Encouraged to run for office by the parents of children he coached in local sports, Mike Busch was first elected to the Maryland legislature in 1986. He is currently serving his 19th year in the Maryland House of Delegates. Delegate Mike Busch representis District 30, Annapolis, the Broadneck Penninsula, and Southern Anne Arundel County in the Maryland House of Delegates. In 2003, he was elected unanimously by all 141 of his colleagues to serve as speaker of the House of Delegates.