{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = | honorific_suffix = | image = Harford Community College - 31201379798 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Advisor, Governor's Legislative Office | term_start = December 12, 2019 | term_end = January 18, 2023 | alongside = | predecessor = Keiffer Mitchell Jr. (D) | successor = | state_delegate2 = Maryland | district2 = 35B | term_start2 = January 14, 2015 | term_end2 = December 11, 2019 | alongside2 = Teresa E. Reilly (R) | predecessor2 = Susan K. McComas | successor2 = Mike Griffith (R) | birth_name = Andrew P. Cassilly | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1965|08}} | birth_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Married | children = Three children | education = Bel Air High School, Bel Air, Maryland | alma_mater = Millersville University of Pennsylvania, B.S. (education), 1989 <br /> Loyola College, Baltimore, M.S. (administrative management), 2000 | occupation = | profession = | branch = Maryland Army National Guard | service_years = 1984-1989 | unit = 175th Infantry Regiment }}

'''Andrew Cassilly''' (born August 1965) is a senior advisor to Maryland governor Larry Hogan in the Governor's Legislative Office. Cassilly is a Republican who represented district 35B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2019 when he resigned to work for Hogan.<ref name="msa">{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/staff/html/msa17074.html |title=Andrew P. Cassilly, Maryland Governor's Staff |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |accessdate=January 29, 2020 |date=December 13, 2019}}</ref> He is the brother of state senator Robert Cassilly and former Harford County State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=David |title=Three Cassilly brothers score clean sweep in Harford election |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-cassilly-family-1112-20141117-story.html |access-date=November 24, 2021 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 17, 2014}}</ref>

==Maryland Legislature== Cassilly was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014, and sworn in on January 14, 2015. He succeeded Susan McComas, who would instead run in District 34B in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Susan K. McComas, Maryland State Delegate |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa14001.html}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official 2018 Gubernatorial General Election results for House of Delegates |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2018/results/general/gen_results_2018_2_01635B.html |website=Maryland State Board of Elections}}</ref>

In February 2019, Cassilly worked with delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo to introduce a bill that would authorize the state to regulate commercial hemp farming according to the Hemp Farming Act of 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maryland passes HB 1123 to legalize commercial hemp farming |url=https://www.votehemp.com/hemp-news/maryland-passes-hb-1123-to-legalize-commercial-hemp-farming/ |access-date=November 24, 2021 |work=Vote Hemp |date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> The bill passed the House of Delegates and the state Senate by votes of 137-0 and 45-0, respectively, and was signed by Governor Hogan in April.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legislation - HB1123 |url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/legislation/details/hb1123?ys=2019rs |website=Maryland General Assembly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Erika |title=How Harford County farmers could benefit from growing hemp industry |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-new-hemp-opportunities-0503-story.html |access-date=November 24, 2021 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 3, 2019}}</ref> He was also a sponsor of House Bill 401, which would allow the use of rifles for harvesting deer in Harford County under the Deer Management Permits.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Janice F. |title=Maryland Farm Bureau Members Meet Their Legislators |url=https://www.lancasterfarming.com/maryland-farm-bureau-members-meet-their-legislators/article_57b082c0-182a-5610-8db5-10714b6ac2c0.html |access-date=November 24, 2021 |work=Lancaster Farming |date=February 8, 2019}}</ref> HB 401 would pass the House of Delegates and the state Senate in a 140-0 and 47-0 vote, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=MD HB401 {{!}} 2019 {{!}} Regular Session |url=https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB401/2019 |website=LegiScan}}</ref>

In February 2019, following lobbying from Maryland bicyclists, Cassilly worked with delegate Jay Jalisi to introduce House Bill 398, a "safe passing" bill that would allow motorists to cross a double-yellow line in order to safely pass a bicycle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Bicyclists Press Lawmakers for Share of the Road and Share of the Pie |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/02/20/bicyclists-press-lawmakers-for-share-of-the-road-and-share-of-the-pie/ |access-date=November 24, 2021 |work=Maryland Matters |date=February 20, 2019}}</ref> The bill would pass the House of Delegates by a vote of 140-0, but would not receive a vote in the state Senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=MD HB398 {{!}} 2019 {{!}} Regular Session |url=https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB398/2019 |website=Legiscan}}</ref>

In December 2020, Governor Hogan appointed Cassilly to serve as his senior advisor, replacing Keiffer Mitchell Jr., a Democrat who he had recently appointed to the role of Chief Legislative Officer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=David |title=Harford delegate Andrew Cassilly named Gov. Larry Hogan's senior adviser |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/cng-ag-andrew-cassilly-hogan-senior-adviser-20191202-hgrj4vzgffhsbfqp2dfkvybc6m-story.html |access-date=November 24, 2021 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=December 2, 2019}}</ref> Hogan would appoint Mike Griffith to replace him in the House of Delegates on December 30, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kinnally |first1=Kevin |title=Hogan Appoints Griffith to House, Sydnor to Senate |url=https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2019/12/30/hogan-appoints-griffith-to-house-sydnor-to-senate/ |access-date=November 24, 2021 |work=Conduit Street |date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Maryland House of Delegates District 35B Republican Primary Election, 2014 |- |'''Party''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''%''' |- |Republican |'''Andrew Cassilly''' |3,866 |34 |- |Republican |'''Teresa Reilly''' |3,782 |34 |- |Republican |Jason Gallion |3,634 |32 |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Maryland House of Delegates District 35B General Election, 2014 |- |'''Party''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''%''' |- |Republican |'''Andrew Cassilly''' |23,556 |43 |- |Republican |'''Teresa Reilly''' |21,006 |38 |- |Democratic |Jeffrey Elliott |5,952 |11 |- |Democratic |Daniel Lewis Lamey |4,495 |8 |- |Other/Write-in |Other/Write-in |72 |0 |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Maryland House of Delegates District 35B Republican Primary Election, 2018 |- |'''Party''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''%''' |- |Republican |'''Andrew Cassilly''' |6,063 |52 |- |Republican |'''Teresa Reilly''' |5,573 |48 |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Maryland House of Delegates District 35B General Election, 2018 |- |'''Party''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''%''' |- |Republican |'''Andrew Cassilly''' |26,494 |49 |- |Republican |'''Teresa Reilly''' |18,107 |33 |- |Democratic |Ronnie Teitler Davis |9,834 |18 |- |Other/Write-in |Other/Write-in |128 |0 |}

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