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Aletheia McCaskill is an American politician and union activist who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 44B in Baltimore County, Maryland. She was born on September 30, 1971, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. She is a member of the Democratic Party and resides in Gwynn Oak, Maryland.

Education: McCaskill graduated from Carver Vo-Tech High School in 1989. She later attended Villa Julie College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in information systems in 1994. She also attended the Community College of Baltimore County, receiving an associate degree in early childhood development in 2010. Later, she received a Bachelor of Science degree in early elementary education in 2021 from the Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Career: McCaskill is the vice president of the SEIU Local 500 labor union, which represents teachers, child-care professionals, and part-time college faculty in Maryland and Washington, D.C. She previously served as the leader of the union’s bargaining committee and as the chairwoman of its Committee on Political Education (COPE). She also previously worked as an early-learning and child-development specialist.

Political Career: In September 2017, McCaskill announced that she would run for Maryland Senate in District 44, challenging incumbent state senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam. Despite an aggressive primary campaign, McCaskill lost to Nathan-Pulliam in the Democratic primary by a more than 2-1 margin. In 2022, McCaskill ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 44B. She came in second place alongside incumbent Sheila Ruth, receiving 23.0 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary. She was unopposed in the general election.

McCaskill was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11, 2023. She is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.