Kathy Szeliga
2023 - Present
2027
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Kathy Szeliga (Republican Party) is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 7A. She assumed office on January 11, 2023. Her current term ends on January 13, 2027.
Szeliga (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 7A. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Szeliga earned her B.A. in Elementary Education from Towson University in 1994. Her professional experience includes working as a teacher and a small business owner.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Szeliga was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Szeliga was assigned to the following committees:
- Legislative Policy Committee (decommissioned)
- Health & Government Operations Committee
- Rules & Executive Nominations Committee
2019-2020
Szeliga was assigned to the following committees:
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Szeliga served on the following committees:
| Maryland committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Environment and Transportation |
| • Rules & Executive Nominations |
| • Legislative Policy |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Szeliga served on these committees:
| Maryland committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Appropriations |
Note: Szeliga also served on the Oversight Committee on Pensions and the Subcommittee on Education and Economic Development.
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Szeliga served on these committees:
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| • Appropriations |
Issues
Presidential preference
2012
Kathy Szeliga endorsed Rick Perry in the 2012 presidential election.[1]
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Maryland House of Delegates elections, 2022
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 7A (2 seats)
Incumbent Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki defeated Lydia Brown in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 7A on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kathy Szeliga (R) | 37.1 | 18,034 |
| ✔ |  | Ryan Nawrocki (R) | 36.8 | 17,859 |
 | Lydia Brown (D) | 25.5 | 12,371 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 295 | ||
| Total votes: 48,559 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7A (2 seats)
Lydia Brown advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7A on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lydia Brown | 100.0 | 5,569 |
| Total votes: 5,569 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7A (2 seats)
Incumbent Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki defeated Steve Redmer and incumbent Joseph Boteler III in the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7A on July 19, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathy Szeliga | 36.9 | 4,979 |
| ✔ | | Ryan Nawrocki | 27.6 | 3,719 |
 | Steve Redmer | 20.7 | 2,792 | |
 | Joseph Boteler III | 14.7 | 1,987 | |
| Total votes: 13,477 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 7 (Historical) (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 7 (Historical) on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathy Szeliga (R) | 25.4 | 38,617 |
| ✔ |  | Lauren Arikan (R) | 23.3 | 35,476 |
| ✔ |  | Rick Impallaria (R) | 22.5 | 34,223 |
 | Allison Berkowitz (D) | 12.8 | 19,550 | |
 | Gordon Koerner (D) | 10.3 | 15,614 | |
 | Ryan Sullivan (G) | 5.5 | 8,443 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 324 | ||
| Total votes: 152,247 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7 (Historical) (3 seats)
Allison Berkowitz and Gordon Koerner advanced from the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7 (Historical) on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Allison Berkowitz | 54.3 | 5,814 |
| ✔ | | Gordon Koerner | 45.7 | 4,893 |
| Total votes: 10,707 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7 (Historical) (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 7 (Historical) on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathy Szeliga | 23.3 | 7,127 |
| ✔ | | Rick Impallaria | 14.7 | 4,494 |
| ✔ | | Lauren Arikan | 13.6 | 4,173 |
| Aaron Penman | 10.5 | 3,216 | ||
| Bill Paulshock | 9.4 | 2,869 | ||
 | Michael Geppi | 6.7 | 2,044 | |
| Dave Seman | 6.5 | 1,981 | ||
| Tammy Larkin | 6.3 | 1,934 | ||
| Joshua Barlow | 5.1 | 1,548 | ||
| Angela Sudano-Marcellino | 1.6 | 498 | ||
| Russ English Jr. | 1.2 | 374 | ||
| Norm Gifford | 0.7 | 219 | ||
| Trevor Leach | 0.5 | 148 | ||
| Total votes: 30,625 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Maryland's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. In the U.S. Senate race in Maryland, incumbent Barbara Mikulski chose to retire, leaving the seat open in 2016. The election attracted a large number of Democratic, Republican and independent candidates. Chris Van Hollen (D) defeated Kathy Szeliga (R), Arvin Vohra (Libertarian), Margaret Flowers (Green), and several write-in candidates in the general election on November 8, 2016. Van Hollen defeated nine other Democrats to win the nomination, and Szeliga defeated 13 other Republicans in the primary. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.[2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Chris Van Hollen |
60.9% | 1,659,907 | |
| Republican | Kathy Szeliga | 35.7% | 972,557 | |
| Green | Margaret Flowers | 3.3% | 89,970 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 3,736 | |
| Total Votes | 2,726,170 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Chris Van Hollen |
53.2% | 470,320 | ||
| Donna Edwards | 38.9% | 343,620 | ||
