Kirby Delauter

Delauter is the president of W.F. Delauter & Son, a development and construction company based in Emmitsburg, Maryland.{{cite news|last=Greenfield |first=Sherry |date=December 9, 2010 |title=Frederick County's 2012 budget has $11.8M deficit |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/12092010/brunnew163328_32537.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111050512/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/12092010/brunnew163328_32537.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} He owns over half of the company.{{cite news|last=Gill |first=Thomas |date=October 28, 2014 |title=It pays to be a county commissioner |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/locations/local/frederick_county/frederick/it-pays-to-be-a-county-commissioner/article_41e131f9-da28-5cf0-ab78-b5490aee32d4.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620110021/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/locations/local/frederick_county/frederick/it-pays-to-be-a-county-commissioner/article_41e131f9-da28-5cf0-ab78-b5490aee32d4.html |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |url-status=dead }} The company was paid $525,309 by Frederick County, Maryland, to improve the Libertytown, Maryland, pump station.{{cite news|last=Greenfield |first=Sherry |date=October 21, 2010 |title=Delauter said he would bid on county contracts if elected commissioner |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/10212010/urbanew170922_32538.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040426/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/10212010/urbanew170922_32538.php |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }} According to The Baltimore Sun, the company "builds roads, water and sewer systems, storm water management and other forms of infrastructure".{{cite news|date=May 14, 2012 |title=Setting boundaries in Frederick |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-frederick-20120514-story.html |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111050539/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-frederick-20120514-story.html |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Founded in 1955 by Delauter's grandfather, Willie F. Delauter, and his father, Russell Delauter, he bought the company in 1993.{{cite news|year=2015 |title=Kirby Delauter: Council Member – District 5 |url=https://frederickcountymd.gov/4336/Kirby-Delauter |publisher=Frederick County Government |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110010228/http://www.frederickcountymd.gov/4336/Kirby-Delauter |archive-date=January 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }} W.F. Delauter & Son does business in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Frederick County paid W.F. Delauter & Son $72,557 for snow removal services in 2009. Delauter said that upon being elected county commissioner, he would recuse himself on voting on issues involving his company. He would continue to bid on county projects and would consult the county's Ethics Commission if there were any issues.

W.F. Delauter & Son announced in April 2024 that it was closing.{{cite news |last1=Ilardi |first1=Joe |title=Family-owned Maryland contractor closes after nearly 70 years |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2024/04/02/wf-delauter-son-contractor-closure-frederick.html |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=Baltimore Business Journal |date=April 2, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240404005105/https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2024/04/02/wf-delauter-son-contractor-closure-frederick.html |archive-date=April 4, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Niel |first1=Clara |title=Family-owned W.F. Delauter & Son closing after almost 70 years |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/family-owned-w-f-delauter-son-closing-after-almost-70-years/article_565af1b3-b8e6-56da-8161-09f36d3d94f8.html |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=The Frederick News-Post |date=April 4, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240405125132/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/family-owned-w-f-delauter-son-closing-after-almost-70-years/article_565af1b3-b8e6-56da-8161-09f36d3d94f8.html |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |language=en}} The business filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2024.{{cite news |last1=Jacoby |first1=Ceoli |title=W.F. Delauter and Son files for bankruptcy after shuttering operations in April |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/w-f-delauter-and-son-files-for-bankruptcy-after-shuttering-operations-in-april/article_0ea05e45-b982-57d7-a53a-dbcbb0094003.html |access-date=May 7, 2025 |work=The Frederick News-Post |date=May 10, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240512020848/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/w-f-delauter-and-son-files-for-bankruptcy-after-shuttering-operations-in-april/article_0ea05e45-b982-57d7-a53a-dbcbb0094003.html |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |language=en}}

Delauter was one of a group of three politically conservative, pro-development candidates elected to the council in 2010, he Billy Shreve and Blaine Young won and dominated the 5-person Council.{{cite news|last1=Spivak|first1=Miranda|title=Frederick Could Be an Urban Suburb of DC–Unless Its Good Ol' Boy Past Gets in Its Way|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/09/23/frederick-could-be-an-urban-suburb-of-dc-unless-good-ol-boy-past-stops-it/|access-date=May 29, 2018|work=Washingtonian|date=December 23, 2016}}

