Joseph Vogel (born January 4, 1997) is an Uruguay-born American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 17 since 2023.

[5] He immigrated to the United States with his family when he was three years old due to his father's job as a diplomat for the International Monetary Fund.

[1][8] Vogel took a year off of college at George Washington University to work on the national advance team of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

[6][15] During the primary, Vogel strategized with Connecticut state senator Will Haskell and hosted campaign events featuring Cory Booker.

[21] Vogel was seen as a frontrunner, alongside former National Telecommunications and Information Administration deputy administrator April McClain Delaney, in the Democratic primary,[22] during which he received endorsements from various national groups and local officials,[14] and ran on a platform including support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and LGBT rights, expanding health care access, addressing climate change, and fighting right wing extremism.

[27] During his House of Delegates campaign, Vogel ran on a platform that included climate, mental health, and economic issues.

[7][8] He has described himself as a "pragmatic progressive" and cited Cory Booker, Ritchie Torres, and Jared Moskowitz as his political role models.

[20][28] Vogel supports making public colleges tuition-free, codifying President Joe Biden's cancellation of up to $20,000 in student loan debt into law,[20] and increasing state education funding.

[29] During the 2023 legislative session, he introduced a bill to forgive up to $30,000 in student debt for mental health professionals employed at Maryland public schools.

[31] During his 2024 congressional campaign, Vogel cited strategic competition with China as the United States' top foreign policy challenge and called for strengthening supply chains, investing in emerging technologies, and promoting freedom of navigation to counter it.

[28] In November 2023, Vogel called for the resignation of Zainab Chaudry, the director of the state Council on American–Islamic Relations chapter, from the state Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention after making Facebook posts comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and calling attendees of the March for Israel "genocide sympathizers".

[49] During the 2024 legislative session, after Chaudry was reinstated to the board in December 2023, Vogel introduced legislation to remove Chaudry from the board and replace her with "two members of the Muslim community"[50][51] and another bill allowing for the removal of commission and task force members for "misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duties, or other good cause".

[31] During the 2023 legislative session, he introduced the Josh Siems Act, which would require emergency rooms to include fentanyl testing in toxicology screens.

[57] During the 2024 legislative session, Vogel introduced a bill to give state employees four hours of leave for cancer screenings[14] and another that would allow students to possess and administer Narcan.

[47] In March 2024, Vogel voted against a bill that would legalize online gambling in Maryland,[63] believing that it would not bring in additional revenue for the state and that it would hurt casino workers.

[64] During the 2023 legislative session, Vogel introduced a bill to provide tax credits to Maryland-based news media outlets with fewer than 50 employees for advertising costs.