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Joseph M. Getty (born April 14, 1952) is a Republican former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, former Policy and Legislative Director for Governor Robert Ehrlich, and current candidate for Maryland State Senate, District 5.

Background Joe Getty was born in Olney, Maryland and raised in Carroll County, Maryland. He received a B.A. in American Studies from Washington College in 1974, an M.A. in American Civilization from George Washington University in 1980, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1996. He was admitted to the Maryland State Bar Association in 1996. Joe Getty is married with six children and lives in Manchester, Maryland. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/staff/former/html/msa12229.html

Career Joe Getty worked for the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the Washington DC mid-Atlantic Regional office from 1978-1982.

He then served as the Executive Director of the Historical Society of Carroll County from 1987-1994.

Getty was elected as a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1994 where he served for eight years from 1995-2003. He was a representative from District 5 in Carroll County. He served as a member of the Commerce and Governmental Matters Committee from 1995-1998. In 1999 he became a member of the House Judiciary Committee where he served until 2003.

Joe Getty also served on the Carroll County Republican Central Committee from 1985-2004. He served as Chair of the committee from 1991-1992 and again from 2002-2003.

Getty was appointed Policy and Legislative Director for Governor Robert Ehrlich from 2004-2007.

Joe Getty also operates his own general practice law firm out of Manchester, Maryland. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/staff/former/html/msa12229.html

Publications Joe Getty has published books including, Uniontown, Maryland: A Walking Tour (1983), Carroll's Heritage: Essays on the Architecture of a Piedmont County (1987), and The Engine of Liberty and Uniontown Advertiser (1993). He was also the producer of a WTTR Radio weekly program entitled History Notes and Events from 1987-1994. In addition, Getty produced a television series The History of Carroll County on Prestige Cablevision from 1988-1994. Joe Getty wrote a column for the Carroll County Times newspaper from 1990-1994 called Carroll's Yesteryears and currently writes a weekly column for the Northern News. http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/staff/former/html/msa12229.html http://hscc.carr.org/research/yesteryears/index.htm

Election Results Legislative District 5-House of Delegates

1994: http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1994/results_1994/gahod.html

1998: SOURCE: http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/1998/results_1998/gahod.html