?Consensus-builder? Kasemeyer named new majority leader

State Senate President Thomas Mike Miller told his Democratic caucus Wednesday that he was naming state Sen. Ed Kasemeyer as the new majority leader for the body and increasing the responsibility of the job.

“There will be an increased role for the majority leader,” Miller told The Examiner. “He will be the spokesman for the administration on the floor of the Senate,” helping to win passage of the initiatives of the new O?Malley team.