2018 NONPARTISAN CANDIDATE GUIDE: Maryland Governor’s Race

Larry Hogan (R) Ben Jealous (D)

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Marijuana Legalization: Do No. Vetoed SB 517, which Yes. Has called for “full you support the full would have decriminalized legalization of cannabis in legalization of marijuana? possession of marijuana- Maryland for adult use.”2 related paraphernalia. It would have also made smoking marijuana in a public place a civil offense.1 (Does support medicinal marijuana)

Opioid: Do you support The Yes, is one of 27 states to enact Unknown but plans to solve Overdose Data Reporting Act? this program.3 opioid crisis include, Implement Enough is Enough plan, including Create a state Office of Pain Management, Addiction, and Recovery, allocate $2 million in state funding to procure and stock Naloxone for public health professionals and others.4 Education: Do you support Yes, is a supporter of using Yes, plans to fund full-day higher K-12 funding? casino funds to increase Pre-K by legalizing and taxing funding for K-12 schools.5 marijuana, supports teacher pay raise by 29%. 6

Healthcare: Should the No, supports the current Yes, Supports a Medicare for Affordable Care Act be ACA7. all single payer plan8 expanded to a single payer system? Environment: Do you support Yes, supports this pipeline. 10 No, believes it is a threat to the the Delmarva Pipeline? This is environment and to public a plan “to connect to an health.11 existing natural gas pipeline in Cecil County, then head south through the Maryland portion of the peninsula. It would traverse eight of the Eastern Shore's nine counties, paralleling Route 13 for the portion south of Salisbury.”9

Immigration/Education: Do Yes, also supports free tuition Yes, wants to allocate $3 you support giving free tuition to 4-year universities.12 million to cover the cost of at community colleges to tuition and fees for undocumented immigrants? DREAMERS.13

Abortion: Do you support of a Has not taken a position. Yes14 constitutional amendment protecting a woman's right to choose in the Maryland state constitution?

Economy: Do you support the “Is open to a conversation Yes16 increase of minimum wage to about a higher minimum wage $15? but worries that an increase to $15 over a short period of time would hurt those the policy is designed to help by spurring more automation and reducing the total number of hours minimum wage employees work.” 15 College Education: Do you Yes17 Yes, as well as making 4 year support free community institutions debt-free for college for Maryland Marylanders.18 residents?

Clean Energy: Do you favor No. In 2016, Hogan vetoed Yes. Favors raising the RPS to raising the “Renewable HB1106/SB921, which would 50 percent (as pending Portfolio Standard (RPS), have raised the RPS to 25%.19 legislation is expected to which is percentage of power mandate), he would raise it to Maryland would be required to 100 percent as California draw from renewable energy recently did20 sources? Gun Control: Do you support Yes, has signed many gun Yes, “Has been a strong requiring stricter gun laws? control bills, including the ban advocate for broader action on on bump stocks and legislation gun safety legislation, being an that would require tougher early proponent of "red flag' sentences for people who legislation, banning bump commit crimes with a gun.21 stocks, closing loopholes in existing laws, and joining the States for Gun Safety, a coalition of states working to enhance state cooperation to stop gun violence.”22 Created by students in the Political Science Department, Salisbury University (POSC 480: State and Local Voting).

1 https://governor.maryland.gov/2015/05/22/governor-larry-hogan-vetoes-six-bills/ 2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/md-democrats-running-for-governor- embrace-marijuana/2018/04/20/6ef67f80-4494-11e8-8569- 26fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.32635f4502fb 3 http://governor.maryland.gov/2018/01/23/hogan-rutherford-administration-announces-2018- anti-opioid-initiatives/ 4 https://benjealous.com/issues/opioid-crisis/ 5 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-hogan-jealous-immigration- 20180910-story.html 6 https://benjealous.com/issues/education/ 7 https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxy- su.researchport.umd.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/16895414AA1A1F38?p=AWNB 8 https://benjealous.com/issues/healthcare/ 9 https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/money/2018/02/05/rural-delmarva-natural-gas- pipeline/300606002/ 10 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-rr-hogan-christie-letter- 20180803-story.html 11 https://benjealous.com/2018/03/16/ben-jealous-statement-larry-hogans-approval-potomac- pipeline/ 12 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-hogan-jealous-immigration- 20180910-story.html 13 https://benjealous.com/issues/ending-the-student-debt-crisis/

14 https://benjealous.com/2018/07/03/ben-jealous-statement-calling-on-larry-hogan-to- ensure-marylands-reproductive-health-laws-remain-unchanged-regardless-of-trumps-supreme- court-nominee/ 15 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0919-minimum-wage-20180918- story.html 16 https://benjealous.com/issues/jobs/ 17 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/05/04/maryland-governor-plans- to-sign-free-community-college-bill-into-law/?utm_term=.8cfe1842bdcc 18 https://benjealous.com/issues/ending-the-student-debt-crisis/ 19 https://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20181005/281736975398487 20 https://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20181005/281736975398487 21 https://www.wmdt.com/2018/04/governor-larry-hogan-signs-multiple-gun-control-bills/ 22 https://votesmart.org/public-statement/1272545/ben-jealous-meets-with-student-activists- from-parkland-florida-and-great-mills-high-school-to-discuss-gun-safety- reform#.W7bKui3Mz_Qhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0910- hogan-education-20180905-story.html