Trent M. Kittleman (née Mitchell; born May 7, 1945) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2015 to 2023.

She was the wife of State Senator Robert H. Kittleman until his death in 2004, and unsuccessfully ran alongside him for County Council in 1978.

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She worked as a political columnist for Howard County Times from 1975 to 1976, after which she was elected to the Oakland Mills Village Board.

[7] Following the death of her husband in September 2004, Kittleman declined to serve the rest of his term in the Maryland Senate, saying that she was not able to focus on politics.

[10] She ran unchallenged in the Republican primary,[11] but was defeated by Ken Ulman in general election with 37.1 percent of the vote.

[13] In July 2013, Kittleman announced her candidacy for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 9A, the seat once held by her late husband for 19 years.

[15][16] She defeated Democratic candidates Walter E. Carson and James Ward Marrow in the general election, receiving 37.5 percent of the vote.

[20] Prior to her campaign announcement Kittleman was associated with the Howard County chapter of Moms for Liberty, but had taken herself off of the group's member rolls when she decided to run.

[23][24] Kittleman introduced "Laura and Reid's Law" during the 2019 legislative session, which would allow prosecutors to seek convictions for the murders of the mother and fetus.

[27] In 2015, Kittleman co-sponsored legislation that would shift the burden of proof in due process hearings for children with disabilities to get IEPs from parents to school systems.

[33] In December 2019, the Maryland Public Interest Research Group gave Kittleman a score of zero percent on its annual legislative scorecard.

[39] Kittleman endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, saying that he was "the one person who can put this country back on the right footing.