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HHH Official Democratic Sample Ballot HHH General Election • November 6, 2018 • 7 am - 8 pm IT IS LEGAL TO TAKE THIS SAMPLE BALLOT INTO THE VOTING BOOTH Need A Ride to the Polls or more information Call 301-946-1000 BEN CARDIN United States Senator • Third-generation Marylander who has dedicated his life to public service. • Strident defender of the Chesapeake Bay. • Has fought to strengthen the middle class and improve our economy. • Held the line against Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare and deny coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions. • Voted against the Trump tax cuts that gave permanent breaks to big corporations. • Taking on the NRA to pass a national ban on assault weapons, bump stocks and require universal background checks for all gun purchases. • Lead Democrat on the Senate Small Business Committee, where he works to empower minority-, women- and veteran-owned small businesses. • Fighting to safeguard civil rights and banish discrimination. • Leader in protecting Planned Parenthood, and defending women’s rights and human rights at home and globally. • Vocal defender of federal workers. • Working to ensure quality higher education is within reach. DAVID TRONE U.S. House of Representatives, District 6 • Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Maryland native who spent his childhood on a struggling family farm. • Grew his Bethesda-headquartered business, Total Wine & More, from a single store into the nation’s largest independent wine retailer with more than 7,000 employees. • Progressive business was one of the first to provide same-sex partner benefits and offer employees healthcare, paid time off, family leave, and free GED’s and college. • Does not take money from corporations, lobbyists, or PACs. • Supports expanded funding for education and affordable health care for every American. • The opioid crisis claimed the life of his nephew Ian, and he’s issued a 12-point national plan to save lives. • Works with the ACLU to reform our broken criminal justice system and to help give second chances to people with criminal convictions. E Printed on Recycled Paper Paid for by the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee; Dave Kunes,Treasurer • Paid for by Marc Elrich for County Executive; Dale Tibbitts, Treasurer. • Paid for by Grassroots Supporters of Hans Riemer; Marianne Quinn, Treasurer • Paid for by Gabe for Council; Bill Baker, Treasurer; Paid for by Neighbors of Evan Glass; Valeria Carranza, Treasurer • Paid for by Will Jawando for County Council; Chris Thorne, Treasurer • Paid for by Nancy Navarro for Montgomery County; Alejandro Mendoza, Treasurer • Paid for by Friends of Sidney Katz Allen Katz; Treasurer • No in-kind contribution was made on behalf of any public financed candidate. Governor / Lt. Governor State Senator House of Delegates Clerk of the Circuit Court Vote for 1 District 20 District 39 Vote for 1 Vote for 1 Vote for up to 3 Ben Jealous Barbara H. Meiklejohn Democratic and/y Will Smith Democratic Gabriel Acevero Democratic Susan Turnbull Democratic Register of Wills Leslie J. Lopez Democratic Vote for 1 State Senator Comptroller Kirill Reznik Democratic District 39 Vote for 1 Joseph M. Griffin Democratic Vote for 1 County Executive Peter Franchot Democratic Nancy J. King Democratic Vote for 1 Sheriff Vote for 1 Marc Elrich Democratic Attorney General House of Delegates Darren Mark Popkin Democratic Vote for 1 District 14 County Council At Large Brian E. Frosh Democratic Vote for up to 3 Vote for up to 4 STATE BALLOT QUESTION 1: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Anne R. Kaiser Democratic Gabe Albornoz Democratic Lockbox for Education Funding U.S. Senator from Gambling Revenue Vote for 1 Eric Luedtke Democratic Evan Glass Democratic Ben Cardin Democratic Pamela Queen Democratic Will Jawando Democratic Requires the state to use gambling rev- enue to supplement pre-K through grade Hans Riemer Democratic 12 funding by specific, non-transferable Representative in Congress House of Delegates amounts. District 3 District 15 County Council For Vote for 1 Vote for up to 3 District 1 Vote for 1 Against John Sarbanes Democratic Kathleen Dumais Democratic Andrew Friedson Democratic David Fraser-Hidalgo Democratic STATE BALLOT QUESTION 2: Representative in Congress Lily Qi Democratic County Council CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT District 6 Same Day Voter Registration Vote for 1 District 2 House of Delegates Vote for 1 David Trone Democratic Authorizes the General Assembly to District 16 Craig L. Rice Democratic enact legislation to allow a qualified in- Vote for up to 3 dividual to register and vote at a precinct Representative in Congress polling place on Election Day. County Council District 8 Ariana Brannigan Kelly Democratic District 3 For Vote for 1 Marc Korman Democratic Vote for 1 Against Jamie Raskin Democratic Sara Love Democratic Sidney A. Katz Democratic COUNTY BALLOT QUESTION A State Senator House of Delegates County Council District 14 District 17 District 4 Alters the composition of the Redis- tricting Commission, which reviews the Vote for 1 Vote for up to 3 Vote for 1 boundaries of Council Districts, from 9 members to 11 members, includes at Craig J. Zucker Democratic Kumar P. Barve Democratic Nancy Navarro Democratic least 1, but no more than 4 members of every political party that polls at least Jim Gilchrist Democratic County Council State Senator 15% of the preceding election and re- Jule Palakovich Carr Democratic District 5 moves party central committees from District 15 Vote for 1 submitting names for appointment. Vote for 1 House of Delegates Tom Hucker Democratic For Brain J. Feldman Democratic District 18 Vote for up to 3 Judge of the Circuit Court Against State Senator Circuit 6 Al Carr Democratic No position District 16 Vote for up to 7 Vote for 1 Emily Shetty Democratic James A. Bonifant COUNTY BALLOT QUESTION B Susan C. Lee Democratic Jared Solomon Democratic Jeannie E. Cho Amend the County Charter to require a Jill Reid Cummins unanimous vote (instead of 9 votes) to State Senator House of Delegates levy a property tax rate that exceeds the District 17 District 19 Debra L. Dwyer limit contained in the Charter. Vote for 1 Vote for up to 3 Kevin G. Hessler For Cheryl C. Kagan Democratic Charlotte Crutchfield Democratic David W. Lease Against Margaret Marie Schweitzer Bonnie Cullison Democratic No position State Senator Vaughn Stewart Democratic District 18 Retention of the 2 judges on the COUNTY BALLOT QUESTION C Vote for 1 Court of Special Appeals House of Delegates Amend the County Charter to allow Jeff Waldstreicher Democratic For District 20 County Council members to hire more Vote for up to 3 Against than one aide in a non-merit position. State Senator Lorig Charkoudian Democratic District 19 State’s Attorney For Vote for 1 David Moon Democratic Vote for 1 Against Ben Kramer Democratic Jheanelle Wilkins Democratic John McCarthy Democratic No position.