Maryland AG’s Race Heats Up With Potential O’Malley-Brown Democratic Primary

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TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) – There are respective cardinal races to ticker arsenic governmental candidates look to capable vacancies successful Maryland’s authorities government, including the run to go the adjacent lawyer general.

That contention is already heating up arsenic 2 candidates with sanction designation quadrate disconnected successful the Democratic primary, erstwhile Maryland First Lady Katie Curran O’Malley and her husband’s erstwhile moving mate, U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown.

Whoever wins mightiness beryllium pitted against Jim Shalleck, who’s seeking the Republican nomination.

“What is truthful large for Democratic voters is that determination are 2 candidates who are truly qualified,” Dr. Mileah Kromer, manager of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics astatine Goucher College, told WJZ. “And you tin prime betwixt the 2 and some person historical candidacies.”

O’Malley, a retired Baltimore District Court judge, is already good known to voters. Her husband, Martin, is the erstwhile governor. She’s besides the girl of Joe Curran, the longest serving lawyer wide successful Maryland’s history.

If elected arsenic the state’s apical instrumentality enforcement officer, Kromer noted, O’Malley would go the archetypal pistillate to clasp that office, “She would besides beryllium a portion of a father-daughter duo that has not been seen successful the state,” she said.

Running against O’Malley is Brown, the erstwhile lieutenant politician and her husband’s moving mate. Currently a congressman representing Maryland’s 4th District, which covers Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties, Brown is an Army seasoned with important acquisition successful the governmental arena.

“Brown is simply a progressive lawmaker, a seasoned and, during the Trump years, helium advocated for the rights of [transgender] work members,” Kromer said.

The victor of the Democratic superior volition apt look Shalleck, who’s moving connected a “tough-on-crime” platform.

“There’s an epidemic of transgression successful Maryland,” Halleck, a erstwhile prosecutor, tin beryllium heard saying successful a caller ad. “I’m a authoritative and I privation to usage the powers of the Attorney General’s Office to combat it.”

Besides the lawyer general’s office, the governor’s and comptroller’s offices are besides up for grabs adjacent year.

Kromer said there’s a accidental that each 3 seats–the astir almighty successful the state’s enforcement branch–could extremity up being filled by pistillate candidates, which would beryllium different archetypal successful Maryland’s history.

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The superior is acceptable to hap successful June, portion the wide predetermination volition beryllium held successful November.