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Kirill Reznik | |
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Кіріл Резнік | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 39th district | |
In office October 2, 2007 –March 21, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Martin O'Malley |
Preceded by | Nancy J. King |
Succeeded by | W. Gregory Wims |
Personal details | |
Born | Kiev,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union (now Kyiv,Ukraine) | August 9,1974
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jennifer Kramer |
Residence | Germantown,Maryland |
Alma mater | BA from Florida International University / MA &JD from American University |
Occupation | Attorney/International Development |
Kirill Reznik [a] (born August 9,1974) is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He was previously a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 39 from 2007 to 2023,resigning to become the Assistant Secretary for Inter-Departmental Data Integration for the Maryland Department of Human Services. [1]
Born in Kyiv,Ukrainian SSR,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,Reznik's family immigrated to the United States in 1978 when he was 4 years old. [2] His family settled in Miami Beach,Florida. Reznik attended Dade County Public Schools,graduating from North Miami Beach Senior High School in 1992. Reznik attended Florida International University,where he served in the student government alongside future political journalist Steve Benen, [3] graduating with a B.A. in international relations and a minor in economics in 1995. Later,Reznik went on to attend American University and received his M.A. in international peace and conflict resolution from the School of International Service in 1998, [2] and received his J.D. in 2003 from American University's Washington College of Law. After graduation,Reznik was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2004 and the District of Columbia Bar in 2005.
Reznik's professional experience includes working in international development and foreign aid programs since 1994. Focusing specifically in the areas of democracy,civil society,and economic development. Reznik has had experience with implementing international development programs throughout the world for well respected implementing organizations and companies such as ACDI/VOCA,American Councils for International Education,Center for International Private Enterprise,AECOM PADCO,and The QED Group,LLC for donors organizations such as USAID,World Bank,and United Nations. As of 2014 [update] Reznik was employed by CAMRIS International where he served as the Director of Operations.
In addition,Reznik has practiced law in Montgomery County for the firm of Weinberg &Jacobs focusing on exempt organizations,estate planning,and small business.
Reznik became actively involved with the local Democratic Party in Montgomery County,Maryland in 2004 by joining the Montgomery County Young Democrats. Through his involvement,Reznik eventually went on to be Executive Vice President,and subsequently,President of the Montgomery County Young Democrats,as well as the National Committeeman for the Young Democrats of Maryland,and the Deputy Director of the Young Democrats of America's mid-Atlantic region.
In 2005,Reznik volunteered to be the District 39 Coordinator for then-Mayor Martin O'Malley in his run for Governor of Maryland. The O'Malley–Anthony Brown ticket won the Governorship of Maryland by a vote of 52.7%–46.2% from incumbent Governor Bob Ehrlich. The margin of victory in District 39 was 59.85%–39.10%.
In 2006,Reznik successfully ran to represent the Democrats of Legislative District 39 on the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee,the local Democratic Party. During his service,Reznik successfully recruited more precinct chairs and vice chairs in recent history for District 39,and successfully helped run the 2006 Maryland Democratic Coordinated Campaign in District 39.
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,Reznik took action in the state legislature,supporting legislation to divest investments in Russia from the Maryland state government pension plan,and sponsoring a resolution expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine. [2]
In the 2022 Democratic primary,Reznik and other members of the house district campaigned for another Democrat to replace Gabriel Acevero, [4] who nonetheless won reelection to the ticket.
On March 14,2023,Reznik announced that he would resign from the Maryland House of Delegates on March 21,to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Inter-Departmental Data Integration for the Maryland Department of Human Services. [1]
After the retirement of State Senator Patrick J. Hogan,and ascension of Maryland State Delegate Nancy J. King to fill Senator Hogan's Senate seat,Reznik was nominated by the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, [5] and appointed by Governor O'Malley,to fill Nancy King's seat for the remainder of her term on October 2,2007.
During his first term,Reznik has sponsored the following legislation that has successfully been enacted as Maryland law:
On November 2,2010,Reznik was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 39.
During his second term,to date Reznik has sponsored the following legislation that has successfully been enacted as Maryland law:
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Charles E. Barkley,Democratic | 15,247 | 23.02% | Won |
Shane Robinson,Democratic | 14,179 | 21.41% | Won |
Kirill Reznik,Democratic | 13,788 | 20.82% | Won |
Gloria Chang,Republican | 8,117 | 12.25% | Lost |
Al Phillips,Republican | 7,565 | 11.42% | Lost |
Xiangfei Chang,Republican | 7,340 | 11.08% | Lost |
Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
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Charles E. Barkley,Democratic | 18,060 | 23.54% | Won |
Kirill Reznik,Democratic | 16,199 | 21.12% | Won |
Shane Robinson,Democratic | 15,961 | 20.81% | Won |
Jim Pettit,Republican | 9,695 | 12.64% | Lost |
Bill Witham,Republican | 8,482 | 11.06% | Lost |
Al Phillips,Republican | 8,482 | 11.06% | Lost |
Reznik is an active alumni member of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. [8] As of 2017 [update] ,he was the Tribune of the organization's Grand Council. [9] In October 2018,he was elected International Counsul (President) of the fraternity. [10]
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