13 Facts About Christian Miele

Christian Miele was born in Red Bank, New Jersey on February 28,1981 to an Italian American father.

Christian Miele was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2017, after which he worked for injury law firm Pinder Plotkin LLC, first as an associate from 2017 to 2023 and then as a partner since 2023.

Christian Miele has worked as a public information officer for the Cecil County government since 2023.

Christian Miele won election to the seat in the 2014 general election, and was sworn in on January 14,2015.

Christian Miele served on the Health and Government Operations Committee during his entire tenure.

Christian Miele introduced bills to strip lawmakers convicted of felonies of their pension benefits, and supported bills to decriminalize marijuana paraphernalia and to establish an independent redistricting commission to draw Maryland's political maps.

In November 2015, Christian Miele was named as a co-chair for Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign in Maryland.

On June 8,2017, Christian Miele announced that he would run for the Maryland Senate in District 8 in 2018, challenging incumbent Democratic state senator Kathy Klausmeier.

Christian Miele's candidacy was endorsed by Governor Larry Hogan and the Maryland Republican Party in their "Drive for Five" campaign.

The election was seen as one of the most competitive in the Maryland Senate, as Christian Miele was expected to benefit from having Hogan's endorsement, who won the district by 37 points in 2014, but Klausmeier was seen as being the slight favorite due to her high name recognition and strong community roots.

On July 2,2021, Christian Miele announced that he would run for the Maryland Senate in District 34, seeking to succeed Robert Cassilly, who retired to run for Harford County executive.

Christian Miele won the Republican primary election with 73.7 percent of the vote, defeating businessman Walter Tilley, and faced Democratic nominee and former state delegate Mary-Dulany James, who defeated Miele in the general election with 50.55 percent of the vote, or by a margin of 591 votes, on November 8,2022.

Christian Miele served in this position for one week until the start of the Maryland General Assembly's 445th legislative session on January 11,2023.