- John A. Giannetti, Jr.
Infobox Officeholder
imagesize = 150px
name = John A. Giannetti, Jr.
caption =
order = State Senate District 21
term_start =January 8 ,2003
term_end =January 10 ,2007
deputy =
predecessor =
successor =James Rosapepe
birth_date = birth date|1964|6|9|mf=y
birth_place =Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
death_date =
death_place =
constituency =
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
religion = Roman Catholic
footnotes =
order2 = Delegate District 13B
term_start2 =January 13 ,1999
term_end2 =January 8 ,2003
president =
predecessor2 =John S. Morgan
successor2 =
order3 =
term_start3 =
term_end3 =
predecessor3 =
successor3 =Originally a Democrat, Giannetti was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1999 for District 13B. He served until 2003 when he was elected into the State Senate for District 21, which covers parts of Anne Arundel County and Prince George's County. He was defeated in the 2006 Democratic primary by former member of the Maryland House of Delegates and U.S. Ambassador to Romania James C. Rosapepe. After the Republican nominee dropped out of the race the week after the primary election, Giannetti switched his affiliation to the Republican Party, and was appointed by the
Maryland Republican Party 's central committee to run in the general election, where he was again defeated by Rosapepe. [ [http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2006/09/27/NewsoffCampus/Giannetti.To.Run.As.Republican.Candidate-2326278.shtml?sourcedomain=www.diamondbackonline.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com Giannetti to run as Republican candidate - News>>Off-Campus ] ] As a legislator, Giannetti was the primary sponsor of more than 50 bills that became law, many focusing on changes to business law, juvenile law, and criminal law statutes. [ [http://www.mlis.state.md.us/#pryr] ]Education
Giannetti attended Westminster High School. He received his B.S. from
Bucknell University (biology) in 1986, and his J.D. from theUniversity of Maryland School of Law in 1994.Career
Giannetti was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1995 and the District of Columbia Bar in 2002. He was an attorney for Vallario & Collins from 1995-1998, for Fossett and Brugger from 1998-2000, for Jackson & Campbell, P.C. in Washington, D.C. from 2001-2004, and is currently a partner in the Montgomery County, Maryland law firm Leibowitz, Band & Jezic.
Election results
*1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 13Bcite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html| title=House of Delegates Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Jan, 25th, 2008] ::Voters to choose one::
*1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 13Bcite web| url=http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1994/results_1994/gahod.html| title=House of Delegates Results |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections Retrieved on Jan, 25th, 2008] ::Voters to choose one::
References and notes
External links
*http://www.johngiannetti.com/ht/d/OfficialDetails/i/554699/aboutus/Y/pid/554703
*http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/former/html/msa02772.html
*http://www.johngiannetti.com/
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.