Kathy Afzali

Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland § District 6

Governor Martin O'Malley proposed, and Maryland General Assembly adopted, a redistricting plan that reconfigured Republican incumbent U.S. Congressman Roscoe Bartlett's 6th congressional district to one that Barack Obama won in the 2008 United States presidential election. The previous version of the district had President Obama at 40%, while the newly redrawn district had President Obama at 56%. ^[5]

On January 11, 2012, believing that Bartlett would be retiring, Afzali announced her intention to run for the GOP nomination to represent Maryland's 6th congressional district. ^{[6] [7]} Bartlett eventually decided to run for reelection. He won the primary election with 44% of the vote in a crowded field but went on to lose the general election.

2018 Frederick County Executive election

Main article: 2018 Maryland county executive elections § Frederick County

Afzali won the Republican primary on June 26, 2018 with 42.7 percent of the vote. ^[8] She was defeated by incumbent Democratic County Executive Jan Gardner in the general election, receiving 43.1 percent of the vote to Gardner's 52.1 percent. ^{[9] [10]} After her loss, Afzali stepped down from the Frederick County Republican Central Committee. ^[11]

Personal life

Afzali is a member of the Grace Community Church of Frederick. ^[3] She is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association of America. ^[12]

Political positions

Agriculture

Her first successful piece of legislation was a honey standard which passed unanimously through both chambers and has been used as a model in other states. ^[13]

She introduced a Farm Estate Tax bill that eliminated state inheritance taxes for family farms. ^[4]

Crime

Afzali has sponsored legislation to increase sanctions on drunk drivers with multiple offenses, ^[14] and was responsible for "Anayah's Law", which allows Child Protective Services to be relieved of its obligation to reunite children with their parent if the parent has committed "severe physical abuse" against the child. ^[15]

In her second year, she pushed for legislation to require a photo ID when voting in the state of Maryland. ^[4]

In 2013, she co-sponsored legislation that would make cyber-bullying a child a misdemeanor. ^[16]

During the 2018 legislative session, Afzali introduced legislation to ban telemarketers and others from falsifying the origin of their calls and establish a penalty for providing false location information. ^{[17] [18]}

National politics

Afzali endorsed Mitt Romney for president on September 8, 2011. ^[19] Afzali endorsed Ted Cruz for president on April 21, 2016. ^[20]

Paid sick leave

In 2018, Afzali voted to sustain Governor Larry Hogan's veto on a bill to required employers with 15 or more employees to provide earned sick leave. ^[21]

Taxes

In 2018, Afzali testified in support of legislation to extend tax credits to police officers in high-crime neighborhoods to transit police. ^[22]

During her county executive campaign, Afzali said that she would freeze property taxes in her first 100 days. She also said that she supported "slower growth" with less high-density development to keep the county from having to raise taxes. ^[23]

Kathryn L. Afzali
Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 4th district
In office January 12, 2011 –January 9, 2019

Maryland House of Delegates District 4A Republican Primary Election, 2010 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Afzali	3,454	22.5
	Republican	Kelly M. Schulz	3,399	22.13
	Republican	Paul S. Stull	3,393	22.09
	Republican	Dino E. Flores, Jr.	2,759	18.0
	Republican	John L. "Lennie" Thompson, Jr.	2,354	15.3

Maryland House of Delegates District 4A Election, 2010 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Schulz	16,952	32.2
	Republican	Kathy Afzali	16,683	31.7
	Democratic	Ryan P. Trout	9,678	18.4
	Democratic	Bonita Riffle Currey	6,993	13.3
	Unaffiliated	Scott L. Guenthner	2,150	4.1
	Write-in	Other Write-Ins	162	0.3

Maryland House of Delegates District 4 Election, 2014 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Schulz	33,753	31.0
	Republican	Kathy Afzali	31,128	28.5
	Republican	David E. Vogt III	27,313	25.1
	Democratic	Gene Stanton	16,493	15.1
	Write-in	Other Write-Ins	346	0.3

Frederick County Executive Republican Primary Election, 2018 ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Afzali	6,898	42.7
	Republican	Kirby Delauter	5,250	32.5
	Republican	Regina M. Williams	4,000	24.8

Frederick County Executive Election, 2018 ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan H. Gardner	55,692	52.1
	Republican	Kathy Afzali	46,063	43.1
	Unaffiliated	Earl Henry Robbins, Jr.	4,944	4.6
	Write-in	Other Write-Ins	104	0.1

References

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4. "BILLS SPONSORED BY-AFZALI - 2012 Regular Session". General Assembly of Maryland.
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13. "Baltimore Sun Election Center". Archived from the original on May 6, 2015.
14. "Governor to Sign HB 430 on Drunk Driving". Calvert Beacon. Solomons, Maryland. April 28, 2015.
15. Wiggins, Ovetta (March 5, 2015). "Md. House approves 'Anayah's Law' to keep kids out of dangerous homes". Maryland Politics. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.
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18. Loos, Kelsi (April 3, 2018). "Spoof call ban advances to Senate committee". Frederick News-Post . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
19. Wagner, John (September 8, 2011). "Romney lists two dozen Md. supporters". The Washington Post . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
20. Gaines, Danielle (April 21, 2016). "Political Notes: Cruisin' with Cruz". Frederick News-Post . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
21. Loos, Kelsi (January 11, 2018). "House overrides governor's veto on paid sick leave, criminal history rule for college applications". Frederick News-Post . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
22. Loos, Kelsi (March 28, 2018). "Committee to consider extending tax credit to transit police". Frederick News-Post . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
23. Loos, Kelsi (April 23, 2018). "County's Republican hopefuls debate at Hood College". Frederick News-Post . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
24. "Official 2010 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for House of Delegates". Maryland State Board of Elections.
25. "Official 2010 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates". Maryland State Board of Elections.
26. "Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates". Maryland State Board of Elections.
27. "Official 2018 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for Frederick County". Maryland State Board of Elections.
28. "Official 2018 Gubernatorial General Election results for Frederick County". Maryland State Board of Elections.

External links

• Official web site
• Maryland State web site