Charlotte Crutchfield facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Charlotte Crutchfield
Crutchfield in 2024
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 19th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2019 Serving with Bonnie Cullison and Vaughn Stewart
Preceded by	Benjamin F. Kramer
Constituency	Montgomery County, Maryland
Personal details
Born	(1963-12-08) December 8, 1963 (age 60) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Silver Spring, Maryland
Occupation	Attorney

Charlotte Crutchfield (born December 8, 1963) is an American politician from Maryland. She is a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates who currently represents Maryland House of Delegates District 19 in Montgomery County.

Early life and career

Crutchfield was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 8, 1963. She attended Howard University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1986, and the Boston College School of Law, where she earned a Juris Doctor in 1989. She was an assistant state's attorney for Montgomery County from 1991 to 1992. She also served as an associate general counsel at Gulfstream Aerospace from 1996 to 2002. Crutchfield is a practicing attorney in the area of employment law.

Crutchfield first ran for the House of Delegates in 2014, coming in fourth place with 15.7 percent of the vote. She expressed a "very strong interest" in running again in 2018, eventually filing to run on January 10, 2018. She came in second place in the Democratic primary election, receiving 17.6 percent of the vote.

In the legislature

Charlotte Crutchfield was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 9, 2019. She, along with Jheanelle Wilkins and Pamela Queen, became the first Black women elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates.

On May 20, 2020, Crutchfield wrote a letter to Governor Larry Hogan urging him to grant clemency to Eraina Pretty, the longest-serving female prisoner in Maryland, after she tested positive for COVID-19. Crutchfield wrote, "Though she was convicted of a violent crime, she is not a violent person. There is no reason to believe that if Ms. Pretty were released she would pose a danger to society." A Baltimore circuit judge granted the release of Pretty on December 14, 2020.

Committee assignments

• Member, Judiciary Committee, 2019–present (family law subcommittee, 2019–2020; public safety subcommittee, 2019–2020; chair, juvenile law subcommittee, 2020; member, civil law & procedure subcommittee, 2021–present; chair, family & juvenile law subcommittee, 2021–present)

Other memberships

• Secretary, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2019–present
• Member, Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019–present
• Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2019–present
• Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2019–present
• Member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2021–present

Personal life

Crutchfield is a military widow. She has two children and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Electoral history