Do Maryland’s political leaders serve Maryland? Post-gubernatorial debate town hall
Maryland’s gubernatorial debate was a “missed opportunity to talk about big ideas, new ideas, something bold. What we saw is two candidates who could stay relatively safe within the bandwidth of their two respective parties. No one had to challenge, no one was challenged.”
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