Johnny Olszewski, U.S. Representative, Maryland (2nd District)

Congressman Johnny “Johnny O” Olszewski, Jr. proudly represents Maryland’s 2nd District, which includes major portions of Baltimore County, Carroll County, and parts of Baltimore City.

A lifelong Marylander who believes in the power of public service, Olszewski is a former public-school teacher, has prior service in the Maryland House of Delegates, and was twice elected as Baltimore County Executive, where he led the state’s third-largest jurisdiction and managed a $5 billion government enterprise.

In the state legislature, Olszewski became the youngest person ever elected Chairman of the Baltimore County House Delegation. A staunch advocate for working families, Olszewski led efforts to provide earned sick leave, raise the minimum wage, and served as a defining vote to secure marriage equality in the State of Maryland.
As County Executive, Olszewski worked to build a better Baltimore County, committing record funding for public education and providing near-universal free community college for county residents. Olszewski made open, transparent, and accountable government a signature of his administration, creating the county’s first public campaign finance system, establishing the county’s first Office of the Inspector General, and launching a signature series of annual Budget Town Hall meetings.

During his tenure, he also led the charge that lead to enactment of bipartisan police reform; passage of bipartisan gun safety legislation; the establishment of the County’s first dedicated Department of Housing and Community Development; the launching of Baltimore County’s first free, fixed-route public transportation service; all the while making record investments in public parks and open space. Olszewski also led widely-praised local government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

A product of public schools and a first-generation college graduate, Olszewski holds a bachelor’s degree from Goucher College, a master’s degree from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Olszewski lives in eastern Baltimore County with his wife, Marisa, his daughter, Daria, and their rescue dog, Yachty.