Richard "Ric" W. Metzgar (born November 28, 1953) is an American politician from

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. He is a member of the

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party, and currently serves as a member of the

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from

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, representing Southeast

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Early life and career

Metzgar was born in

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on November 28, 1953. He attended Kenwood High School in Essex, and graduated from Northwest Bible College in

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with a

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certificate and from the

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. He is a small business owner, working as the general manager of G&W Motors from 1989 to 2015 and as the president of My Son's Parking, Inc. from 1994 to 1998. He also worked as an associate pastor at Essex Church of God from 2004 to 2014. In 2006, Metzgar was an unsuccessful candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 6, receiving only 10.9 percent of the vote in the general election. Metzgar was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates alongside Republicans Robin Grammer Jr. and Robert B. Long in the

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. Metzgar served as an alternative delegate for the

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In the legislature

Metzgar was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 14, 2015. A 2021 analysis by the Maryland Free Enterprise Foundation, a business advocacy group, gave Metzgar a score of 81 percent, making him the least business-friendly Republican in the

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Committee assignments

* Appropriations Committee, 2019–present (transportation & the environment subcommittee, 2020–present; oversight committee on pensions, 2020–present) * Ways and Means Committee, 2015–2017 (education subcommittee, 2015–2017; revenues subcommittee, 2015–2017) * Tax Credit Evaluation Committee, 2015–2017 * Health and Government Operations Committee, 2017–2019 (government operations & long-term care subcommittee, 2017; insurance subcommittee, 2017–2018; public health & minority health disparities subcommittee, 2017–2018; health occupations & long-term care subcommittee, 2019; insurance & pharmaceuticals subcommittee, 2019)

Other memberships

* Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2015-

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Metzgar, Ric 1953 births Living people 21st-century American politicians Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates