Kach started his career as a middle school math teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools. After 22 years in the classroom, he transitioned to the Audit Office of the school system, reviewing the spending of all schools in the county.
He is a member of the Baltimore County Council, representing the Third District. He won with over 60% of the vote in both the primary and general elections in 2014, unseating incumbent Councilman Todd Huff (R) and defeating Laurie Taylor-Mitchell (D). In 2018, Kach was re-elected to the Council. As a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, he represented District 5B, part of Baltimore County, Maryland, for 40 years up to 2014. He won 98.9% of the vote in 2006 while running unopposed.[1] In 2002 he defeated Democrat Stephen C. Kirsh and Independent William T. Newton with 71.2% of the vote in the new 5B District.[2]
From 1994 to 2002, his district was 9A, which he represented with fellow Republican Martha Scanlan Klima. Again, they both defeated Stephen C. Kirsch.[3]
Prior to 1994, Kach represented District 10 in Baltimore County along with former governor Robert Ehrlich.[4]
Before the 1994 election, District 10 was represented by Kach, Ehrlich, and former gubernatorial candidate Ellen Sauerbrey.
Active in his community, Kach is a member of the Timonium Optimists, the North Baltimore County Republican and Civic Organization, and the Ashland Community Organization. Kach is also a past member Parents Anonymous of Maryland, the Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Coordinating Council, and the Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Chamber of Commerce.
He has received many honors including an award from the Maryland Society of Accountants in 1999 and the Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Founder's Award, from the House of Delegates in 2006 and, in 2017, the Thomas Kennedy Award for personal courage and dedication.
In elected office for over 48 years, Kach is the longest serving Republican elected official in Maryland history.
In October 2024, Kach announced that he would not run for re-election to the Baltimore County Council in 2026.[5]
Election results
2010 Race for Maryland House of Delegates - District 5B[6]
Voters to choose one:
Name
Votes
Percent
Outcome
Wade Kach, Rep.
13,933
70.8%
Won
Pete Definbaugh, Dem.
4,881
24.8%
Lost
M. Justin Kinsey, Lib.
863
4.4%
Lost
Other Write-Ins
12
0.1%
Lost
2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 5B[7]
Voters to choose one:
Name
Votes
Percent
Outcome
Wade Kach, Rep.
15,321
98.9%
Won
Other Write-Ins
172
1.1%
Lost
2002 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 5B[8]
Voters to choose one:
Name
Votes
Percent
Outcome
Wade Kach, Rep.
13,122
71.2%
Won
Stephen C. Kirsch, Dem.
5,268
28.6%
Lost
William T. Newton, Ind.
31
0.2%
Lost
Other Write-Ins
17
0.1%
Lost
1998 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 9A[9]