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title="Brooke Lierman">Brooke Lierman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Legislative_District_20" title="Maryland Legislative District 20">20th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office January 14, 1987 – January 10, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ida_G._Ruben" title="Ida G. Ruben">Ida G. Ruben</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hucker" title="Tom Hucker">Tom Hucker</a> <a href="/wiki/Heather_Mizeur" title="Heather Mizeur">Heather Mizeur</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Peter Van Rensselaer Franchot</div> (1947-11-25) November 25, 1947 (age 77) <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Anne Maher</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1981)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>) <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_University" title="Northeastern University">Northeastern University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Franchot_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Peter Franchot's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Peter_Franchot_signature.svg/128px-Peter_Franchot_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Peter_Franchot_signature.svg/192px-Peter_Franchot_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Peter_Franchot_signature.svg/256px-Peter_Franchot_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="118" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://franchot.com">Official website</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1968–1970</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Peter Van Rensselaer Franchot (born November 25, 1947) is an American politician who was the 33rd <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_Maryland" title="Comptroller of Maryland">comptroller of Maryland</a>. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, Franchot served for 20 years in the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>. He was elected comptroller in 2006, and was subsequently re-elected three times. Franchot unsuccessfully ran for <a href="/wiki/2022_Maryland_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Maryland gubernatorial election">governor of Maryland in 2022</a>, placing third in the Democratic primary behind <a href="/wiki/Tom_Perez" title="Tom Perez">Tom Perez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wes_Moore" title="Wes Moore">Wes Moore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Franchot_yearbook.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Peter_Franchot_yearbook.png/170px-Peter_Franchot_yearbook.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Peter_Franchot_yearbook.png/255px-Peter_Franchot_yearbook.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Peter_Franchot_yearbook.png/340px-Peter_Franchot_yearbook.png 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="511" /></a><figcaption>Franchot's high school yearbook photo, 1966</figcaption></figure> Franchot was born in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, and attended <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Academy" title="Phillips Academy">Phillips Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover, Massachusetts</a>.<a href="#cite_note-msa-2">[2]</a> He attended <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>, but later left to join the <a href="/wiki/Eugene_McCarthy_1968_presidential_campaign" title="Eugene McCarthy 1968 presidential campaign">presidential campaign</a> of Senator <a href="/wiki/Eugene_McCarthy" title="Eugene McCarthy">Eugene McCarthy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Post2022-3">[3]</a> After serving in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> from 1968 to 1970, Franchot again attended Amherst, earning a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in English in 1973. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_University" title="Northeastern University">Northeastern University</a> School of Law with a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> in 1978.<a href="#cite_note-msa-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> After graduating from law school, Franchot worked as legislative counsel for the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Concerned_Scientists" title="Union of Concerned Scientists">Union of Concerned Scientists</a>. He then served as staff director for then-Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ed_Markey" title="Ed Markey">Ed Markey</a> from 1980 to 1986.<a href="#cite_note-msa-2">[2]</a> After his election to the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</a> in 1986, Franchot was a self-employed business development consultant.<a href="#cite_note-Sights-4">[4]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maryland_House_of_Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Maryland House of Delegates">edit</a>]</div> From 1987 to 2007, Franchot served in the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">Maryland House of Delegates</a>, representing the 20th legislative district, which includes <a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a>. Franchot was a member of the Appropriations Committee and chaired the Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee, as well as the Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee.<a href="#cite_note-msa-2">[2]</a> In 1988, while serving his first term in the House of Delegates, Franchot ran for Maryland's 8th congressional district against Republican incumbent <a href="/wiki/Connie_Morella" title="Connie Morella">Connie Morella</a>. Morella defeated Franchot, 63% to 37%, in the general election.<a href="#cite_note-1988g-5">[5]</a> During the years leading up to his <a href="/wiki/2006_Maryland_Comptroller_election" title="2006 Maryland Comptroller election">2006</a> bid for comptroller, Franchot opposed Republican governor <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ehrlich" title="Bob Ehrlich">Bob Ehrlich</a>'s efforts to expand slot machine gambling in Maryland.