Reid Justin Novotny (born March 22, 1978) is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 9A, which includes parts of Howard and Carroll counties, from 2021 to 2023.

degree in computer security in 2001, and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where he earned a M.A.

Afterwards, he worked as a cybersecurity policy analyst for the United States Department of Justice until 2018 and served as Deputy Group Commander for the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard at the Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Maryland until 2019.

[1] Novotny first got involved with politics in 2017 by becoming the vice president of the Howard County Republican Club.

He ran in the 2018 Republican primary for state Senate in the 9th district, losing to incumbent Gail H.

[8] Novotny is close to his brothers, Ryan (Colonel USAF Retired) and Ross (Entrepreneur), along with his half-brother Raymond and half-sister April.

[12] In February 2022, Novotny attended a rally outside of a meeting for the Howard County Board of Education to call for an end to mask mandates in schools.