Maryland's popular outgoing governor, Larry Hogan, is lending his charisma to just one television ad this cycle, promoting Barry Glassman for comptroller.
comptroller candidate Barry Glassman, talking about the role of moderates in a Democrat-dominated state and driving a convertible — in the middle of the road.
But Hogan, who is weighing a presidential run, possesses the highest approval rating on record of any outgoing governor in the past two decades, according toAs the races heat up, Hogan has zeroed in on channeling his charisma into the lone statewide nominee who has tried to follow his road map of pitching a moderate approach and appealing to independents and Democrats.“Nothing but yellow lines,” the governor answers, with Glassman bantering back, “Yeah, and roadkill.
A September poll, the latest public one available, showed Democratic nominee Brooke E. Lierman, a civil rights lawyer and state delegate who represents Baltimore City, leading Glassman 48 percent to 35 percent, with 16 percent of surveyed voters undecided. The Lierman-Glassman numbers in that Goucher College Poll were the tightest among the races for attorney general, governor and comptroller.
Glassman presents himself as an experienced fiscal watchdog who managed a government of $1 billion and said he will be a voice of moderation on the powerful Board of Public Works, which oversees state spending and contracts.
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