He was one among 11 candidates running for five seats in 2010.{{cite news|last=Tully |first=Meg |date=October 29, 2010 |title=Frederick County Commissioners race delves into ethics issues |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/frederick-county-commissioners-race-delves-into-ethics-issues/article_7d6929f1-2c55-553f-81aa-2c6f55f30eff.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624050321/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/frederick-county-commissioners-race-delves-into-ethics-issues/article_7d6929f1-2c55-553f-81aa-2c6f55f30eff.html |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |url-status=dead }} In his campaign for county commissioner, Delauter's campaign plank was to cut spending and make the county more business friendly.{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Ryan |date=May 23, 2012 |title=Delauter defends comment on moving business |url=http://www.gazette.net/article/20120523/NEWS/705239449/1016/delauter-defends-comment-on-moving-business&template=gazette |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111050908/http://www.gazette.net/article/20120523/NEWS/705239449/1016/delauter-defends-comment-on-moving-business&template=gazette |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Saying the county was too big, he supported reducing expenses by privatizing county departments. Delauter aimed to make the county more business friendly by cutting taxes and fees, as well as simplifying the permit process.{{cite news|last=Greenfield |first=Sherry |date=July 29, 2010 |title=Delauter wants to bring changes to county board |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/07292010/frednew154352_32545.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111050910/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/07292010/frednew154352_32545.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} He ran on Frederick County's "Republican Conservative Team" slate with three other candidates, Blaine R. Young, Kirby Delauter, Billy Shreve and C. Paul Smith,{{cite news|last=Greenfield |first=Sherry |date=September 16, 2010 |title=Young wants Republican candidates to join slate |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/09162010/frednew161759_32536.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051024/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/09162010/frednew161759_32536.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} who all won.{{cite news|last=Greenfield |first=Sherry |date=December 2, 2010 |title=New Frederick County commissioners promise big changes |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/12022010/frednew173021_32535.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051026/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/12022010/frednew173021_32535.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Delauter finished in fifth place, receiving 35,536 votes in the election and a seat on the five-member county board.{{cite news|last=Greenfield |first=Sherry |date=November 3, 2010 |title=Blaine Young ushers Republican sweep of Frederick County commissioners seats |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/11032010/frednew13906_32564.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051035/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/11032010/frednew13906_32564.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} After he was elected, he was sworn in on the Great Frederick Fair land as a commissioner on December 1, 2010.{{cite news|last=Greenfield |first=Sherry |date=December 2, 2010 |title=Delauter refuses to comment on Ethics Commission opinion |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/12022010/urbanew180728_32535.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051141/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/12022010/urbanew180728_32535.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Delauter was assigned to be a liaison to the Agriculture Business Council, Frederick Municipal Airport Commission, Retirement Plan Committee, Roads Board, Social Services Board, and the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. After he received the next county commission meeting's agenda at the end of each week, Delauter used Saturday and Sunday to review it. If he wanted clarifications, he dispatched county employees to obtain the details. He said that by the Thursday meeting, he had formed a stance on most matters.{{cite news|last=Rodgers |first=Bethany |date=July 21, 2013 |title=Voting history shows power of Young's bloc |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/article_26da9cd0-e7e4-5c9b-88e1-e21842ec3260.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610002203/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/article_26da9cd0-e7e4-5c9b-88e1-e21842ec3260.html |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |url-status=dead }}

In February 2011, Delauter joined three other county commissioners in voting 4–1 to cut $2.3 million from the county's Head Start Program. His remarks generated controversy, and were covered in The Baltimore Sun and Maryland's The Gazette. During the county meeting, he had said that women can best take care of their children by remaining married and being stay-at-home mothers. He also had cited his wife as an example, noting that although she had attended college, she stayed at home for 18 years to care for their four children.{{cite news|last1=Greenfield |first1=Sherry |last2=Heerbrandt |first2=Katherine |date=February 9, 2011 |title=Women outraged over Frederick commissioners' comments |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/02092011/frednew175041_32611.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051158/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/02092011/frednew175041_32611.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|last=Marbella |first=Jean |date=June 18, 2011 |title=Head Start: A woman's place — at home or at work? |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2011/02/18/a-womans-place-at-home-or-at-work/ |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051205/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-02-18/news/bs-md-frederick-headstart-20110219_1_mothers-work-candlelight-vigil-preschool-program |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=live }}

