Ryan Nawrocki

Nawrocki attended St. Mary's College of Maryland, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, public policy, economics, and sociology, and Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a master's degree in public administration.{{cite web |title=Members – Delegate Ryan Nawrocki |url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/nawrocki01 |website=mgaleg.maryland.gov |publisher=Maryland General Assembly |access-date=January 11, 2023 |date=January 11, 2023}} After graduating, he started his own companies, including a medical aesthetics practice and a CBD company.

Nawrocki first got involved in politics by working in the Maryland Transit Administration, at which time he was the youngest appointee in the administration of Maryland governor Bob Ehrlich.{{cite news |last1=Wenger |first1=Yvonne |last2=Wood |first2=Pamela |title=Bevins prevails, party balance of power on Baltimore County Council stays in Democrats' hands |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-co-council-election-results-20181105-story.html |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 6, 2018}}

In 2010, Nawrocki unsuccessfully ran for the Baltimore County Council. He was defeated by Democratic nominee Cathy Bevins by 503 votes.{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Pamela |date=October 22, 2018 |title=In pivotal Baltimore County Council race, GOP hopeful faces questions over 2007 police report |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-co-nawrocki-bevins-20181017-story.html |access-date=October 9, 2022}}

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After his 2010 loss, Nawrocki began working as a spokesman to U.S. Representative Andy Harris,{{cite news |last1=Fritze |first1=John |title=GOP proposes drawing Harris out of district |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2011-07-gop_proposes_drawing_harris_ou-story.html |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=July 5, 2011}} eventually becoming Harris' communication director. In January 2016, Nawrocki was appointed as senior director for the Maryland Transit Administration.{{cite news |title=Top 40 Under 40 2017: Ryan Nawrocki |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/40-under-40/article/12355089/top-40-under-40-2017-ryan-nawrocki |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=Mass Transit Magazine |date=September 15, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Ryan Nawrocki |url=https://www.socialshakeupshow.com/profiles/ryan-nawrocki/ |website=socialshakeupshow.com |publisher=The Social Shake-Up |access-date=October 9, 2022}} Nawrocki also operated his own public relations firm, Red White and Blue LLC, which was hired by Maryland Environmental Service director Roy McGrath at a cost of $10,000 per month for work that included "challenge coins", writing remarks for senior staff including McGrath, note cards, and installation of new artwork in conference room.{{cite news |last1=Sears |first1=Bryan |title=Report urges legal action against indicted former MES director McGrath |url=https://thedailyrecord.com/2022/05/19/report-offers-more-details-on-mcgraths-spending-at-mes-urges-legal-action/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=The Daily Record |date=May 19, 2022}}

Nawrocki once again challenged Bevins in the 2018 councilmanic elections, receiving endorsements from Ehrlich, Harris, and former county executive Roger B. Hayden.{{cite news |last1=Knezevich |first1=Alison |title=Crowded field of Republicans taking aim at Democrat Bevins in Baltimore County Council race |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-district-six-republicans-20180516-story.html |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 20, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=DeCarlo |first1=Gianna |title=Ryan Nawrocki enters race for the 6th District County Council seat |url=https://www.avenuenews.com/news/local/ryan-nawrocki-enters-race-for-the-6th-district-county-council-seat/article_c965179d-884f-5021-a57b-f5b2459d8ff1.html |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=Avenue News |date=October 12, 2017}} Bevins again defeated Nawrocki by 3,594 votes, or 8.5 percent.

In February 2022, Nawrocki announced his candidacy for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 7A.{{cite news |last1=Montcalmo |first1=Chris |title=Ryan Nawrocki announces House of Delegates bid to bring 'common sense values' to Annapolis |url=https://www.nottinghammd.com/2022/02/07/ryan-nawrocki-announces-house-of-delegates-bid-to-bring-common-sense-values-to-annapolis/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=NottinghamMd.com |date=February 7, 2022}} In May 2022, incumbent state Delegate Kathy Szeliga announced that she would run on a ticket with Nawrocki over state Delegate Joseph C. Boteler III. The two were also endorsed by state Senator J. B. Jennings and county councilmember David Marks.{{cite news |last1=DePuyt |first1=Bruce |last2=Kurtz |first2=Josh |title=Political Notes: Edwards' New Poll, Szeliga's New Alliance, Blair's New Ad |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/05/19/political-notes-edwards-new-poll-szeligas-new-alliance-blairs-new-ad/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 19, 2022}} Nawrocki won the Republican primary, coming in second place behind Szeliga with 27.6 percent of the vote.{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Eckardt, 5 other state lawmakers appear to have lost their primaries; others could still fall |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/07/20/eckardt-5-other-state-lawmakers-appear-to-have-lost-their-primaries-others-could-still-fall/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=July 20, 2022}} He defeated autistic rights advocate Lydia X. Z. Brown in the general election.{{cite news |last1=Gaskill |first1=Hannah |title=Wins, losses and close calls among Baltimore City and County General Assembly races |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-incumebents-mdg-primary-2022-20220729-dt7ksq44lrc4beniayam6d4jd4-story.html |access-date=October 9, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=July 29, 2022}}

