The following list is representative, but not exhaustive.  The many UM Carey Law alumni elected to local offices, for example, are not included on this list.

United States Congress

• Senator Benjamin L. Cardin '67
• Representative Elijah E. Cummings '76

Malibu City Council, California

• Councilmember Pamela Conley Ulich '93

Alameda County Board of Supervisors, California

• Supervisor Nate Miley '76

Executive Branch, Maryland

• Former Governor Marvin Mandel '42
• Governor Martin J. O'Malley '88

House of Delegates, Maryland

• Delegate Elizabeth Bobo '81 (Howard County)
• Delegate Jon. S. Cardin '01 (Baltimore County)
• Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais '83 (Montgomery County)
• Delegate Mary-Dulany James '86 (Cecil & Harford Counties)
• Delegate Tony McConkey '90 (Anne Arundel County)
• Delegate Doyle L. Niemann '97 (Prince George's County)

Senate, Maryland

• Senator Lisa A. Gladden '91 (Baltimore City)
• Senator Bill Ferguson '10 (Baltimore City)
• Senator Allan H. Kittleman '88 (Carroll & Howard Counties)
• President of the Senate Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. '67 (Calvert & Prince George's Counties)

Baltimore City Office of the Mayor, Maryland

• Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake '95

Senate, South Carolina

• Senator Tom Davis '85

Westlake Town Council, Texas

• Mayor Laura Wheat  '82
  

Senate, Washington State

• Senator D. Adam Kline '72