Grassroots Group’s Lone Md. Endorsement Goes to Candidate Who Works There
Membership has its privileges.
On Monday, a national grass-roots progressive group called Run for Something issued a news release about Hillary Clinton endorsing 19 candidates affiliated with the organization for state and local offices around the country. The lone endorsement in Maryland: Lesley J. Lopez, a Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates in Montgomery County’s District 39.
Lopez just happens to be the organization’s paid communications director.
“Our democracy is in crisis, but I’m optimistic that through building a bench of progressive leaders who put their communities and values first, we will put ourselves back on the path to a fairer, more inclusive America,” Clinton said in a statement released by Run for Something.
Lopez was one of two non-incumbents who prevailed in the June Democratic primary and will be running along with Del. Kirill Reznik (D) for the district’s three House seats.
In a related development, Clinton on Monday endorsed four Democratic candidates for governor across the country – but Maryland’s Benjamin T. Jealous was not among them.
Josh Kurtz
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Founding Editor Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers, and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. For 6 1/2 years Kurtz wrote a weekly column on state politics for Center Maryland and has written for several other Maryland publications as well. Kurtz regularly gives speeches and appears on TV and radio shows to discuss Maryland politics.
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