Christian Joseph Miele (born February 28, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a member of the

Maryland Senate The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single- ...

from January 5, 2023, to January 11, 2023, and of the

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from January 14, 2015, to January 9, 2019. Miele was appointed to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities in the administration of Governor Larry Hogan on January 9, 2019. He resigned this post to become a member of the Maryland Senate on January 5, 2023, representing Maryland's 34th Legislative District.

Family and education

Miele was born in

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. He graduated St. John Vianney High School in

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. He earned

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and

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degrees from

Towson University Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university h ...

in 2004 and 2008, respectively. and a JD degree from the

Emory University School of Law Emory University School of Law is the law school of Emory University and is part of the University's main campus in Druid Hills, Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1916 and was the first law school in Georgia to be granted membership in the Am ...

in 2014. While at Emory, he joined the

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law fraternity, was a co-founder and editor-in-chief of the ''Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review'', and served as president of the

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. He is married to Dr. Jessica M. Miele. He is also a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.

Professional life

Miele worked as an expansion consultant for Sigma Pi Fraternity from 2004 to 2005. He was the Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life at Towson University from 2006 to 2010. He has also served as a

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for Sequel Design Associates, inc. During law school, he was as a judicial intern for Judge

Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. Glenn T. Harrell Jr. (born 1945) is an American lawyer and jurist from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. From 1999 to 2015, he served as a judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state. Harrell attended the University of Maryland, ...

of the

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, the state's highest court.

State government

Miele is a

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who represented Legislative District 8 in

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. He served on the House Health and Government Operations Committee and the legislature's Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders. He ran for the District 8 seat in the

in 2018 but lost to Katherine Klausmeier in the General Election. Miele was the Republican nominee for

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for the 2022 Maryland Legislative election. He defeated Butch Tilley with 74% of the vote, and was narrowly defeated by Democratic challenger

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in the general election. Following his defeat, in December 2022, Governor

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appointed Miele to the

to replace former state senator Robert Cassilly, who vacated the seat after winning the Harford County executive election. He was sworn in on January 5th, 2023. Miele served in this position for one week until the start of the

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's 445th legislative session on January 11, 2023. His tenure of just 6 days marks one of the shortest in Maryland Senate history.

Election Results

*2014 General Election for Maryland House of Delegates - District 8 Retrieved August 15, 2018 ::Voters to choose up to three: : *2018 General Election for Maryland Senate - District 8 : * 2022 Republican Primary Election for Maryland Senate - District 34 * 2022 General Election for Maryland Senate - District 34 : :

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miele, Christian 1981 births Living people Emory University School of Law alumni American politicians of Italian descent Republican Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates People from Red Bank, New Jersey St. John Vianney High School (New Jersey) alumni Towson University alumni