As Her Final Legislative Session Ends, Sen. Delores Kelley Celebrated as a Mentor and a History Maker

From the back of the Senate chamber on Friday stood Sen. Charles E. Sydnor III (D-Baltimore County). ​​His eyes welled with tears as he clutched his desk microphone in his hand. “She’s always been a mentor — always giving you tasks to make certain that you were learning things along the way,” Sydnor said, his voice breaking. “She was always looking out for people like me in Baltimore County to make certain that our communities had leaders,” he said of Senate Finance Committee Chair Delores G. Kelley (D-Baltimore County).