title: Mathew Mossburg
text: # Mathew Mossburg
  
  Mathew J. Mossburg (born February 21, 1967, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a business owner and former Republican legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates.
  
  ## Education
  
  Delegate Mossburg was educated at Puritan Christian School in Laytonsville, MD. He graduated from Georgetown University Bachelor's degree in 1992.
  
  ## Career
  
  Mossburg was a one-term delegate from the heavily Democratic Montgomery County, Maryland. District 39, in 1994, was fully Republican with Mossburg, W. Raymond Beck, and Barrie S. Ciliberti. However, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening redrew many districts in the Democrats' favor. Though his original map was redrawn by the court system, Republicans suffered with all three in this district losing in the 1998 election.
  
  While a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, Mossburg was a member of the Economic Matters Committee from 1995 until 1996, the Appropriations Committee in 1997, and the Commerce and Government Matters Committee from 1998 until 1999.
  
  ## Election results
  
  * 1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 39
  
         Voters to choose three:
      Name Votes Percent Outcome Charles E. Barkley, Dem. 17,020  18%  Won Paul Carlson, Dem. 16,670  18%  Won Joan F. Stern, Dem. 16,515  18%  Won Barrie S. Ciliberti, Rep. 14,420  16%  Lost Walter McKee, Rep. 14,412  16%  Lost Mathew Mossburg, Rep. 13,439  15%  Lost
  * 1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 39
  
         Voters to choose three:
      Name Votes Percent Outcome Mathew Mossburg, Rep. 13,119  17%  Won W. Raymond Beck, Rep. 12,311  16%  Won Barrie S. Ciliberti, Rep. 12,897  16%  Won Charles E. Barkley, Dem. 12,137  15%  Lost Anise Key Brown, Dem. 10,987  14%  Lost Anthony J. Santangelo, Dem. 10,939  14%  Lost Patricia Cummings, Ind. 6,471  8%  Lost
  