Jefferson L. Ghrist
Jefferson L. Ghrist (born March 14, 1975) is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 36, based in Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, and Cecil Counties, Maryland, since 2015. Career. Ghrist was first elected to political office in December 2010, when he became the President of the Caroline County Board of Commissioners. He would serve in this position until January 2012, after which he was succeeded by Wilbur Levengood. He once again became the President on January 2, 2014, succeeding Levengood. On October 29, 2013, Ghrist filed paperwork  to run for election to one of the three District 36 seats in the House of Delegates. In the primary, Ghrist defeated incumbent delegate Michael D. Smigiel Sr. with 17 percent of the vote, and went on to win the general election with 24.1 percent of the vote. In the legislature. Ghrist has been a member of the House of Delegates since January 14, 2015. Since 2019, he has served as Deputy Minority Whip for the Maryland House Republican Caucus. Ghrist has filed to run for re-election in 2022.