In 2014, after voters passed a charter government initiative, the county government changed from a five-member county commission into a charter government headed by a county executive and legislated by a seven-person county council.{{cite news|last=Turque |first=Bill |date=January 10, 2015 |title=Recent fiascoes have left Frederick County residents feeling 'embarrassed' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/recent-fiascoes-have-left-frederick-county-residents-feeling-embarrassed/2015/01/10/909bd88e-8d2b-11e4-8ff4-fb93129c9c8b_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111132315/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/recent-fiascoes-have-left-frederick-county-residents-feeling-embarrassed/2015/01/10/909bd88e-8d2b-11e4-8ff4-fb93129c9c8b_story.html |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Delauter ran for a seat on the county council in 2014. In his Frederick County Council District 5 race, Delauter campaigned on a platform of continuing to make the county business friendly. He supported implementing tax increment financing paid for by the developers that would improve the county's infrastructure.{{cite news|date=April 11, 2014 |title=County Council District 5 candidate Kirby Delauter |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/county-council-district-candidate-kirby-delauter/article_28ba0f7a-ce98-5c89-aca7-d4a4c39f252e.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150419033600/http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/county-council-district-candidate-kirby-delauter/article_28ba0f7a-ce98-5c89-aca7-d4a4c39f252e.html |archive-date=April 19, 2015 |url-status=dead }} He was endorsed by Emmitsburg Mayor Donald Briggs, Thurmont Commissioner Martin Burns, and Thurmont Police Chief Greg Eyler. Several officials crossed party lines to support Delauter's Democratic opponent,{{cite news|last=Rodgers |first=Bethany |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Disputes strain relationships between Delauter, town officials |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/disputes-strain-relationships-between-delauter-town-officials/article_13fe37f7-93a1-5de8-9bee-a1d433c231b1.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120012803/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/disputes-strain-relationships-between-delauter-town-officials/article_13fe37f7-93a1-5de8-9bee-a1d433c231b1.html |archive-date=November 20, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Mark Long,{{cite news|last=Rodgers |first=Bethany |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Political Notes: Local Republicans report difficulty with voting machines |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/political-notes-local-republicans-report-difficulty-with-voting-machines/article_1b008f56-473b-5862-b500-4e28678ee91b.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630234556/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/governmental_and_political_topics/elections/political-notes-local-republicans-report-difficulty-with-voting-machines/article_1b008f56-473b-5862-b500-4e28678ee91b.html |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |url-status=dead }} citing their disagreements with Delauter. Thurmont Commissioner Wayne Hooper, Thurmont Mayor John Kinnaird, and Myersville Mayor Wayne Creadick supported Delauter's Democratic opponent.

After winning the election 54.72 percent to 45.13 percent,{{cite news|last=Rada, Jr. |first=James |date=November 24, 2014 |title=Gardner, Delauter, and Jenkins Among the General Election Winners |url=http://thecatoctinbanner.com/gardner-delauter-and-jenkins-among-the-general-election-winners/ |newspaper=The Catoctin Banner |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051636/http://thecatoctinbanner.com/gardner-delauter-and-jenkins-among-the-general-election-winners/ |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Delauter was sworn in on December 1, 2014, at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. The ceremony, which cost about $2,000, included lunch, flowers, and technical expenses. To denote his unwavering commitment to fiscal prudence, Delauter paid the county $281.36 to cover around one-eighth the ceremony's cost. He further promised not to use both his council credit card and his council expense account (which gives council members a $2,500 annual allowance for traveling and conferences).{{cite news|last=Rodgers |first=Bethany |date=December 26, 2014 |title=Political Notes: Delauter says he reimbursed county for inauguration |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/news_regular_features/political_notes/political-notes-delauter-says-he-reimbursed-county-for-inauguration/article_adf191fc-a7bc-59f6-b0b6-330242fb1764.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704095909/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/news_regular_features/political_notes/political-notes-delauter-says-he-reimbursed-county-for-inauguration/article_adf191fc-a7bc-59f6-b0b6-330242fb1764.html |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Delauter wrote a January 3, 2015, Facebook post addressed to then Frederick News-Post journalist Bethany Rodgers in which he said "Use my name again unauthorized and you'll be paying for an Attorney. Your rights stop where mine start."{{cite news|last=Turque |first=Bill |date=January 6, 2015 |title=Frederick County official Kirby Delauter threatens to sue paper if it prints his name |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/frederick-council-member-kirby-delauter-threatens-to-sue-if-local-paper-uses-name/2015/01/06/5a923232-95d3-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110094216/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/frederick-council-member-kirby-delauter-threatens-to-sue-if-local-paper-uses-name/2015/01/06/5a923232-95d3-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html |archive-date=January 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }} The post was in response to Rodgers' article the same day about a dispute over parking spots between the county executive and the county council members. Delauter characterized an earlier article from Rodgers as a "hit piece", saying he had told her not to contact him again.

