MD Governor Dem Primary Candidates

[Anonymous]

I got a very long survey call yesterday that was heavily focused on Wes Moore. I hadn’t really considered him until spending 30 minutes on the call hearing short bios on all the Dem candidates.

Curious who you are leaning towards?

FWIW, I’m glad we have some candidates with ties to MoCo. Hogan’s knee jerk reaction against MoCo is irritating.

[Anonymous]

Not Wes Moore because Jawando supports him.

[Anonymous]

Honestly there are not a lot of good choices. The only legitimate candidates are Franchot, Baker and Moore.

Franchot might be the front runner because he’s won statewide already as Comptroller but I think he’d be a bad choice. He seems like a guy with no actual beliefs except to play politics and favors with everything, which is just a continuation of the decades of leadership that have set Maryland back.

Baker, like last time, seems to be mailing it in and doesn’t seem to have the energy to campaign.

Wes Moore is a weird candidate and I cannot figure him out. I’ve seen his yard signs in Edgemoor and he also gets support from Jawando. He’s closely tied to financial services and while he has a great personal story, he has limited actual leadership experience.

[Anonymous]

Disappointed that Calvin Ball didn’t run. He’s the only one I would actually want vote for.

[Anonymous]

Jerome Segal.

We MUST pull Maryland back to the center after eight years of RWNJ Hogan. And to get Maryland back to the center, we need a Governor who will pull hard to the left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jerome Segal.

We MUST pull Maryland back to the center after eight years of RWNJ Hogan. And to get Maryland back to the center, we need a Governor who will pull hard to the left.

I’m the op and a lifelong Dem who respects a lot of what Hogan has done. We do not need to pull hard to the left…just enough.

And, we need a governor who realizes MoCo should be treated as an asset while recognizing we aren’t the county we were 40 or even 20 years ago. Our growing diversity and income inequality require attention—and not in a hard left way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jerome Segal.

We MUST pull Maryland back to the center after eight years of RWNJ Hogan. And to get Maryland back to the center, we need a Governor who will pull hard to the left.

I'm fairly liberal and didn't vote for Hogan. But he is far from being a RWNJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly there are not a lot of good choices. The only legitimate candidates are Franchot, Baker and Moore.

Franchot might be the front runner because he’s won statewide already as Comptroller but I think he’d be a bad choice. He seems like a guy with no actual beliefs except to play politics and favors with everything, which is just a continuation of the decades of leadership that have set Maryland back.

Baker, like last time, seems to be mailing it in and doesn’t seem to have the energy to campaign.

Wes Moore is a weird candidate and I cannot figure him out. I’ve seen his yard signs in Edgemoor and he also gets support from Jawando. He’s closely tied to financial services and while he has a great personal story, he has limited actual leadership experience.

That's who I'm voting for, but I agree with you.

He's closer to center than most, while still recognizing the unique needs of underserved communities.

[Anonymous]

Gansler is mostly fine if you are looking for a centrist who could win.

Franchot is running a horrible campaign.

[Anonymous]

Hogan is term limited anyway, right? Apparently he wants a Senate seat.

Please make sure he doesn't get it. He tried to hide that the Korean tests he bought to great fanfare were actually unusable, he swore at aides on his self-destructing secret messaging app when they told the truth (to wit: that tests were in short supply), and he is disastrously refused to implement a mask mandate and indoor restrictions, which have led to the current crisis in schools.

I don't want an incompetent Senator.

[Anonymous]

Hogan is fine. He might even be a good senator. But he would not be better than Van Hollen, who is smart, ethical, hard working, and responsive to his constituents. Hi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gansler is mostly fine if you are looking for a centrist who could win.

Franchot is running a horrible campaign.

Absolutely no to gansler who was an unethical states attorney and should never be governor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hogan is term limited anyway, right? Apparently he wants a Senate seat.

Please make sure he doesn't get it. He tried to hide that the Korean tests he bought to great fanfare were actually unusable, he swore at aides on his self-destructing secret messaging app when they told the truth (to wit: that tests were in short supply), and he is disastrously refused to implement a mask mandate and indoor restrictions, which have led to the current crisis in schools.

I don't want an incompetent Senator.


Hogan is running for President.

[Anonymous]

Hard left will not win MD. you will push centrist people to the right. That's how Hogan got elected (full disclosure: we voted for Hogan, and I say "we" because while I'm an Independent, spouse is a liberal and has *never* voted R until Hogan).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hard left will not win MD. you will push centrist people to the right. That's how Hogan got elected (full disclosure: we voted for Hogan, and I say "we" because while I'm an Independent, spouse is a liberal and has *never* voted R until Hogan).

It’s not just “hard left” but also Democratic Party machine candidates also have a history of getting trounced. Kennedy-Townsend and Brown were just horrible candidates foisted on the public by the party and folks took one look and said, no way.