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> He considered a run for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">governor</a> to challenge Ehrlich, but ultimately ran for <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_Maryland" title="Comptroller of Maryland">Comptroller of Maryland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Post2022-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comptroller_of_Maryland">Comptroller of Maryland</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Comptroller of Maryland">edit</a>]</div> Franchot ran in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Maryland_Comptroller_election" title="2006 Maryland Comptroller election">Democratic primary for Comptroller of Maryland</a> against incumbent <a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Schaefer" title="William Donald Schaefer">William Donald Schaefer</a> and Anne Arundel County Executive <a href="/wiki/Janet_S._Owens" class="mw-redirect" title="Janet S. Owens">Janet S. Owens</a>. Franchot defeated Schaefer in the Democratic primary election, marking Schaefer's first loss in his 51-year career.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Franchot defeated the Republican nominee, Anne McCarthy, in the general election on November 7, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-2006g-9">[9]</a> Franchot was sworn into office on January 22, 2007.<a href="#cite_note-msa-2">[2]</a> Franchot considered running for the 2014 Democratic nomination for governor. In December 2012, he announced he would instead seek re-election as comptroller.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tenure">Tenure</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tenure">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Franchot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Peter_Franchot.jpg/220px-Peter_Franchot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Peter_Franchot.jpg/330px-Peter_Franchot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Peter_Franchot.jpg/440px-Peter_Franchot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2078" data-file-height="2370" /></a><figcaption>Franchot in 2014</figcaption></figure> Franchot took office on January 22, 2007, and was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2010_Maryland_Comptroller_election" title="2010 Maryland Comptroller election">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Maryland_Comptroller_election" title="2014 Maryland Comptroller election">2014</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2018_Maryland_Comptroller_election" title="2018 Maryland Comptroller election">2018</a>. As comptroller, Franchot supported adding toll lanes on the beltway and I-270, requiring schools to open after Labor Day, and reducing restrictions on craft beer sales in Maryland. In an interview with <a href="/wiki/WYPR" title="WYPR">WYPR</a> in July 2018, Franchot announced that he would not endorse his party's nominee for governor, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Jealous" title="Ben Jealous">Ben Jealous</a>, and will instead remain neutral in the gubernatorial contest. "I think I'm probably going to remain neutral in that race—simply because it's important for me to get along with whoever is elected," Franchot said.<a href="#cite_note-Jealous-11">[11]</a> This is despite previous pledges made ahead of the primary to support the party's nominee in the gubernatorial election.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Board_of_Public_Works">Board of Public Works</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Board of Public Works">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Board_of_Public_Works_-_52066843559.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Board_of_Public_Works_-_52066843559.jpg/220px-Board_of_Public_Works_-_52066843559.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Board_of_Public_Works_-_52066843559.jpg/330px-Board_of_Public_Works_-_52066843559.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Board_of_Public_Works_-_52066843559.jpg/440px-Board_of_Public_Works_-_52066843559.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6192" data-file-height="4128" /></a><figcaption>Franchot (right) on the Board of Public Works with State Treasurer <a href="/wiki/Dereck_E._Davis" title="Dereck E. Davis">Dereck E. Davis</a> (left) and Governor <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hogan" title="Larry Hogan">Larry Hogan</a> (center), 2022</figcaption></figure> Franchot, along with the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">governor</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Maryland" title="Treasurer of Maryland">state treasurer</a>, compose the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Board_of_Public_Works" title="Maryland Board of Public Works">Board of Public Works</a> — a constitutionally appointed body that oversees many aspects of the state's finances. During his tenure on the Board, Franchot worked to advance initiatives that reform the state's procurement process and practices,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> including the reduction of single-bid contracts<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> and increased participation among minority and women-owned enterprises.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Air-conditioning_in_Baltimore-area_schools">Air-conditioning in Baltimore-area schools</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Air-conditioning in Baltimore-area schools">edit</a>]</div> Franchot used his seat on the Board of Public Works and his high-profile political position to publicly pressure officials in Baltimore City and Baltimore County to immediately install <a href="/wiki/Air_conditioning" title="Air conditioning">air conditioning</a> units in aging school facilities that lack HVAC systems. He frequently sparred with school system leaders and elected officials from Baltimore County, a jurisdiction that in 2011, had 65 school buildings without air-conditioning.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> His public spats with County Executive <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kamenetz" title="Kevin Kamenetz">Kevin Kamenetz</a>, a fellow Democrat, over this issue has alienated Franchot from members of his own party.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In January 2016, the Board of Public Works approved the use of state funding for portable air conditioners in Baltimore-area schools<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> and lifted a ban on using state funding to purchase window air-conditioning units for public school classrooms.