Andrew Cassilly | |
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Senior Advisor, Governor's Legislative Office | |
In office December 12, 2019 –January 18, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Keiffer Mitchell Jr. (D) |
Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 35B district | |
In office January 14,2015 –December 11,2019 Servingwith Teresa E. Reilly (R) | |
Preceded by | Susan K. McComas |
Succeeded by | Mike Griffith (R) |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew P. Cassilly August 1965 (age 59) |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Married |
Children | Three children |
Education | Bel Air High School,Bel Air,Maryland |
Alma mater | Millersville University of Pennsylvania,B.S. (education),1989 Loyola College,Baltimore,M.S. (administrative management),2000 |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Maryland Army National Guard |
Years of service | 1984-1989 |
Unit | 175th Infantry Regiment |
Andrew Cassilly (born August 1965) is a senior advisor to Maryland governor Larry Hogan in the Governor's Legislative Office. Cassilly is a Republican who represented district 35B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019 when he resigned to work for Hogan. [1] He is the brother of state senator Robert Cassilly and former Harford County State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly. [2]
Cassilly was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014,and sworn in on January 14,2015. He succeeded Susan McComas,who would instead run in District 34B in 2014. [3] He was re-elected in 2018. [4]
In February 2019,Cassilly worked with delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo to introduce a bill that would authorize the state to regulate commercial hemp farming according to the Hemp Farming Act of 2018. [5] The bill passed the House of Delegates and the state Senate by votes of 137-0 and 45-0,respectively,and was signed by Governor Hogan in April. [6] [7] He was also a sponsor of House Bill 401,which would allow the use of rifles for harvesting deer in Harford County under the Deer Management Permits. [8] HB 401 would pass the House of Delegates and the state Senate in a 140-0 and 47-0 vote,respectively. [9]
In February 2019,following lobbying from Maryland bicyclists,Cassilly worked with delegate Jay Jalisi to introduce House Bill 398,a "safe passing" bill that would allow motorists to cross a double-yellow line in order to safely pass a bicycle. [10] The bill would pass the House of Delegates by a vote of 140-0,but would not receive a vote in the state Senate. [11]
In December 2020,Governor Hogan appointed Cassilly to serve as his senior advisor,replacing Keiffer Mitchell Jr.,a Democrat who he had recently appointed to the role of Chief Legislative Officer. [12] Hogan would appoint Mike Griffith to replace him in the House of Delegates on December 30,2019. [13]
Maryland House of Delegates District 35B Republican Primary Election,2014 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Republican | Andrew Cassilly | 3,866 | 34 |
Republican | Teresa Reilly | 3,782 | 34 |
Republican | Jason Gallion | 3,634 | 32 |
Maryland House of Delegates District 35B General Election,2014 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Republican | Andrew Cassilly | 23,556 | 43 |
Republican | Teresa Reilly | 21,006 | 38 |
Democratic | Jeffrey Elliott | 5,952 | 11 |
Democratic | Daniel Lewis Lamey | 4,495 | 8 |
Other/Write-in | Other/Write-in | 72 | 0 |
Maryland House of Delegates District 35B Republican Primary Election,2018 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Republican | Andrew Cassilly | 6,063 | 52 |
Republican | Teresa Reilly | 5,573 | 48 |
Maryland House of Delegates District 35B General Election,2018 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Republican | Andrew Cassilly | 26,494 | 49 |
Republican | Teresa Reilly | 18,107 | 33 |
Democratic | Ronnie Teitler Davis | 9,834 | 18 |
Other/Write-in | Other/Write-in | 128 | 0 |
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