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Catherine Pugh (Catherine Elizabeth Crump) was born on 10 March, 1950 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American politician (born 1950). Discover Catherine Pugh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Catherine Elizabeth Crump
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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 10 March 1950
Birthday 10 March
Birthplace Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1950

Catherine Elizabeth Pugh (born March 10, 1950) is an American former politician who served as the 51st mayor of Baltimore from 2016 to 2019.

She resigned from office amid a scandal that eventually led to criminal charges, three years in prison and three years probation.

Catherine Pugh was born as Catherine Crump on March 10, 1950, in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

1951

Pugh succeeded Stephanie Rawlings-Blake as Baltimore's 51st mayor.

As mayor, she inherited several issues from the Rawlings-Blake administration.

Pugh prioritized the United States Department of Justice investigation into the Baltimore Police Department following the death of Freddie Gray, before the inauguration of Donald Trump.

1967

She was raised in Philadelphia with her seven siblings, and graduated from Overbrook High School in 1967.

Pugh earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

1977

In 1977 Pugh began teaching Marketing and Introduction to Business at Morgan State University.

1980

From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, she was an independent editor for The Baltimore Sun and dean and director of Strayer Business College in Baltimore.

1988

In 1988, Pugh founded a public relations firm, Pugh and Company.

1994

In 1994, she returned to Philadelphia and became vice president of Brunson Communications and co-owner of a local Delaware Valley TV station, WGTW-TV, where she was the host of "Another View", a weekly public affairs program that focused on policy issues within the black community and featured interviews with community leaders and public officials.

1999

Pugh entered in Maryland politics in 1999, when she was elected to the Baltimore City Council.

Pugh entered Baltimore City politics in 1999.

In 1999 Pugh was elected to the Baltimore City Council, where she served until 2004.

2003

She ran for president of the council in 2003, but lost to Sheila Dixon in the primary.

2005

In 2005, Governor Bob Ehrlich appointed Pugh to an open seat in the Maryland House of Delegates, where she served from June 21, 2005, to January 10, 2007.

2007

She then won a seat in the State Senate and served there from January 10, 2007, to December 6, 2016.

She sat on the Finance Committee and served as the State Senate Majority Leader.

As Majority Leader, Pugh led the state on cyber security and telemedicine expansion legislation.

Pugh is also responsible for diversifying the state's $40 billion pension portfolio, having led the passage of Senate Bill 606, which increased black and other minority managed dollars from $300 million to $4.2 billion.

Pugh is a former president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and she's the past chair of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and the Women's Caucus of Legislators in Maryland.

2011

She first ran for mayor in 2011 and lost the primary to Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

2015

She subsequently held office in the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland Senate, serving as the Majority Leader from 2015 to 2016.

In 2015, Pugh entered the race for mayor of Baltimore and launched her campaign headquarters in the city.

2016

Pugh ran again in 2016 and won the primary against former mayor Sheila Dixon.

Pugh then won the mayoral election on November 8, 2016, with 57% of the popular vote, and took office on December 6, 2016.

She was Baltimore's third consecutive female mayor.

She is president and CEO of Pugh and Company, and in December 2016 became the 51st mayor of Baltimore City, Maryland.

She was an underdog to former mayor Sheila Dixon until the early 2016.

The endorsement of Congressman Elijah Cummings in April 2016 boosted her campaigning efforts.

Pugh won the Democratic primary, with 37% of the vote to Dixon's 34%.

The Democratic primary has long been the real contest in Baltimore, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 10-to-1, so Pugh was overwhelmingly favored in the general election.

She won the November 8 general election with 57% of the vote, and took office on December 6, 2016.

2019

In April 2019, Pugh announced she was taking an indefinite leave of absence to recover from pneumonia.

The announcement coincided with a scandal over a "self-dealing" arrangement in which organizations purchased large quantities of Pugh's books in exchange for contracts with the city.

On May 2, 2019, Pugh resigned as mayor amid the book scandal and on November 20, 2019, she was indicted by a grand jury on eleven counts, including tax evasion, fraud and conspiracy in connection with the book transactions.

The following day she signed a plea agreement, pleading guilty to four charges of conspiracy and tax evasion.

2020

Pugh was sentenced to prison and probation in 2020.