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> During the meeting, Franchot faced criticism for comparing the lack of air conditioning in schools to the <a href="/wiki/Flint_water_crisis" title="Flint water crisis">Flint water crisis</a>, saying "We were all dismissed as a bunch of malcontents. This is our <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a>".<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Towards the end of the 2016 legislative session, top legislative leaders, who objected to Franchot's frequent criticism, inserted language in budget bills to prevent the use of state funds for portable air-conditioning units in schools, which aligned with Kamenetz's view. In the same legislative session, lawmakers sought to end a practice — known as "beg-a-thon" — where school system leaders appear before the Board of Public Works to request additional school construction funding.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Later that year in May, the Board of Public Works voted 2–1 to withhold state funding for school construction in Baltimore and Baltimore County unless local officials installed air conditioning in all classrooms by the start of the next school year.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> In response, Kamenetz released a plan that accelerated the county's installation timeline by one year.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> In January 2017, the Board of Public Works voted to restore funding to the jurisdictions.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In September 2016, Franchot and the president of the Maryland State <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> chapter, Gerald Stansbury, wrote a letter to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice</a> to investigate the lack of air-conditioning in public schools in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. They wrote that the sweltering conditions in these schools, predominantly in financially depressed communities, amounted to a "blatant neglect of students' civil rights".<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> During the 2017 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly adopted a budget that removed Governor Hogan from the process of approving the state's school construction plans and allocate $5 million in funding for air-conditioning projects in city schools.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> During the 2018 legislative session, top Democratic leaders voted to strip the Board of Public Works of its oversight and management of the state's public school construction program. Despite a veto from Hogan, the legislature overrode the governor along party lines. Delegate <a href="/wiki/Maggie_McIntosh" title="Maggie McIntosh">Maggie McIntosh</a>, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee and floor leader for the legislation, directly cited Franchot's outspokenness about the air-conditioning issue as a reason contributing to this decision. The legislation established a task force whose membership is appointed by the governor and the legislative presiding officers to oversee and disburse taxpayer dollars for school construction investments.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Opposition_to_slots_and_expanded_gambling_in_Maryland">Opposition to slots and expanded gambling in Maryland</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Opposition to slots and expanded gambling in Maryland">edit</a>]</div> Franchot campaigned against bringing slot machine gambling to Maryland. As a member of the House of Delegates, he led a successful coalition of lawmakers to oppose the Constitutional amendment to legalize slots.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> In 2008, Franchot, along with hundreds of others, launched Marylanders United to Stop Slots to encourage a 'no' vote on the referendum. Franchot argued that the high social costs of increased crime, broken families and bankruptcies would outweigh any revenue gains.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Franchot's opposition to the slots referendum put him at odds with fellow members of his own party, including Governor Martin O'Malley and Senate President <a href="/wiki/Thomas_V._Miller_Jr." title="Thomas V. Miller Jr.">Thomas V. Mike Miller</a>, both of whom were prominent proponents of the slots referendum.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> The 2008 slots referendum passed by a margin of 59 percent to 41 percent.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In June 2012, Franchot criticized the General Assembly for holding a special session for a proposal for a new casino at the <a href="/wiki/National_Harbor,_Maryland" title="National Harbor, Maryland">National Harbor</a>, which would be the sixth casino in Prince George's County.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> In a letter to members of the legislature, he encouraged lawmakers to disclose "all contributions from national gambling interests"<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> and warned against approving the casino, saying it would "cannibalize" the venues and "jeopardize the viability of state's casino program".<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In an interview with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Examiner" title="Washington Examiner">Washington Examiner</a> on gambling expansion in Maryland, Franchot expressed heavy skepticism about the promise of casino revenue being used for educational purposes. "Any education funding that goes into the Education Trust Fund is subject to being raided by the legislature," Franchot said. "That is what's happened historically; that inevitably is what will happen again."<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> He opposed a referendum to legalize <a href="/wiki/Table_game_(casino)" class="mw-redirect" title="Table game (casino)">table games</a> at the state's casinos.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> The 2012 referendum passed by a narrow margin, 52 percent to 48 percent.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Franchot opposed a 2020 referendum to legalize <a href="/wiki/Sports_betting" title="Sports betting">sports betting</a> in Maryland.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> The 2020 referendum passed by a wide margin, 67 percent to 33 percent.