Republicans countered by saying gridlock along I-270 and the Beltway was hurting economic development in those corridors. Many Democrats opposed the road widening plan, stating they have concerns about a public-private partnership and that there needed to be more focus on mass transit statewide. Hogan’s plan to use toll lanes to pay for widening I-270, and to use a public-private partnership to replace the American Legion Bridge on the Beltway. I-270/I-495 widening project, replacement of the American Legion Bridgeĭemocrats and Republicans were divided over Gov. Perez said stronger partnerships between the federal, state and local levels to prosecute and prevent crime are needed.īaron criticized his fellow Democrats for trying programs and ideas that don’t work, and suggested implementing “focused deterrence,” a program that targets repeat violent offenders by offering them incentives such as job opportunities and strict consequences for committing crimes. Jaffe suggested activating the Maryland National Guard to help in Baltimore because there aren’t enough police officers to patrol the streets. “What we’re seeing in so many of our communities that we live and work in is not just simply a lack of consequence,” Moore said. Later in a rebuttal, Moore responded to these claims, saying that Democrats want to keep violent offenders off the streets - but that more needs to be done to help people be productive citizens. That included Cox, who said the Justice Reinvestment Act - a state bill focusing on criminal justice reform in 2016 - has led to the rise in crime, because it is too relaxed on repeat violent offenders.
Other candidates were critical of past actions from state lawmakers. “We need to get our prosecutorial system in our judicial system to be able to make sure that we’re working hard to keep repeat violent criminals in jail as opposed to looking for ways to get them out of jail.” “People are not afraid of the consequences whether you go into a certain specific dime store and … shoplift, or you go and murder on the street,” Schulz said. Larry Hogan (R), was blunt in her assessment of why crime is rising. Schulz, who political observers see as a possible successor to Gov. When asked a question about how he would address rising crime and public safety across the state, Moore said more efforts to get illegal guns off the streets and more investments in community violence intervention programs are needed.
Two other candidates, state Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) and former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker (D), did not participate. Jerome Segal (D), founder of the socialist Bread and Roses Party, who ran for U.S.labor secretary and Democratic National Convention chairman Wes Moore (D), a former nonprofit executive and author.Ashwani Jain (D), a former official in President Barack Obama’s administration.Ralph Jaffe (D), a teacher who previously ran for governor in 2014, and the Senate in 2016.Doug Gansler (D), a former Montgomery County state’s attorney and Maryland attorney general.Jon Baron (D), a nonprofit founder and former official in President Bill Clinton’s administration.Joe Werner (R), who ran unsuccessfully for the Maryland House of Delegates’ District 8 in 2018 as a Democrat.Kelly Schulz (R), a former delegate from Frederick County and recent secretary of commerce.Robin Ficker (R), a perennial candidate and one-time delegate representing part of Montgomery County.Dan Cox (R), a delegate representing Frederick and Carroll counties.
Polling from the Women Speak Out PAC, which is affiliated with SBA List, showed 75 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in Lipinski’s district supported protections for babies who survive failed abortions.Check out our general election voters guide And both NARAL, which endorsed Newman, and Obama have opposed those types of measures. Party leadership had blocked it dozens of times from coming to the floor. For example, only three Democrats, including Lipinski, voted in February to reconsider a bill that would mandate medical care for infants who survive abortion attempts. Today, the number is much smaller and a far cry from the majorities Danenfelser says she fought to build in the late 80s. Lipinski’s primary loss was particularly symbolic since he co-chairs the pro-life caucus, said Jones, whose organization sent pro-Lipinski mailers in his district.Īround Democrats for Life’s founding in the late 1990s, the group listed more than 40 pro-life Democrats in Congress. Derrick Jones, the chief marketing officer for the National Right to Life Committee, charged that Tuesday’s results reflected the culmination of the party’s decadeslong drift towards extremism on the issue.
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