{"id":1554667,"date":"2022-07-14T16:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554667"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:37:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:37:46","slug":"oprah-backed-newcomer-eyes-upset-in-marylands-crowded-democratic-gubernatorial-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-backed-newcomer-eyes-upset-in-marylands-crowded-democratic-gubernatorial-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah-Backed Newcomer Eyes Upset in Maryland\u2019s Crowded Democratic Gubernatorial Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foprah-backed-newcomer-eyes-upset-in-marylands-crowded-democratic-gubernatorial-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554667&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nine candidates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-maryland\">Maryland<\/a>\u2019s July 19 Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot seek the party\u2019s nomination to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p>As of early July, the nine had collectively amassed more than $8.5 million in campaign cash, with six garnering at least $1 million each as Democrats try to claim the governor\u2019s seat in a deep blue state where Hogan enjoyed bipartisan popularity.<\/p>\n<p>The field features well-funded candidates with lengthy resumes reflecting national and statewide name recognition: a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, a former U.S. Secretary of Education, a former state attorney general, a former Clinton White House official, and a longtime state comptroller.<\/p>\n<p>But it is a first-time candidate who has generated the most excitement in the race\u2014with an assist from Oprah Winfrey\u2014and he is leading the pack in fundraising and endorsements while polling among frontrunners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wesmoore.com\">Wes Moore<\/a>, a Rhodes scholar raised by a widowed Jamaican-immigrant mother, U.S. Army Airborne Ranger Afghanistan combat veteran, White House fellow, best-selling author, and investment banker who, as chief executive of the Robin Hood Foundation, raised hundreds of millions of dollars to fight poverty, is toe-to-toe with more established rivals as Election Day nears.<\/p>\n<p>The newcomer is vying for votes in a stacked primary that includes former U.S. Labor Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomperez.com\">Tom Perez<\/a>, State Comptroller <a href=\"http:\/\/www.franchot.com\">Peter Franchot<\/a>, former Maryland Attorney General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ganslerformaryland.com\">Douglas F. Gansler<\/a>, former U.S. Education Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnkingforGovernor.com\">John B. King, Jr.<\/a>, and Clinton White House official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonbaron.com\">Jon Baron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/14\/Peter-Franchot.png\"><\/a> Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Franchot, elected to four consecutive four-year terms as state comptroller, speaks with voters on July 10 at the Southwest Baltimore County Democratic Club Picnic and Silver Spring Arts &#038; Crafts Summer Fair. (Courtesy of Franchot for Governor) <\/p>\n<p>The scrum survivor will face the winner of the Republican July 19 primary between Hogan-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kellyschulzforgovernor.com\">Kelly Schulz<\/a> and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine candidates on Maryland\u2019s July 19 Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot seek the party\u2019s nomination to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in November\u2019s general election. As of early July, the nine had collectively amassed more than $8.5 million in campaign cash, with six garnering at least $1 million each as Democrats try to claim the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":509,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}