Nawrocki was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11, 2023.{{cite web |title=Ryan Nawrocki, Maryland State Delegate |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa18383.html |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=August 1, 2023 |date=May 31, 2023}} He is a member of the House Environment and Transportation Committee{{cite news |last1=Gaines |first1=Danielle E. |title=Jones announces new Democratic caucus, committee leaders for 2023 General Assembly session |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/01/05/jones-announces-new-democratic-caucus-committee-leaders-for-2023-general-assembly-session/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |work=Maryland Matters |date=January 5, 2023}} and the Maryland Freedom Caucus.{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=House Freedom Caucus could be gaining more firepower in Annapolis |url=https://marylandmatters.org/2024/08/01/house-freedom-caucus-could-be-gaining-more-firepower-in-annapolis/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |work=Maryland Matters |date=August 2, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Natalie |title=Maryland House Republicans launch freedom caucus to push back on Dems |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/14/maryland-house-republicans-launch-freedom-caucus-to-push-back-on-dems/ |access-date=January 14, 2025 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=January 14, 2025}}

In April 2023, Nawrocki sent a letter to State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury accusing the Maryland State Department of Education of hiding scores from failing scores by altering data files available on the department's website. An investigation conducted by the state inspector general found no evidence of these claims.{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Lillian |title=Maryland State Department of Education did not cover up test scores from failing schools, inspector finds |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-test-scores-investigation-20230509-bjgtcizhbrcxrbm2jzmtz4lrhy-story.html |access-date=October 2, 2023 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 9, 2023}}

In May 2024, Nawrocki signed onto a letter condemning the jury's guilty verdict in the Trump hush money trial, calling the ruling a "political prosecution from a kangaroo court and left-leaning prosecutor" that is turning the U.S. justice system into a "third world parody of law and order".{{cite news |last1=Pittman |first1=Elijah |title=Maryland Democrats guarded, Republicans angry in wake of Trump conviction |url=https://marylandmatters.org/2024/05/31/maryland-democrats-guarded-republicans-angry-in-wake-of-trump-conviction/ |access-date=June 1, 2024 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 31, 2024}}

In June 2024, Nawrocki and three other Republican lawmakers signed onto a letter to the superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools calling for the termination of Alexa Sciuto, a LGBTQIA+ advocate who taught at Baltimore County Schools. In the letter, the legislators alleged that Sciuto made death threats toward Kit Hart, the chair of the Carroll County Moms for Liberty chapter, citing a tweet from Sciuto that read, "Officer, I swear I didn't mean to murder her" above a picture of Hart. Sciuto had made the post after Hart failed to clearly define the word "woke" during a parents' rights panel in Towson. In June 2025, Sciuto filed a defamation lawsuit against the lawmakers, multiple Moms for Liberty members, and Libs of TikTok, claiming that her tweet was rhetorical and that the lawmakers had mischaracterized it as a death threat.{{cite news |last1=Griffith |first1=Kristen |title=Baltimore teacher sues state Republicans, Moms for Liberty members, Libs of TikTok |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/baltimore-county-schools-lawsuit-tiktok-D4YOI6FW4BHHDIVBFQ6ZIIYI2A/ |access-date=June 9, 2025 |work=The Baltimore Banner |date=June 9, 2025 |language=en}}

Nawrocki is married to his wife Lauren. Together, the couple has five children, and lives in Middle River, Maryland. He attends religious services at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church and is a member of the church's Knights of Columbus council.

In November 2007, Nawrocki's then-girlfriend, now wife, twice called police to report a physical altercation between her and Nawrocki. In the first report, filed November 11, 2007, Nawrocki allegedly pushed her during an argument; Nawrocki denied it and she was not injured. In the second report, filed five days later, she told police that Nawrocki "hit her in the mouth, splitting her lip and then pushed her to the floor" during an argument at their Towson home. The report also alleges that Nawrocki "began to choke her and she had to dig her fingernails into his arms and back to make him let her go." Nawrocki was never charged with a crime in the incident and says the claims in the report were an exaggeration to police. His wife also said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun that the police reports don't represent what really happened. The police reports became relevant when he ran for county council in 2018, when protesters involved in women's organizations picketed outside Nawrocki campaign events holding signs that accused him of domestic violence. Nawrocki accused his opponent, incumbent county councilmember Cathy Bevins, of sending the protesters to his event, an accusation which Bevins called "absolutely ridiculous".

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