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Craft_beer_regulation">Craft beer regulation</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Craft beer regulation">edit</a>]</div> Franchot opposed a bill that was unanimously passed by the General Assembly during the 2017 legislative session that imposed restrictions on the sale and distribution of craft beer products in the state.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In response, Franchot formed a "Reform on Tap" task force to study Maryland's beer laws and propose reforms on what he considered to be "antiquated, dysfunctional, anti-small business, and anti-consumer".<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In November 2017, he proposed a legislative package to reform the state's regulations on craft brewers through deregulation. The bill would have removed regulations on take-home and taproom sales and limits on beer production, and would have removed a "buy-back" provision that prevented breweries from buying their products from wholesalers to increase the limits on what they're allowed to sell.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> In response to Franchot, Delegates <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Kramer" title="Benjamin F. Kramer">Ben Kramer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_E._Miller" title="Warren E. Miller">Warren Miller</a> introduced legislation forming a task force to study which agency is best suited to regulate the alcohol industry in Maryland.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> After a hearing in the House Economic Matters Committee that lasted several hours and featured dozens of brewers, elected officials, and other stakeholders who testified in support of Franchot's bill,<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> the committee voted 17–4 to reject the comptroller's legislation.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> During the 2019 legislative session, Kramer introduced legislation to strip the comptroller's office of its ability to regulate the alcohol, tobacco, and motor fuels industries, instead moving these responsibilities to a governor-appointed commission.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> The bill passed and was vetoed by Governor Hogan, but the General Assembly voted to override the veto.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interstate_270_and_Capital_Beltway_expansion">Interstate 270 and Capital Beltway expansion</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Interstate 270 and Capital Beltway expansion">edit</a>]</div> On May 8, 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's County</a> Council voted unanimously for a proposal requiring Governor Larry Hogan to undertake further environmental reviews before proceeding with his plan to expand Interstate 270 and the Capital Beltway.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> On June 5, the State Board of Public Works voted to approve the proposal. Franchot and Hogan voted in favor of the proposal, while <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Kopp" title="Nancy Kopp">Nancy Kopp</a> opposed it.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In August 2021, the Maryland Board of Public Works voted to accept a contract that would allow an international consortium to begin design work on the plan to add privately financed toll lanes to portions of the Beltway and I-270, with Franchot and Hogan voting to approve the plans and Kopp voting against it. A second contract, which set up a one-dollar-a-year lease arrangement over 60 years between the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority, was also agreed upon.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> On November 19, 2021, the Maryland Transportation Authority Board voted unanimously to approve toll rates on Interstate 270, with prices depending on whether drivers use EZ-Pass or video tolling, the driver's vehicle and amount of passengers, and if drivers commute during hours where traffic is especially acute.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_Maryland_gubernatorial_campaign">2022 Maryland gubernatorial campaign</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2022 Maryland gubernatorial campaign">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_Maryland_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Maryland gubernatorial election">2022 Maryland gubernatorial election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_Dundalk_4th_of_July_Parade_60.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Supporters walk alongside a "Veterans for Franchot" truck in the July 4 parade in Dundalk, Maryland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2022_Dundalk_4th_of_July_Parade_60.jpg/220px-2022_Dundalk_4th_of_July_Parade_60.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2022_Dundalk_4th_of_July_Parade_60.jpg/330px-2022_Dundalk_4th_of_July_Parade_60.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2022_Dundalk_4th_of_July_Parade_60.jpg/440px-2022_Dundalk_4th_of_July_Parade_60.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Franchot supporters campaigning in <a href="/wiki/Dundalk,_Maryland" title="Dundalk, Maryland">Dundalk, Maryland</a>, 2022</figcaption></figure> On January 22, 2020, Franchot announced his candidacy for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">governor of Maryland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Maryland_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Maryland gubernatorial election">2022 election</a>, which would be vacated by Larry Hogan (R), who is term-limited, in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> His running mate was Monique Anderson-Walker, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Prince_George%27s_County,_Maryland#County_executive_and_council" title="Prince George's County, Maryland">Prince George's County council</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> During the primaries, he was noted for his absence during many of the candidate forums held around the state.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Franchot received endorsements from over 100 current and former officeholders, including former <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gilchrest" title="Wayne Gilchrest">Wayne Gilchrist</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Maryland" title="Lieutenant Governor of Maryland">lieutenant governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Steinberg" title="Melvin Steinberg">Melvin Steinberg</a>.