Guy Joseph Guzzone (born March 27, 1964) is an American
politician
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who represents District 13 in the Maryland State Senate. He was sworn into the State Senate on January 14, 2015, where he serves as Chairman of the Budget and Taxation Committee. He is the former Senate Chair of the
Howard County Delegation, as well as a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and former chairman of the Howard County Council.
Background
Senator Guzzone was born in
Baltimore, Maryland
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, March 27, 1964. He attended
Parkville High School in
Baltimore County
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and graduated from the
University of Maryland
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with two
B.A.s, one in economics and the other in government & politics in 1986. He later earned a M.P.M. in public management in 1988.
Public Service
Guzzone currently serves as the State Senator representing District 13. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. Previously, Guzzone was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. He served on the Appropriations Committee and was Chairman of its Public Safety subcommittee. As House Chairman of the Howard County Delegation, Guy secured funding for many Howard County projects including the
James and Anne Robinson Nature Center
The James and Anne Robinson Nature Center is a nature education facility situated on 18 acres of park land adjacent to the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area. Geothermal heating/air-conditioning, porous paving, solar panels, water conservation m ...
, Carroll Baldwin Hall, and Troy Hill and Blandair Parks. From 1998 to 2006, he served as a Howard County Councilman. He served as 2018 Chair of the County Executive-elect Transition Team for Howard County.
In the Legislature
Guzzone has been a member of the State Senate since January 2015. Prior to that, he was a member of the House of Delegates since January 10, 2007, where he served as Deputy Majority Whip, Chair of the Howard County Delegation, Chair of the Joint Audit Committee, and on the House Appropriations Committee and its Capital Budget and Education and Economic Development subcommittees, the Oversight Committee on Personnel, the Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, the House Emergency Medical Services Work Group, and the House Regional Revitalization Work Group.
Legislative notes
* voted in favor of Slots (HB4) in the 2007 Special session
Election results
General election results, 2006
*2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 13th District
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References
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1964 births
2008 United States presidential electors
21st-century American politicians
Living people
Democratic Party Maryland state senators
Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
People from Columbia, Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park alumni