Nicholaus Ryan Kipke (born January 26, 1979) is an American politician. Since 2007, he has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 31. He previously served as the Minority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2013 to 2021.
After attending school and college, Kipke worked as a restaurant manager for FriendCo Restaurants until 2000, when he became a manufacturer representative for REPS & Associates, Inc.[1]
In the legislature
Kipke was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 10, 2007. He represented District 31 from 2007 to 2015 and since 2023, and District 31B from 2015 to 2023.[1][3]
In December 2008, following a unexpected drop in state revenues, Governor Martin O'Malley ordered a furlough for state employees.[4] Kipke voluntarily participated in the state employee furlough later that month. The constitutionality of doing this was unclear, as the Constitution of Maryland prohibits the state government from furloughing state legislators.[5]
In May 2013, Kipke was elected Minority Leader, unseating Tony O'Donnell.[6] He stepped down as minority leader in April 2021, saying that he would focus on upcoming elections in Anne Arundel County.[7] Kipke chaired the exploratory committee for county councilor Jessica Haire's county executive campaign, later endorsing her candidacy in June 2021.[8]
Committee assignments
Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2007–present (minority health disparities subcommittee, 2007–2011; insurance subcommittee, 2007–2018; ranking minority member designated by republican caucus, 2009–2011; government operations subcommittee, 2011–2014; estates & trusts subcommittee, 2015–2017; health facilities & occupations subcommittee, 2017; health facilities & pharmaceuticals subcommittee, 2017–2018; health occupations & long-term care subcommittee, 2019; insurance & pharmaceuticals subcommittee, 2019–present; government operations & health facilities subcommittee, 2020–present)
Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 2014–present
2023 sine die adjournment
On April 10, 2023, less than 10 minutes before the legislature adjourned sine die, House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones sought to move onto the next bill after Minority Leader Jason C. Buckel had explained his vote on House Bill 1071. After a series of other Republican lawmakers began making appeals to also explain their votes, which were rejected by Jones, Kipke began shouting "I challenge the rule of the speaker" and called on someone else to take over proceedings for the rest of the legislative session, followed later with "Madame Speaker, you need to have a seat". Jones had limited the process of delegates explaining their vote given the short amount of time they had left in the legislative session.[9] Kipke was soon joined by a handful of other Republican state delegates, who began quoting the chamber's rule book and speaking over Jones, who responded, "Speaker's discretion. And that is what my discretion is".[10] This continued until the legislature adjourned sine die at midnight, preventing several bills from receiving a final vote before the deadline.[10] The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland demanded "a [public] apology for the disrespect" shown to Jones following this shouting match.[11] Kipke told The Baltimore Banner the next day that he had "nothing to apologize for", but later said that he called Jones to apologize for his tone.[12]
In August 2020, Kipke defended Hogan's decision to restrict counties from issuing restrictions on in-person instruction, saying "Every public school administration in the state has been given the opportunity to make a decision on reopening, the same opportunity should be afforded to private and religious schools".[15] He later supported Hogan's calls in January 2021 to reopen schools by March 1,[16] calling it the House of Delegates Republican Caucus's "number one priority".[17] Kipke also wrote to Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera to request an update on the reopening of the state's courts.[18]
During the 2021 legislative session, he said he supported the Hogan administration's RELIEF Act, a $1 billion coronavirus relief package that included stimulus checks and tax cuts for lower-income Marylanders and businesses.[19]
Crime and policing
During the 2019 legislative session, Kipke introduced a bill that would strengthen sentences for murder convictions and repeat violent offenders to 10-year periods.[20] In 2020, he introduced a bill that would require local governments to comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to detain individuals for an additional 48 hours.[21]
In April 2021, Kipke was one of two House Republicans to vote in favor of the Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021, a police transparency and accountability reform package.[22][23]
During the 2023 legislative session and following a 12-year-old bringing a loaded gun to school in January 2023, Kipke introduced a bill that would allow 10 and 12 year olds to be charged with gun crimes.[24]
Development initiatives
In 2014, Kipke said he supported a bill that would cut off the National Security Agency from using the state's water and electricity infrastructure. He withdrew his support from the bill after U.S. Representative Dutch Ruppersberger criticized the bill.[25] Kipke later said in December 2018 that he had signed onto the bill while rushing to a meeting and only discovered later what the bill proposed.[26]
In January 2016, Kipke said he supported Governor Larry Hogan's Project C.O.R.E. program, a $700 million plan to demolish and redevelop vacant homes in poorer areas of Baltimore.[27]
Education