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> On July 1, 2022, Franchot's campaign announced that its workers had unionized with <a href="/wiki/Campaign_Workers_Guild" title="Campaign Workers Guild">Campaign Workers Guild</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> On July 19, 2022, Franchot lost the primary, placing third behind <a href="/wiki/Tom_Perez" title="Tom Perez">Tom Perez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wes_Moore" title="Wes Moore">Wes Moore</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> This was Franchot's first campaign loss since his run for Congress in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> He conceded on July 22, 2022, and endorsed Democratic nominee Wes Moore.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lunch_with_Comptroller_Franchot_%26_Mrs._Maher_(52561925023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Lunch_with_Comptroller_Franchot_%26_Mrs._Maher_%2852561925023%29.jpg/220px-Lunch_with_Comptroller_Franchot_%26_Mrs._Maher_%2852561925023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Lunch_with_Comptroller_Franchot_%26_Mrs._Maher_%2852561925023%29.jpg/330px-Lunch_with_Comptroller_Franchot_%26_Mrs._Maher_%2852561925023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Lunch_with_Comptroller_Franchot_%26_Mrs._Maher_%2852561925023%29.jpg/440px-Lunch_with_Comptroller_Franchot_%26_Mrs._Maher_%2852561925023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4576" data-file-height="3661" /></a><figcaption>Franchot and his wife Anne Maher with Governor <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hogan" title="Larry Hogan">Larry Hogan</a> and First Lady <a href="/wiki/Yumi_Hogan" title="Yumi Hogan">Yumi Hogan</a>.</figcaption></figure> Franchot married his wife, Anne Maher, in 1981.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Together, they own two homes: one in <a href="/wiki/Takoma_Park,_Maryland" title="Takoma Park, Maryland">Takoma Park, Maryland</a>; and a second $800,000 home in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Cod, Massachusetts">Cape Cod, Massachusetts</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> Together, they have two children, Abbe (born 1982) and Nick (born 1985).<a href="#cite_note-Sights-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Political positions">edit</a>]</div> In his run for House of Representatives in 1988, Franchot remarked, "I am a liberal, I am proud to be a Democrat who is in the progressive wing of the party."<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> He represented liberal-leaning <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Maryland" title="Montgomery County, Maryland">Montgomery County</a> in the Maryland House of Delegates and was regarded as one of Maryland's most liberal delegates,<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> but took positions at odds with his district.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> After Franchot was elected Comptroller, he took a rightward turn on fiscal issues.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Former <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> governor of Maryland <a href="/wiki/Bob_Ehrlich" title="Bob Ehrlich">Bob Ehrlich</a> takes note of this shift in his book Turn This Car Around, writing: "Business groups large and small joined in a historic campaign to repeal the new tax. Surprisingly, newly elected State Comptroller Peter Franchot, one of the legislature's most progressive votes during a twenty-year career in the Maryland House of Delegates, joined the pro-business, anti-tax chorus."<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> Franchot identifies as an "independent Democrat", holding <a href="/wiki/Fiscally_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscally conservative">fiscally conservative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Socially_liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Socially liberal">socially liberal</a> views.<a href="#cite_note-Jealous-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In December 2014, before Governor-elect <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hogan" title="Larry Hogan">Larry Hogan</a> was sworn in, Franchot pledged a bipartisan alliance with the incoming governor,<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> and the two have worked together for various causes on the Maryland Board of Public Works.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> He has been described by progressive news outlet <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland Matters">Maryland Matters</a> as being "closer to Republican Governor Larry Hogan than he is to any elected Democrat."<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Abortion">edit</a>]</div> In 1991, Franchot sponsored legislation to provide access to abortion in Maryland while requiring physicians to inform minors' parents when their children seek an abortion. The bill passed and was signed into law by Governor <a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Schaefer" title="William Donald Schaefer">William Donald Schaefer</a> on February 18, 1991.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama General Assembly">Alabama General Assembly</a> passed the <a href="/wiki/Human_Life_Protection_Act" title="Human Life Protection Act">Human Life Protection Act</a> in 2019, Franchot called for a boycott of Alabama-based business and proposed divesting state taxpayer from being spent in Alabama.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> He later backed down from this stance, voting for a foster care contract with Seraaj Family Homes, an Alabama-based child placement services company, in June 2019.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> Following the leak of a draft majority opinion for the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> case <a href="/wiki/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women%27s_Health_Organization" title="Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization">Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization</a>, Franchot signaled support for codifying reproductive rights into the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Maryland" title="Constitution of Maryland">Constitution of Maryland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> In May 2022, Franchot sent a letter to Governor Larry Hogan, asking him to release $3.5 million in funds to train abortion care providers as part of House Bill 937, or the Abortion Care Access Act.