Ryan Nawrocki

Ryan Nawrocki (born 1983/1984) After graduating, he started his own companies, including a medical aesthetics practice and a CBD company.

In 2010, Nawrocki unsuccessfully ran for the Baltimore County Council. He was defeated by Democratic nominee Cathy Bevins by 503 votes.

After his 2010 loss, Nawrocki began working as a spokesman to U.S. Representative Andy Harris, eventually becoming Harris' communication director. 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.

Nawrocki once again challenged Bevins in the 2018 councilmanic elections, receiving endorsements from Ehrlich, Harris, and former county executive Roger B. Hayden. Bevins again defeated Nawrocki by 3,594 votes, or 8.5 percent. 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. Nawrocki won the Republican primary, coming in second place behind Szeliga with 27.6 percent of the vote. He defeated autistic rights advocate Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown in the general election.

In the legislature Nawrocki (right) and Szeliga (left) represent District 7A in the Maryland House of Delegates. Nawrocki was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11, 2023. He is a member of the House Environment and Transportation Committee and the Maryland Freedom Caucus.

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. Sciuto's lawsuit against the lawmakers was dismissed in April 2026.

Political positions Education 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.

Electoral and ethics reform During the 2026 legislative session, Nawrocki introduced a bill clarifying that county-level inspectors general are not subject to standard Maryland Public Information Act request restrictions when conducting investigations. He also opposed a bill that prohibits counties and municipalities from implementing voting systems that diminishes the ability of minority groups to elect candidates of its choice, claiming that it would allow any protected class "unhappy with an election's outcome [to] sue their county into oblivion, claiming their vote was diluted".

Immigration During the 2026 legislative session, Nawrocki opposed a bill that would prohibit counties from entering into 287(g) program agreements, claiming that it would allow "rapists and pedophiles" back onto the streets. In February 2026, he criticized a bill passed by the Baltimore County Council to prohibit private detention facilities from operating in the county, saying in a joint statement with state delegate Kathy Szeliga that there was no evidence that ICE intended to operate a detention facility in Hunt Valley and that Baltimore County "should be assisting federal authorities to protect the public, not fighting them".

National politics 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".

Personal life Nawrocki is married to his wife Lauren. Together, the couple has five children, and lives in Middle River, Maryland.