Barrie Ciliberti

Barrie Ciliberti (born July 27, 1936) is an American professor and politician. He is a professor at the University of Maryland University College and current Republican legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 4. He previously represented District 39 in the House of Delegates from 1995 to 1999.

Barrie Ciliberti
Ciliberti in 2018
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 4th district
Assumed office
February 4, 2015
Preceded byKelly Schulz
ConstituencyFrederick County, Maryland and Carroll County, Maryland
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 39th district
In office
January 11, 1995 – January 13, 1999
Preceded byRedistricting
Succeeded byCharles E. Barkley, Paul Carlson, & Joan F. Stern
ConstituencyMontgomery County, Maryland
Personal details
Born (1936-07-27) July 27, 1936[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpousePam
Children5
ProfessionProfessor

Early life and education

Ciliberti was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Friends Select School. He later attended Ursinus College, where he earned a B.A. degree in history in 1957; Georgetown University, where he earned a M.A. degree in history in 1960; and Catholic University, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in administration in 1975.[1]

Ciliberti is married to his wife, Pam, and has five adult children.[1] Outside of politics, he enjoys mountain climbing and spending time with his children. His family moved from Rockville to Urbana in the early 2000s.[2]

Career

Since 1965, Ciliberti has worked as an associate professor of education at Bowie State University.[1][3]

In 1985, Ciliberti was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to a member of the National Graduate Fellows Program Fellowship Board for a six-year term.[4] President Reagan also appointed Dr Ciliberti to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education. He has served as a guest lecturer for the U.S. Information Agency and a special assistant for ethnic affairs with the Republican National Committee.[1]

In 1994, Ciliberti was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in District 39, riding the Gingrich wave to victory. He lost re-election to a second term in 1998, losing to Democrats Charles Barkley, Paul Carlson, and Joan F. Stern.[5]

Ciliberti unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1996, losing to incumbent U.S. Representative Connie Morella in the Republican primary election.[5]

Dr. Ciliberti has served two civilian tours in Iraq working with the United States Department of State. On his first term, he worked with the United States Embassy in Baghdad on election security in advance of the historic elections in Iraq on January 30, 2005.[6] Dr. Ciliberti's second tour was 255 miles north of Baghdad in the city of Mosul, Iraq where he served as the Senior Governance Advisor for Ninewah Province where he helped build the governance capacity of Provincial and city leaders throughout Ninewah Province.

In 2014, Ciliberti unsuccessfully ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 4, receiving 14.0 percent of the vote in the Republican primary.[7]

In January 2015, the Frederick County Republican Central Committee recommended Ciliberti to replace Kelly Schulz in the Maryland House of Delegates after she was appointed to serve in Governor-elect Larry Hogan's cabinet as the Secretary of Labor.[8] The Carroll County Republican Central Committee also voted to recommend Ciliberti, in addition to Jason Miller and Ken Timmerman, to fill the vacancy.[9] Hogan appointed Ciliberti to the House of Delegates on February 3, 2015.[10][11]

In the legislature

Ciliberti was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 39 on January 11, 1995.[1] During his legislative career in the Maryland General Assembly, he became known for his opposition to mandatory volunteerism[12] and his stance against aggressive driving.[13][14]

Ciliberti was again sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 4 on February 4, 2015 after paying campaign finance infractions for missing campaign finance reports.[1][15]

Ciliberti was an early and enthusiastic supporter of Donald Trump, even when many in the Maryland Republican Party were keeping their distance.[5] In 2016, Ciliberti ran for National Delegate to the Republican National Convention, pledged to Trump. He won the Republican primary with 15.4 percent of the vote.[16] He ran again as an Alternate Delegate pledged to Trump in 2020, receiving 32.8 percent of the vote in the Republican primary.[17]

Committee assignments
  • Member, Environment and Transportation Committee, 2019–present (housing & real property subcommittee, 2019–present; land use & ethics subcommittee, 2019–present)
  • Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2017–2018
  • Appropriations Committee, 2015–2018 (education & economic development subcommittee, 2015–2018; oversight committee on pensions, 2015–2018)
  • Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1995–1999 (environmental & natural resources subcommittee)
  • Member, Joint Committee to Study Mandates on Local Government, 1995–1997

Other memberships
  • Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2016–present
  • Member, Maryland Military Installation Legislative Caucus, 2017–present

Political positions

Abortion

During the 2015 legislative session, Ciliberti introduced legislation that would prohibit abortions past 20 weeks, excluding specific medical emergencies.[18][19] The bill was re-introduced during the 2016 legislative session.[20]

In September 2015, Ciliberti and state Senator Michael Hough wrote a letter to David Brinkley, the Maryland Secretary of Budget and Management, to push the state to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood from the state's budget.[21]

Ciliberti supports the overturning of Roe v. Wade, saying that the issue of abortion should be left to the states.[22]

Business

In July 2015, the Maryland Business for Responsible Government gave Ciliberti a score of 86 percent in its annual legislative scorecard.[23]

COVID-19 pandemic

Ciliberti introduced legislation in the 2020 legislative session that would charge people who attack doctors or nurses with a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, a $5,000 fine, or both.[24]

In April 2020, Ciliberti questioned the legality of the mask mandates implemented by an executive order issued by Governor Hogan, calling the mandates "draconian".[25]

Education

In April 2019, Ciliberti voted against the Blueprint for Maryland's Future. He was the only member of the Frederick County delegation to do so.[26]

Environment

In July 2015, the Maryland Business for Responsible Government gave Ciliberti a score of 50 percent in its annual legislative scorecard.[23]

In April 2021, Ciliberti joined Democrats in the House Environment and Transportation Committee in voting in favor of the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2021.[27]

