18 Facts About Nino Mangione

Antonino D "Nino" Mangione is an American politician from the Republican Party who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 42A since 2023, and District 42B from 2019 to 2023.

Nino Mangione served as a Baltimore County co-chair for the state's Trump Victory Leadership County team.

Nino Mangione graduated from Calvert Hall College High School, where he played as a sweeper for the school's soccer team, and afterwards attended Towson University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 2009.

Nino Mangione's family has close ties to Baltimore's Italian-American community, with his grandfather, Joseph N Zannino Jr.

In July 2017, Nino Mangione filed to run for Maryland House of Delegates.

Nino Mangione said that he was inspired to run for office by his late grandfather, Nicholas Mangione, a successful real estate developer who grew up in a poor Italian immigrant family.

Nino Mangione won the general election alongside Democrat Michele Guyton with 28.6 percent of the vote.

Nino Mangione has come under criticism for various conflicts of interest that could possibly arise from his relation with WCBM 680.

Nino Mangione has stated that he does not see WCBM posts or his radio show as in-kind contributions to his campaign.

Nino Mangione was sworn in as a member of the House of Delegates on January 9,2019, and appointed to the Appropriations committee.

In June 2023, Nino Mangione announced that he would run for the Maryland Senate in District 42 in 2026, challenging incumbent state senator Chris West, who later announced he would not seek re-election.

Nino Mangione later announced that he would instead run for the Baltimore County Council, seeking to succeed Wade Kach, who is retiring.

In July 2021, Nino Mangione called for the firing of Baltimore City school administrators after an investigation by Project Baltimore found that 41 percent of all Baltimore City high school students earned less than a 1.0 grade-point average.

In 2022, Nino Mangione signed a pledge to Moms for Liberty.

Nino Mangione later introduced legislation that would prohibit any person from destroying, damaging, vandalizing or desecrating a monument, memorial, or statue of historical significance.

In 2023, Nino Mangione voted against the Trans Health Equity Act, a bill that would require the state's Medicaid program to cover gender-affirming treatment.

Nino Mangione is a cousin of Luigi Nino Mangione, a Towson man who in December 2024 was arrested and later charged with first-degree murder in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Nino Mangione postponed a campaign fundraising event that was to be held at Hayfields Country Club, which is owned by the Nino Mangione family, in light of Luigi's arrest.