Frederick News-Post editorial page editor Cliff Cumber wrote a January 6 editorial about Delauter's Facebook posts, titled "Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter", in which he discussed the First Amendment and said "We will not bend to petty intimidation tactics."{{cite news|last=Gallman |first=Stephanie |date=January 5, 2015 |title=Paper responds to 'bullying' by councilman with name-calling |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/07/us/us-paper-responds-to-councilman/ |publisher=CNN |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111191613/http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/07/us/us-paper-responds-to-councilman |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} The editorial mentioned "Kirby Delauter" 26 times in the article's body, not including the fact that the paragraphs' initial letters spelled out "Kirby Delauter". Viewed over 500,000 times within 24 hours, the editorial was noticed by national publications, causing #kirbydelauter to trend on Twitter.{{cite news|last=Campbell |first=Colin |date=January 7, 2015 |title=Delauter apologizes for threatening reporter: 'My statement ... was wrong and inappropriate' |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-kirby-delauter-statement-20150107-story.html |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051852/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-kirby-delauter-statement-20150107-story.html |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} The incident received coverage from the national media including The Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times{{cite news|last=Zurcher |first=Anthony |date=January 6, 2015 |title=#KirbyDelauter becomes a Twitter punching bag |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30704516 |publisher=BBC |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051902/http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30704516 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} and worldwide from publications in Canada, Germany, and Australia. Delauter apologized for his Facebook posts, characterizing them as "wrong and inappropriate" and affirming that "[t]he first amendment is alive and well in Frederick County".

In May 2015, County Executive Jan Gardner and Council President Bud Otis jointly introduced a law that would block a company like Delauter's W.F. Delauter & Son from competing for county contracts if a county official was financially involved with the company.{{cite news|last=Turque |first=Bill |date=May 28, 2015 |title=Kirby Delauter, of 'Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter' fame, touches off new flap |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/05/28/kirby-delauter-of-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-fame-touches-off-new-flap/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909045106/http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/05/28/kirby-delauter-of-kirby-delauter-kirby-delauter-fame-touches-off-new-flap/ |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |url-status=dead }} When Otis and Gardner issued a joint statement in response to an ethics commission's opinion without speaking with Delauter, Delauter called Otis "chickenshit".Fifield, Jen. "The business of allowing elected officials to bid on public capital projects: A survey of counties". The Frederick News-Post. May 24, 2015. Delauter criticized Otis, a Republican, for being "too much of a coward" and for being too "in lockstep" with Gardner, a Democrat. Gardner and Otis criticized Delauter's accusations. On August 19, 2015, the council voted 4–3 in favor the law.{{cite news|date=August 21, 2015 |title=Official peeved over ethics vote takes it out on charities |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/21/official-peeved-over-ethics-vote-takes-it-out-on-c/ |newspaper=The Washington Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=September 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909045111/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/21/official-peeved-over-ethics-vote-takes-it-out-on-c/ |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Delauter responded to The Frederick News-Post that his company donates roughly $10,000 to $15,000 every year to charities and that because of the council's decision, his company was no longer financially able to make donations.

