Contest Every Seat: How Democrats Are Running Everywhere in Maryland

About this episode

The episode discusses Maryland Democrats running candidates in every state legislative race and features interviews with three candidates in Republican strongholds.

Send us Fan Mail For the first time since 1974, Maryland Democrats are running candidates in every state legislative race across the state. In this episode of Burn the Talking Points, we sit down with three candidates stepping up to run in districts long considered Republican strongholds: Neil Jennings, Jennifer Clancy, and Rayneika Robinson. They share why they decided to run, what they’re hearing from voters on the ground, and the real issues shaping their communities, from affordability an...

People in this episode

Guests: Neil Jennings, Jennifer Clancy, Rayneika Robinson

Topics covered

• Maryland politics
• Democratic candidates
• state legislative races
• Republican strongholds
• voter issues

Keywords

• Maryland
• Democrats
• state legislative races
• candidates
• Republican strongholds
• voter issues
• affordability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maryland Democrats

Places: Maryland

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