{{Short description|American politician (1947–2024)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Doyle L. Niemann | image = Doyle Niemann 2013-09-21 043 - 9923908585 (cropped).jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|3|19}} | birth_place = Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|1|1947|3|19}} | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | state_delegate = Maryland | district = 47th | term_start = January 8, 2003 | term_end = January 14, 2015 | predecessor = William H. Cole IV | successor = Will Campos<br>as District 47B | party = Democrat | occupation = Attorney | majority = | relations = | spouse = | children = | footnotes = Member, City Council, Mount Rainier, Maryland 1983–1987 }}
'''Doyle L. Niemann''' (March 19, 1947 – May 1, 2024) was an American prosecutor, public administrator, and politician who represented District 47 in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 to 2015. He was the Chief of Operations for the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office in the administration of State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadership |url=https://www.pgsao.org/administration |website=Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County |access-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174029/https://www.pgsao.org/administration}}</ref>
==Background== {{Expand section|date=June 2008}} Niemann was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, on March 19, 1947. He was a Regents Scholar at the University of Nebraska where he attended from 1965 to 1967. He then graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in government in 1969 and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Teaching fellowship, Graduate School of Government, University of Texas, 1970. University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1997 (Order of Coif; Editor, Maryland Law Review). He was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1997. An Assistant State's Attorney for Prince George's County since 1998, Delegate Niemann specialized in prosecuting economic and white-collar crimes. He previously served on the Mount Rainier City Council (1983–1987), the Maryland Democratic Committee (1986–1990), and the Prince George's County Board of Education (1996–2002).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.doyleniemann.com/index.html |title=Doyle Niemann |date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122724/http://www.doyleniemann.com/index.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref>
==In the legislature== {{Expand section|date=June 2008}} Member of House of Delegates since January 8, 2003. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 2007- (environment subcommittee, 2007-; housing & real property subcommittee, 2007-; natural resources subcommittee, 2007-; chair, ground rent work group, 2007-).
Niemann was instrumental in legislation addressing consumer economic issues including the 2005 enactment of the Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure Act (PHIFA) and the 2008 efforts to modernize Maryland's draconian foreclosure procedures. PHIFA was one of the very early attempts by a state to end what is commonly known as a foreclosure rescue scheme (or fraud).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dreams Foreclosed: The Rampant Theft of Americans' Homes Through Equity-Stripping Foreclosure "Rescue" Scams |url=https://library.nclc.org/sites/default/files/field_media_file/2019-02/ForeclosureReportFinal.pdf |website=National Consumer Law Center |access-date=May 9, 2023 |date=June 2005 |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509172343/https://library.nclc.org/sites/default/files/field_media_file/2019-02/ForeclosureReportFinal.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> PHIFA has been the model for other states fighting these frauds. In 2008, Delegate Niemann was once again a leader in the House in the successful fight to strengthen the standards for mortgage brokers, to make substantial changes to the Maryland procedures for foreclosures that protected consumers, and to improve PHIFA. Notably, these financial measures were taken months before most Americans were aware of the financial crisis that hit the nation in the fall of 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/candidates/general/House_of_Delegates.html|title=House of Delegates|website=elections.maryland.gov|access-date=May 9, 2023|archive-date=May 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509172459/https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/candidates/general/House_of_Delegates.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Legislative notes=== * voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm |title=BILL INFO-2007 Regular Session-HB 359 |access-date=July 19, 2007 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408222931/http://mlis.state.md.us/2007rs/billfile/HB0359.htm}}</ref> * voted against slots in 2005 (HB1361)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm |title=HB 1361 Third Reading (HB) Calendar No. 9 |access-date=July 23, 2007 |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102806/http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/votes/house/0152.htm}}</ref> * voted for the Tax Reform Act of 2007 (HB2)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf |title=HB 2 Third Reading |date=November 11, 2007 |website=MdChamber.org |publisher=Maryland Chamber of Commerce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209113112/http://www.mdchamber.org/docs/ss_hb2.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2012}}</ref> * voted in favor of prohibiting ground rents in 2007(SB106)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0250.htm |title=SB 106 Third Reading (SB) Calendar No. 3 |access-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-date=May 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510080334/http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0250.htm}}</ref> * voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm |title=HB 6 Third Reading (HB) Calendar No. 64 |access-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408222017/http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/votes/house/0690.htm}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== Niemann died at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2024, at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Former state Delegate Doyle Niemann dies |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2024/05/04/former-state-delegate-doyle-niemann-dies/ |access-date=May 4, 2024 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 4, 2024}}</ref> Governor Wes Moore ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Niemann on May 31.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sears |first1=Bryan P. |title=Moore orders flags lowered Saturday in honor of Niemann |url=https://marylandmatters.org/briefs/moore-orders-flags-lowered-saturday-in-honor-of-niemann/ |access-date=June 1, 2024 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 31, 2024}}</ref>
==Past elections== *'''2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 47th District'''<ref name="2006 results">{{cite web |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2006/results/general/legislative_district_47.html |title=Official 2006 Gubernatorial General Election results for Legislative District 47 |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-date=February 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228151540/http://elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/general/legislative_district_47.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ::'''Voters to choose three:''' :{| class="wikitable" |- !Name !Votes !Percent !Outcome |- |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jolene Ivey, Democratic |12,860 | 35.5% | Won |- |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Victor R. Ramirez, Democratic |12,231 | 33.6% | Won |- |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Doyle L. Niemann, Democratic |11,229 | 30.8% | Won |- |- |Other write-ins |120 | .3% | |- |}
*'''2010 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 47th District'''<ref name="2010 results">{{cite web |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2010/results/General/gen_results_2010_2_01647.html |title=Official 2010 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022219/https://results.elections.maryland.gov/elections/2010/results/General/gen_results_2010_2_01647.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ::'''Voters to choose three:''' :{|class="wikitable" |- !Name !Votes !Percent !Outcome |- |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Jolene Ivey''', Democratic |14,404 | 35.4% | Won |- |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Michael G. Summers''', Democratic |12,337 | 30.3% | Won |- |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Doyle L. Niemann''', Democratic |11,925 | 29.3% | Won |- |- {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rachel Audi, Republican |1,853 | 4.6% | |- |- {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Anthony Cicoria, Democratic (Write in) |63 | 0.2% | |- |Other write-ins |87 | 0.2% | |- |}
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