MD governor race - Dem primaries
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Anonymous
| Is there not a thread on this yet? If I missed it please point me in the right direction. I think I'm leaning towards Ben Jealous but not 100% sure. |
Anonymous
| I think Hogan is a lock, although I'm a democrat. I don't think Jealous has the experience from just the NAACP and, as a resident of PG County, I'm not impressed with Baker. But it doesn't matter. |
Anonymous
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Lots of discussion in this thread:
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/693720.page I’m voting for Madaleno because I have personal experience with him being a great representative/senator - he’s in my district. There’s also a recent poll that shows that he has the best chance to beat Hogan. But I have no idea who’s going to win. |
Anonymous
I also think Madaleno would have the best chance. He would appeal to lots of centrist Dems who have supported Hogan. Jealous or Baker will capture the left wing of the party, but I have trouble seeing them appealing to voters who crossed over for Hogan. |
Anonymous
| Another Madaleno fan, although in the polls he has no chance of winning. His campaign office is in my office building, and the workers bring in their dogs. Another plus for him in my book. |
Anonymous
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I know she probably doesn't have a chance, but I really like Krish Vignarajah.
Every time I hear her speak or read something about her I'm impressed. |
Anonymous
She should have run against Bowser. Probably would have had a better chance. |
Anonymous
I have a hard time being impressed by a lawyer who doesn't seem to understand or heed laws. She lived in MD, registered as a resident of MD and then voted (multiple times!) in DC when she worked there. The 2016 election was the first time she had ever voted in MD. Prior to that she had voted at least 4 times in DC. The DC voter registration form that she signed very clearly said that to register as a voter in DC, she could not be a legal resident in any state. In 2014, she signed responded to an inquiry by the DC Board of elections that she lived in a co-op in DC. In DC, she filed for a marriage certificate listing her DC residence as an address. However, MD board of elections requires that gubernatorial candidates must reside in the state for 5 years. She now contends that she resided continuously in MD for the last 5 years and only maintained a crash pad to work in DC. If that were the case, then she should not have been voting or registered for a marriage certificate with the DC address. A lawsuit was filed to address this, and was thrown out last week, not because she wasn't a voter registration fraud, but because the lawsuit was not filed in a timely manner. Protests for ballot representation need to be filed within 9 days of the filing deadline (February 27). The lawsuit was filed after the deadline, so the judge threw the case out. That doesn't address the issue that she is a residency fraud and not legal to run for governor of MD. I don't think she's eligible to be governor. And I don't think the Democrats can afford a candidate whose eligibility for the office could be legally challenged successfully in court. If she wins the primary, you can bet that there will be additional lawsuits trying to bar her from being elected governor or from taking office. And additional lawsuits are likely to have more heavy-weight litigants like the RNC and Republican party in MD. They have more resources to prove their case legally than the first lawsuit had. The Democrats are already an underdog in this election, but to possibly lose your candidate between the primaries and the election would be devastating to the party. I think voting for Vignarajah is essentially conceding the elections to Hogan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/on-government-forms-md-gubernatorial-candidate-said-she-lived-in-dc/2018/05/09/e46af98c-5207-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html?utm_term=.fa84e957cdd9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/judge-says-vignarajah-is-eligible-to-run-for-governor/2018/06/12/04cead52-6e84-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?utm_term=.df430e65448e |
Anonymous
Gross. How unprofessional. |
Anonymous
| I’m torn between Hogan and Madaleno. I like starting school after Labor Day but would like to see money not funneled away from MoCo for Baltimore. MoCo could use Amazon here. |
Anonymous
So I guess you'll never be working for Google, Amazon, etc. then. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/the-rising-trend-of-pets-at-work/ |
Anonymous
He voted to pull state funding away from teacher pensions and make the County pick it up. I couldn't believe a Montgomery County state senator would do such a thing. |
Anonymous
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I worked with both Baker and Madaleno in the General Assembly and I favor Baker.
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Anonymous
I don't know either, but I've heard good things about Baker from friends who live in PG County. I know PG County gets a bad rap on this board (for some reasons that sound more racist than based in fact), but he has reportedly done a good job in professionalizing the administration there. |
Anonymous
He’s honest and hardworking and very smart. He’s just not very charismatic. |