In the nascent, we can’t really talk about it yet race to replace Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert), who is battling stage 4 prostate cancer, there are at least half a dozen hypothetical candidates. Maybe more.
On three consecutive days in June, three (or four) of these potential contenders are holding events of one kind or another, including fundraisers. In other words, it’s a chance to check out these potential leaders in a less formal setting than you usually find them in Annapolis — and, quite possibly, to measure their political strength. Who will show up to pay tribute?
On June 11, Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Prince George’s), the chair of the Capital Budget Subcommittee, has a breakfast fundraiser scheduled at Harry Browne’s in Annapolis.
On June 12, Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Chair Paul G. Pinsky (D-Prince George’s) has an evening fundraiser at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 51 Hall in Lanham.
On June 13, Senate Majority Leader Guy J. Guzzone (D-Howard) is holding his annual pizza party in the early evening at Ridgely’s Community Center in Jessup. It’s free.
And at about the same time, Sen. Brian J. Feldman (D-Montgomery), the vice chair of the Finance Committee, has a fundraiser at The Wine Harvest in Potomac.
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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