative John Delaney. In Congress, she chairs the New Democrat Rural Broadband Task Force, advancing her expertise in rural broadband access and affordability. Delaney focuses on rural broadband expansion, healthcare access in rural areas, agricultural support, and Chesapeake Bay headwaters protection affecting her diverse western Maryland district.