Wendell R. Beitzel was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

 in 2006 to represent District 1A, which covers the western Maryland counties of Garrett and Alleganey County. He defeated Bill Aiken for the seat vacated by George C. Edwards

George C. Edwards

-Background:Edwards was elected as the State Senator for Maryland District 1 in 2006, which covers Garrett County and parts of Washington and Allegany counties. He defeated Thomas Conlon, both of whom ran for the seat vacated by John J. Hafer who retired after 16 years in the State...

, who ran for election as State Senator.

Education

Beitzel graduated from Fairmont State College in 1964 with his B.S. (biology). He later attended Frostburg State College to get his M.S. (management), graduating in 1978. He returned to Frostburg State University, and attained his M.B.A. in 1988.

Career

Beitzel served in U.S. Army from 1965-68. He was a microbiologist for the National Institute of Health from 1968-71. He was part owner of the Point View Inn & Motel from 1973–78, the Starlite Motel & Restaurant from 1978–83, and the Point View Inn & Motel from 1981-2003. He is President of Beitzel Enterprises, Inc., has been a farmer since 1983, and was also a Director of Infrastructure Development, D.C. Development LLC, 2003-06.

Election results

• 2006 Race for Maryland State Senate – District 01A

Voters to choose one:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Wendell R. Beitzel, Rep.	6,985	56.3%	Won
Bill Aiken, Dem.	5,406	43.5%	Lost

External links

• http://www.delegatebeitzel.com/
• http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14614.html
• http://www.teambeitzel.com/contribute.html