In February 2017, Kipke said he opposed a Baltimore City Public Schools request for $65 million to shrink a $130 million budget deficit and avoid laying off more than 1,000 workers, calling it a "problem with management" and saying he would not support the request unless the school system developed a plan to fix its budgetary issues.[28]
In March 2017, Kipke voted against a bill that would limit suspensions and expulsions for elementary school students, speaking out against provisions that he said would "eliminate required parental involvement".[29]
In March 2018, Kipke defended Governor Larry Hogan's decision to tie school safety funding to casino revenues, telling its critics to "check the partisanship at the door".[30] In 2019, he introduced a bill that would allow school systems to establish a "special police officer program" to patrol school buildings.[20]
During the 2020 legislative session, Kipke introduced an amendment to the Blueprint for Maryland's Future that would eliminate the education reform bill's spending mandates if its proposed programs did not improve student performance after three years. The amendment was rejected by the Maryland House of Delegates.[31] He later criticized the Blueprint bill for not including any specific funding, which provided through other bills passed that year[32][33] that Kipke further criticized as a burden to Maryland residents and businesses.[34] In May 2020, Kipke co-signed a letter to Hogan asking him to veto the Blueprint bill, citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]
In April 2023, Kipke sent a letter to State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury accusing the Maryland State Department of Education of hiding scores from failing scores by altering data files available on the department's website. An investigation conducted by the state inspector general found no evidence of these claims.[36]
Gun policy
In 2019, Kipke proposed an amendment on a bill requiring background checks for long gun sales to ban 3D printed guns, which was rejected by the Maryland House of Delegates by a 47-85 vote.[37] In 2020, he criticized a bill that would require background checks for shotgun and rifle transfers, saying it would "not do anything to protect Marylanders from gun violence".[38]
I think everyone should take a deep breath. The President has the right to challenge the results and there is a legal process for that. At the same time, Senator Biden has the right to think he has won. In due time we all will know who won and I encourage everyone to be respectful of people on both sides. If Biden wins, I'm going to pray that he does a good job as President and leads as a centrist and not allow the far left to dominate his policies. I don't know if there was election fraud but if there was it should be investigated. All legal votes must be counted.
During the 2019 legislative session, Kipke introduced a bill that would add an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland requiring the Maryland House of Delegates adopt single-member districts, eliminating its multi-member districts.[20] He also co-sponsored a bill that would require Maryland's congressional and legislative district maps to be drawn using an independent redistricting commission.[44]
In February 2022, Kipke was one of three Republican state delegates to join a Fair Maps Maryland lawsuit against the state's new legislative redistricting map,[45] later calling Anne Arundel County's districts "illegally gerrymandered".[46][47] The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled 4-3 against the plaintiffs in April 2022.[48][49]
Social issues
In 2015, Kipke voted in committee for a bill that would provide fertility treatment benefits to married lesbian couples, but said he would introduce an amendment to the bill that would repeal the state's in vitro fertilisation coverage requirement.[50]
In 2016, Kipke voted against a bill to restore voting rights for ex-felons, calling it a "distracting issue" in discussions on how to help people re-entering society.[51]
In May 2019, Kipke penned a letter to Governor Larry Hogan asking him to withhold state funds from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) after it cancelled its summer concert series and cut musicians' pay and vacation time.[52] He later voted in favor of a bill providing $3.2 million in additional funding to the BSO over two years in June 2019.[53]
In 2020, Kipke said he supported a referendum to legalize sports betting.[54]
Kipke criticized the O'Malley administration for repeatedly raising taxes during his tenure, calling it "the real crisis in Maryland",[57] and called for the repeal of Maryland's "Rain Tax".[58] During the Hogan administration, he endorsed administration proposals and introduced bills to cut taxes in the state,[20][59][60] and criticized legislation raising taxes.[61][62]
Kipke has criticized proposals to allow counties to implement a progressive income tax,[63] calling the idea a "failed economic strategy" and an "adolescent approach to taxes".[64] In 2021, during a debate on a bill to allow counties to impose bracket-based income taxes, he introduced an amendment that would prohibit counties from increasing income taxes on wealthier residents without lowering taxes on those with lower income. The amendment failed by a 48-88 vote.[65]
Kipke's first marriage, to Morgan Uebersax Kipke, ended in divorce in 2012.[68] The Vote Smart web site in 2013 listed Nic and Morgan Kipke as having two children.[69] Kipke's web site showed Nic and Morgan Kipke in photos with two children in 2008 and 2010.[70][71]
Electoral history
Maryland House of Delegates District 31 Republican primary election, 2006[72]
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