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Benjamin Louis Cardin born October 5, is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Maryland from until A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U. Cardin served in the Maryland House of Delegates from to and as its speaker from to Cardin has never lost an election in his entire political career.

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Cardin was elected as U. He became Maryland's senior U. Cardin won reelection in and , and retired on January 3, Benjamin Louis Cardin was born in Baltimore, Maryland. The family name was originally "Kardonsky", before it was changed to "Cardin". Cardin's grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. His maternal grandfather, Benjamin Green, operated a neighborhood grocery store that later turned into a wholesale food distribution company.

Cardin and his family attended the Modern Orthodox Beth Tfiloh Congregation near their home, with which the family had been affiliated for three generations. Cardin attended Baltimore City College, graduating in Cardin was admitted to the Maryland Bar that same year, and joined the private practice of Rosen and Esterson until He held the seat once held by his uncle, Maurice Cardin, who had decided to not run for re-election so that his nephew could instead pursue the seat.