Ryan Spiegel | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 17th district | |
Assumed office July 6, 2023 Servingwith Joe Vogel and Julie Palakovich Carr | |
Appointed by | Wes Moore |
Preceded by | Kumar Barve |
Member of the Gaithersburg City Council | |
In office November 7,2007 –July 6,2023 | |
Preceded by | John Schlichting |
Succeeded by | Yamil Hernández |
Personal details | |
Born | July 6,1978 |
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Kentlands,Gaithersburg,Maryland,U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Maryland,College Park (BA) Stanford Law School (JD) |
Occupation | Attorney |
Website | Campaign website |
Ryan Scott Spiegel [1] [2] (born July 6,1978) is an American politician and attorney who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 17 since 2023. He previously served as a member of the Gaithersburg,Maryland city council from 2007 to 2023. [3]
Spiegel graduated from Pikesville High School in 1996 and later attended the University of Maryland,College Park,earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 2000,and Stanford University,where he earned his Juris Doctor degree in 2003. [3] [4] After graduating,he worked at various law firms,including Winston &Strawn,Potomac Law Group,and Thompson Hine LLP. [3] [5]
In August 2005,Spiegel formed an exploratory committee to consider running for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 17. [6] He was defeated in the Democratic primary,placing fourth with 13.3 percent of the vote. [7]
Spiegel was elected to the Gaithersburg City Council in 2007, [8] and was subsequently re-elected in 2011,2015,and 2019. [9] [10]
In December 2013,Spiegel announced his candidacy for the Montgomery County Council in District 3,seeking to succeed Councilmember Phillip Andrews. [11] He was defeated in the Democratic primary,placing third with 22 percent of the vote. [12]
From 2019 to 2020,Spiegel served as the president of the Maryland Municipal League. [13] In this position,he criticized efforts to pass legislation making it easier to install 5G cell towers in the state,calling it a "land grab" by the telecommunications industry and saying that he wanted to "avoid any reasonable regulation of this technology". [14]
In May 2023,following the appointment of state delegate Kumar Barve to the Maryland Public Service Commission,Spiegel applied to fill the vacancy left by his resignation in the Maryland House of Delegates. [15] [16] On June 12,2023,the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee voted to nominate Spiegel to fill the vacancy. [17] He was sworn in on July 6,2023. [3]
During his tenure on the Gaithersburg City Council,Spiegel supported smart growth economic development projects, [17] including increased school construction, [18] affordable housing,and green development. [19]
In February 2020,Spiegel expressed frustration with but ultimately voted in favor of a bill providing WRS Inc. with a 90-day extension to buy anchor properties at Lakeforest Mall. [20] He later voted to provide WRS Inc. with another 90-day extension in May 2020. [21] In August 2020,Spiegel voted in favor of a maximum 12-month redevelopment moratorium on Lakeforest Mall,which he said would "prevent development from occurring that is not full-fledged to the best and highest use of the map designation area". [22]
In July 2020,Spiegel voted against a proposal prohibiting rent increases greater than 2.6 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic,saying that he favored prohibiting all rent increases during the pandemic. [23] In January 2022,he voted to extend renter protections until May 15,2022. [24]
In February 2021,Spiegel voted for an amendment to the city's zoning bill that limited where public housing could be built,which was criticized as something that could restrict affordable housing in the city. Spiegel defended the amendment from these criticisms,suggesting that it was "a bit backwards" to say it would undercut the goal of expanding affordable housing in Gaithersburg. [25]
In 2013,Spiegel voted to allow write-in candidates to participate in city elections. He later voted in 2020 to eliminate write-ins from city elections. [26]
In January 2021,Spiegel voted against changes to the city's code of ethics that would require candidates for office to disclose conflict of interests relevant to the city. [27] In April 2022,he sought to block a state bill that would require local governments to adopt state-level lobbyist registration standards. [28]
In February 2011,Spiegel said he supported legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland,saying it was "the right thing to do from an economic standpoint". [29]
In February 2020,Spiegel embraced criticism of Flatiron Books's rollout of American Dirt ,a novel about a Mexican bookseller who is forced to flee as an illegal immigrant to the United States that was later criticized for perpetuating stereotypes about Latino immigrants,after the book was selected as part of Gaithersburg's citywide reading program. However,he warned city residents against "embracing any message of so-called cancel culture". [30]
In June 2020,following the murder of George Floyd,Spiegel requested a review of the city's monuments to determine and remove any Confederate monuments in the Gaithersburg. [31] Spiegel later supported renaming streets named after enslavers,including Benjamin Gaither and Frederick A. Tschiffely,in the city. [32]
In November 2018,Spiegel pushed for a state bill to allow Gaithersburg to levy hotel taxes at a rate of 2 percent. [33]
Spiegel lives in the Kentlands community of Gaithersburg,Maryland. [4] He is married and has two children. [5] He is Jewish. [34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Luiz R. S. Simmons (incumbent) | 6,744 | 25.0 | |
Democratic | Kumar P. Barve (incumbent) | 6,439 | 23.9 | |
Democratic | James W. Gilchrist | 4,108 | 15.2 | |
Democratic | Ryan Spiegel | 3,589 | 13.3 | |
Democratic | Laura Farthing Berthiaume | 2,549 | 9.4 | |
Democratic | Elbridge James | 2,385 | 8.8 | |
Democratic | Cory Siansky | 1,165 | 4.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Cathy C. Drzyzgula | 2,418 | 24.2 | |
Jud Ashman | 2,241 | 22.4 | |
Ryan Spiegel | 2,000 | 20.0 | |
Carlos Solis | 993 | 9.9 | |
Wilson Lee Faris | 982 | 9.8 | |
Ahmed Ali | 917 | 9.2 | |
Shawn Ali | 460 | 4.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Ryan Spiegel (incumbent) | 2,156 | 26.6 | |
Jud Ashman (incumbent) | 1,969 | 24.3 | |
Cathy Drzyzgula (incumbent) | 1,856 | 22.9 | |
Tom Rowse | 1,134 | 14.0 | |
Paula Ross | 1,001 | 12.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sidney A. Katz | 6,089 | 41.0 | |
Democratic | Tom Moore | 4,920 | 33.1 | |
Democratic | Ryan Spiegel | 3,341 | 22.5 | |
Democratic | Guled Kassim | 494 | 3.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Ryan Spiegel (incumbent) | 2,581 | 26.9 | |
Robert T. Wu | 2,511 | 26.2 | |
Neil H. Harris | 2,383 | 24.9 | |
Laurie-Anne Sayles | 2,105 | 22.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Robert T. Wu (incumbent) | 2,021 | 37.8 | |
Neil H. Harris (incumbent) | 1,672 | 31.2 | |
Ryan Spiegel (incumbent) | 1,658 | 31.0 |
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