Reid Justin Novotny was born on March 22,1978 and is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 9A, which includes parts of Howard and Carroll counties, from 2021 to 2023.
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Reid Novotny worked as the Director of Staff for the Air Force Chief Information Officer until 2017.
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Reid Novotny first got involved with politics in 2017 by becoming the vice president of the Howard County Republican Club.
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Reid Novotny ran in the 2018 Republican primary for state Senate in the 9th district, losing to incumbent Gail H Bates.
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Reid Novotny was appointed to fill the seat by Governor Larry Hogan on January 13,2021.
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Reid Novotny was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 13,2021.
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In January 2022, Reid Novotny announced another run for state Senate in the 9th district Republican primary for the seat now held by Democrat Katie Fry Hester rather than seek election to his current appointed seat.
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Reid Novotny was defeated by Hester in the general election on November 8,2022.
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In February 2022, Reid Novotny attended a rally outside of a meeting for the Howard County Board of Education to call for an end to mask mandates in schools.
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Reid Novotny introduced legislation during the 2022 legislative session that would give Marylands the ability to recall state and local officials.
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Reid Novotny introduced legislation in the 2021 legislative session that would remove the voting rights of student school board members if their vote was a "deciding vote" on a motion.
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Reid Novotny opposed a bill that would reduce school resource officers from schools, reallocating their funding towards mental health and counseling programs at schools, arguing that school resource officers should stay in schools and to reform when there are issues.