Natalie Ziegler | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 9A district | |
Assumed office January 11, 2023 Servingwith Chao Wu | |
Preceded by | Reid Novotny |
Personal details | |
Born | New York,New York,U.S. | September 5,1955
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | John Zirschky |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Ellicott City,Maryland,U.S. |
Occupation | Farmer |
Natalie Carroll Ziegler [1] (born September 5,1955) is an American politician and farmer. She is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 9A in Howard and Montgomery counties. [2]
Born in 1955 to mother Mary Carter Carroll and father John C. Ziegler, [1] Ziegler was raised in New York City and Boston. [3] She graduated from Abbot Academy in 1972 and Oberlin College in 1977,receiving a bachelor's degree with high honors in psychology,and later attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies,where she earned a master's degree in economics and American foreign policy in 1986. [4] She worked as a journalist and a guest booker for CNN, [3] and founded a jewelry manufacturing company with her husband in 2001. [2] [5]
Ziegler is a fifth-generation [1] descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,a former U.S. Senator from Maryland and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. [6] She owns Carroll Mill Farm,a feed grain operation in Ellicott City,Maryland. [3]
In 2018,Ziegler ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 9A,challenging incumbent Republican state delegates Trent Kittleman and Warren E. Miller. [7] She won the Democratic primary on June 26,2018,but was defeated by Kittleman and Miller in the general election on November 6. [8] Shortly after her loss,county executive-elect Calvin Ball III named Ziegler to serve on the county's public works subcommittee transition team. [9]
In January 2020,Ziegler was appointed to the Howard Community College Board of Trustees. She was reappointed to the board in October 2021. [10] [4]
In November 2021,Ziegler filed to run for state delegate in District 9A,seeking to succeed outgoing state delegate Reid Novotny,who ran unsuccessfully for Maryland Senate. [11] [12] She won a tight general election on November 8,2022,coming in first. [13] [14]
Ziegler was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11,2023. [15] She is a member of the House Environment and Transportation Committee. [16]
Ziegler lives in Ellicott City with her husband,John Zirschky. Together,they have two children. [4]
In September 2016,Ziegler supported and testified for a proposal to expand solar development on Howard County farmland. [17] [18]
During the 2023 legislative session,Ziegler pushed back against a bill that would ban foreign governments from buying farmland in Maryland,worrying that the bill would "demonize people unfairly". [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Natalie Ziegler | 4,860 | 51.7 | |
Democratic | Steven M. Bolen | 2,848 | 30.3 | |
Democratic | Michael David Gross | 1,696 | 18.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Trent Kittleman (incumbent) | 24,531 | 30.6 | |
Republican | Warren E. Miller (incumbent) | 19,563 | 24.4 | |
Democratic | Natalie Ziegler | 18,891 | 23.6 | |
Democratic | Steven M. Bolen | 17,019 | 21.3 | |
Write-in | 56 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Natalie Ziegler | 5,308 | 41.8 | |
Democratic | Chao Wu | 3,942 | 31.0 | |
Democratic | Steven M. Bolen | 3,448 | 27.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Natalie Ziegler | 17,767 | 26.68 | |
Democratic | Chao Wu | 17,486 | 26.43 | |
Republican | Trent Kittleman (incumbent) | 17,373 | 26.26 | |
Republican | Jianning Zeng | 13,609 | 20.56 | |
Write-in | 44 | 0.07 |
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