| Freddie Dickson | 1.7% | 14,856 | ||
| Theresa Scaldaferri | 1.5% | 13,178 | ||
| Violet Staley | 1.2% | 10,244 | ||
| Lih Young | 1% | 8,561 | ||
| Charles Smith | 0.9% | 7,912 | ||
| Ralph Jaffe | 0.8% | 7,161 | ||
| Blaine Taylor | 0.7% | 5,932 | ||
| Ed Tinus | 0.3% | 2,560 | ||
| Total Votes | 884,344 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Kathy Szeliga |
35.6% | 135,337 | ||
| Chris Chaffee | 13.7% | 52,066 | ||
| Chrys Kefalas | 9.6% | 36,340 | ||
| Richard Douglas | 7.6% | 29,007 | ||
| Dave Wallace | 6.1% | 23,226 | ||
| Sean Connor | 5.7% | 21,727 | ||
| Lynn Richardson | 5.5% | 20,792 | ||
| John Graziani | 4.4% | 16,722 | ||
| Greg Holmes | 4.3% | 16,148 | ||
| Mark McNicholas | 2.6% | 9,988 | ||
| Joseph Hooe | 2.2% | 8,282 | ||
| Anthony Seda | 1% | 3,873 | ||
| Richard Shawver | 0.8% | 3,155 | ||
| Garry Yarrington | 0.8% | 2,988 | ||
| Total Votes | 379,651 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections |
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2014
Elections for the Maryland House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. Bob Bowie, Jr., Pete Definbaugh and Norman Gifford, Jr. were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbents Rick Impallaria, Pat McDonough and Kathy Szeliga defeated David Seman and Tina Sutherland in the Republican primary. Impallaria, McDonough and Szeliga defeated Bowie, Definbaugh, and Gifford for three seats in the general election.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Pat McDonough Incumbent |
26.9% | 35,627 | |
| Republican | Kathy Szeliga Incumbent |
25.1% | 33,197 | |
| Republican | Rick Impallaria Incumbent |
24.6% | 32,560 | |
| Democratic | Bob Bowie, Jr. | 8.4% | 11,154 | |
| Democratic | Norman Gifford, Jr. | 7.7% | 10,192 | |
| Democratic | Pete Definbaugh | 7.3% | 9,707 | |
| Total Votes | 132,437 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Pat McDonough Incumbent |
29% | 6,971 |
| Kathy Szeliga Incumbent |
25.5% | 6,125 |
| Rick Impallaria Incumbent |
24.1% | 5,790 |
| David Seman | 14.5% | 3,483 |
| Tina Sutherland | 7% | 1,675 |
| Total Votes | 24,044 | |
2010
Szeliga successfully won election, coming in third in the general election on November 2, 2010 to capture the third of three seats.[6]
| Maryland House of Delegates, District 7 General Election (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Patrick McDonough (R)
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27,217 | |||
| Richard Impallaria (R)
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25,450 | |||
| Kathy Szeliga (R)
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24,573 | |||
| Jeff Beard (D) | 14,885 | |||
| Kristina Sargent (D) | 13,551 | |||
| James Morrow (D) | 11,960 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
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2024
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In 2024, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 8.
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2023
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In 2023, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 11 to April 10.
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2022
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In 2022, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 12 to April 11.
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2021
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In 2021, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 13 to April 12.
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2020
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In 2020, the Maryland State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 18.
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2019
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In 2019, the Maryland General Assembly was in session from January 9 through April 8.
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2018
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In 2018, the Maryland General Assembly was in session from January 10 through April 9.
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2017
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In 2017, the Maryland General Assembly was in session from January 11 through April 10.
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2016
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2015
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2014
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In 2014, the Maryland General Assembly was in session from January 8 to April 7.
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2013
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In 2013, the Maryland General Assembly was in session from January 9 to April 8.
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Personal
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Szeliga and her husband, Mark, have two children.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Rick Perry for President, "40 Maryland GOP Legislators and Leaders Endorse Rick Perry for President," September 27, 2011. accessed March 25, 2014 (Archived)
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2016 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List," accessed February 5, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Maryland Primary Results," April 26, 2016
- ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial Results for the 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election," accessed June 25, 2014
- ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed March 4, 2014