Guns

In March 2018, Ciliberti voted against a bill that would ban bump stocks, which passed the Maryland House of Delegates by a vote of 128-7. He was the only member of the Frederick County delegation to vote against the bill.[28]

National politics

In December 2019, Ciliberti called the first impeachment of Donald Trump an "attempted coup d'etat".[29]

Election results
Maryland House of Delegates District 39 Republican Primary Election, 1994[30]
Party Name Votes Percent
Republican Mathew Mossburg 2,967 24%
Republican W. Raymond Beck 2,475 20%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 2,450 19%
Republican Peter James 1,520 12%
Republican Dana S. Rawlings 1,320 11%
Maryland House of Delegates District 39 General Election, 1994[31]
Party Name Votes Percent
Republican Mathew Mossburg 13,119 17%
Republican W. Raymond Beck 12,311 16%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 12,897 16%
Democratic Charles E. Barkley 12,137 15%
Democratic Anise Key Brown 10,987 14%
Democratic Anthony J. Santangelo 10,939 14%
Independent Patricia Cummings 6,471 8%
Republican primary, Congress, Maryland 8th district, 1996[32]
Party Name Votes Percent
Republican Constance A. Morella 28,818 65%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 11,845 27%
Republican John C. Webb Jr. 2,770 6%
Republican Luis F. Columba 698 2%
Maryland House of Delegates District 39 Republican Primary Election, 1998[33]
Party Name Votes Percent
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 2,872 23%
Republican Walter McKee 2,722 22%
Republican Mathew Mossburg 2,496 20%
Republican Patricia Cummings 2,183 18%
Republican Robert J. Smith 2,182 18%
Maryland House of Delegates District 39 General Election, 1998[34]
Party Name Votes Percent
Democratic Charles E. Barkley 17,020 18%
Democratic Paul Carlson 16,670 18%
Democratic Joan F. Stern 16,515 18%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 14,420 16%
Republican Walter McKee 14,412 16%
Republican Mathew Mossburg 13,439 15%
Maryland House of Delegates District 4 Republican Primary Election, 2014[7]
Party Name Votes Percent
Republican Kathy Afzali 9,440 27.4%
Republican Kelly Schulz 8,274 24.0%
Republican David E. Vogt III 6,499 18.9%
Republican Wendi W. Peters 5,417 15.7%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 4,816 14.0%
Delegates to the Republican National Convention, District 6, 2016[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wendell Beitzel (Trump) 31,647 17.2%
Republican Joeylynn Hough (Trump) 29,402 15.9%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti (Trump) 28,365 15.4%
Republican Neil C. Parrott (Cruz) 15,439 8.4%
Republican Michael Hough (Cruz) 14,809 8.0%
Republican Brett Wilson (Cruz) 13,878 7.5%
Republican Jake Shade (Kasich) 13,036 7.1%
Republican Jason C. Buckel (Rubio) 3,291 1.8%
Republican William Joseph Wivell (Carson) 3,112 1.7%
Republican Dave Caporale (Rubio) 3,018 1.6%
Republican Mike McKay 2,832 1.5%
Republican Erich Bean (Rubio) 2,319 1.3%
Republican Laura Gabrielle Lightstone (Carson) 2,197 1.2%
Republican Doro Bush Koch (Bush) 1,999 1.1%
Republican Henry M. Ramirez (Bush) 1,712 0.9%
Republican Marc A. Antonetti (Fiorina) 1,320 0.7%
Republican Ignacio E. Sanchez (Bush) 1,169 0.6%
Republican Ruth Marie Umbel (Christie) 1,131 0.6%
Republican Daniel F. C. Crowley 997 0.5%
Republican Robert Mitchell Wolfe (Fiorina) 981 0.5%
Republican Kimberly Euler 786 0.4%
Republican Cynthia Houser 771 0.4%
Republican Billy Shreve 766 0.4%
Republican Linda Lee Seibert 642 0.3%
Republican Sandra Marie Myers 623 0.3%
Republican Billy Shreve 766 0.4%
Republican Scott L. Wolff 600 0.3%
Republican Robert Schaefer 570 0.3%
Republican Josephine J. Wang (Christie) 551 0.3%
Republican Patricia A. Reilly 549 0.3%
Republican Ryan Richard Miner 471 0.3%
Republican Laura Patallo Sanchez 378 0.2%
Republican Donna Buser Wallizer 357 0.2%
Republican Therese Marie Shaheen 346 0.2%
Republican Darren Wigfield 336 0.2%
Republican Lawrence T. Di Rita 287 0.2%
Republican Monica L. Stallworth 247 0.1%
Republican Eric Salzano 168 0.1%
Republican William S. Richbourg 135 0.1%
Maryland House of Delegates District 4 Republican Primary Election, 2018[35]
Party Name Votes Percent
Republican Dan Cox 7,728 35.5%
Republican Jesse T. Pippy 7,052 32.4%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 7,018 32.2%
Maryland House of Delegates District 4 General Election, 2018[36]
Party Name Votes Percent
Republican Dan Cox 33,303 20.6%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti 31,817 19.7%
Republican Jesse T. Pippy 31,071 19.2%
Democratic Lois Jarman 22,807 14.1%
Democratic Ysela Bravo 21,901 13.6%
Democratic Lois Jarman 20,462 12.7%
N/A Other Write-Ins 92 0.1%
Alternate Delegates to the Republican National Convention, District 6, 2020[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jerry DeWolf (Trump) 31,647 33.7%
Republican Luanne Ruddell (Trump) 29,402 33.5%
Republican Barrie S. Ciliberti (Trump) 33,573 32.8%

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