In 2016, Delauter spoke with presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally. Delauter said he voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election and has in his office a framed and signed Trump rally admissions ticket.{{cite news |last=Hampson |first=Rick |date=February 21, 2017 |title=Camp David neighbors say Trump should visit to see what 'rustic' looks like |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/21/camp-david-neighbors-donald-trump/98194256/ |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201162648/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/21/camp-david-neighbors-donald-trump/98194256/ |url-status=live |archive-date=December 1, 2017 }} In 2017, Delauter declared his candidacy for the Republican primary in the race for Frederick County Executive in 2018.{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Ryan |date=September 17, 2017 |title="Let's fire this baby up": Hogan visits Great Frederick Fair |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/let-s-fire-this-baby-up-hogan-visits-great-frederick/article_01708c98-b5be-5384-ac9a-d07dd24ed05c.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121065719/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/employment/let-s-fire-this-baby-up-hogan-visits-great-frederick/article_01708c98-b5be-5384-ac9a-d07dd24ed05c.html |url-status=live |archive-date=November 21, 2017 }}

In 2018, Delauter ran for Frederick County Executive."[https://frederickcountymd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/306313/Unofficial-Final-Primary-Election-Results Gubernatorial Primary Election: Frederick County, MD: June 26, 2018: Unofficial Results]". Frederick County Board of Elections. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018. In the Republican primary election, Delauter lost, coming in second place with 33 percent of the vote.

Delauter was born in 1964 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania,{{cite web |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/fr/leg/html/msa15394.html |title=Kirby E. Delauter, County Council, Frederick County, Maryland |date=March 9, 2016 |website=Maryland Manual Online |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317055757/http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/fr/leg/html/msa15394.html |url-status=live |archive-date=March 17, 2017 }} to Russell and Marlene Delauter and grew up in Thurmont, Maryland.{{cite news|last=Heerbrandt |first=Katherine |date=September 2, 2010 |title=Frederick commissioner candidate to sue Thurmont |url=http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/09022010/newmnew161428_32542.php |newspaper=The Gazette |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051909/http://ww2.gazette.net/stories/09022010/newmnew161428_32542.php |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} In his youth, Delauter played on the Thurmont Little League Baseball team.{{cite news |last=Cauley |first=Bill |date=August 18, 2017 |title=One more time: Thurmont gives final tip of hat to Little League team |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/youth/one-more-time-thurmont-gives-final-tip-of-hat-to/article_15aa4be6-b1bb-5b16-a884-684e69f8ec4a.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613005705/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/sports/level/youth/one-more-time-thurmont-gives-final-tip-of-hat-to/article_15aa4be6-b1bb-5b16-a884-684e69f8ec4a.html |url-status=live |archive-date=June 13, 2022 }} He attended Catoctin High School from which he graduated in 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined the United States Army and served until 1988.{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Paige |date=November 8, 2014 |title=County Council pledges teamwork before swearing-in |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/county-council-pledges-teamwork-before-swearing-in/article_5acd640e-de90-54ce-80f6-e26ba08835b0.html |newspaper=The Frederick News-Post |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610042203/https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politics_and_government/county-council-pledges-teamwork-before-swearing-in/article_5acd640e-de90-54ce-80f6-e26ba08835b0.html |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |url-status=dead }}

Delauter has been married since around 1986 or 1987 to Tina Delauter, with whom he has four children, Maureen, William, Emily, and Sam.{{cite news|last=Delauter |first=Kirby |date=December 2014 |title=From the desk of Kirby Delauter: County Commissioner and County Council District 5 Elect |url=http://woodsborotimes.com/Assets/wt-dec-2014.pdf |newspaper=The Woodsboro-Walkersville Times |page=5 |access-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051924/http://woodsborotimes.com/Assets/wt-dec-2014.pdf |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |url-status=usurped }} Delauter's four children attended schools in the Frederick County Public Schools system.

Prior to becoming a county commissioner, Delauter was a member of the Emmitsburg Business and Professional Association, Thurmont Board of Appeals, and Thurmont Police Commission.

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• {{official website|http://kirbydelauter.com/}}
• [https://frederickcountymd.gov/4336/Kirby-Delauter Kirby Delauter] on the Frederick County Government official website
• [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/fr/leg/former/html/msa15394.html Kirby E. Delauter] in Maryland Manual On-Line (Maryland State Archives)

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