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Hogan denied the request.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COVID-19_pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: COVID-19 pandemic">edit</a>]</div> Franchot criticized the Hogan administration's use of emergency contracts to pay for the state's COVID response efforts.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> He criticized the governor's purchase of 500 thousand <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_test_kit" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 test kit">COVID-19 test kits</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, expressing concerns about the transparency and accountability in what happened to the tests.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> In February 2021, he wrote an op-ed to Maryland Matters criticizing the governor's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> On July 1, 2022, Franchot announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Education">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Press_Conference_On_School_After_Labor_Day_(29382487555).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Press_Conference_On_School_After_Labor_Day_%2829382487555%29.jpg/220px-Press_Conference_On_School_After_Labor_Day_%2829382487555%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Press_Conference_On_School_After_Labor_Day_%2829382487555%29.jpg/330px-Press_Conference_On_School_After_Labor_Day_%2829382487555%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Press_Conference_On_School_After_Labor_Day_%2829382487555%29.jpg/440px-Press_Conference_On_School_After_Labor_Day_%2829382487555%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a><figcaption>Franchot (left) joining Governor Hogan (center) at press conference where he signed an executive order requiring schools to start after Labor Day, 2016</figcaption></figure> Franchot supports having a post-<a href="/wiki/Labor_Day" title="Labor Day">Labor Day</a> start for Maryland public schools,<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> launching a "Let Summer Be Summer" campaign to move the start of the school year to after Labor Day in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> In August 2016, Franchot joined Governor Larry Hogan at a press conference where he signed an executive order requiring all public schools to begin classes after Labor Day.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> He opposed legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly in the 2019 legislative session that would give local school boards the choice to start school years earlier than Labor Day.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> During the campaign, Franchot said that he would support limiting or eliminating <a href="/wiki/Standardized_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="Standardized testing">standardized testing</a> in classrooms. He opposes the <a href="/wiki/Blueprint_for_Maryland%27s_Future" title="Blueprint for Maryland's Future">Blueprint for Maryland's Future</a>,<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> saying that he would rather shift the state's school curriculum to include teacher buy-ins and lessons that offer students "skill and knowledge about the modern economy".<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> He also opposed tax reforms to pay for the Blueprint's proposals.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> He later reversed his opposition to the Blueprint, saying, "I was a bit of a skeptic because it didn't have any funding applied to it... I will implement what the legislature wants, but I was skeptical about the dollar amounts".<a href="#cite_note-Successful-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Environment">edit</a>]</div> During the campaign, Franchot pledged to make Maryland the first <a href="/wiki/Net_zero" class="mw-redirect" title="Net zero">net zero</a> state for carbon emissions by 2030, protecting and cleaning the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a>, and building a statewide <a href="/wiki/Transit_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Transit system">transit system</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ClimateVotersGuide-108">[108]</a> In April 2022, Franchot and seven other gubernatorial candidates signed a pledge with the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Climate_Action_Network" title="Chesapeake Climate Action Network">Chesapeake Climate Action Network</a> to support legislation to transition the state to use 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035 and to remove trash incineration from the state's "clean energy" classification in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> Franchot has faced criticism from environmentalists for his support of proposals to widen the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270, and to rebuild the American Legion Bridge, but he defends his stance by arguing that most vehicles on the road will be powered by electricity rather than gasoline by the time the improvements are made to the highways and bridges.<a href="#cite_note-ClimateVotersGuide-108">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_control">Gun control</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Gun control">edit</a>]</div> In 1988, Franchot sponsored legislation that restrict the sale and manufacture of handguns.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> The bill passed and became law on May 23, 1988.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minimum_wage">Minimum wage</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Minimum wage">edit</a>]</div> Franchot expressed concern over a proposal from Governor <a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Malley" title="Martin O'Malley">Martin O'Malley</a> to increase the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2017, saying that legislators should consider its potential negative impacts on small business owners.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> In 2020, Franchot refused to pause the automatic increase in the state's minimum wage during the COVID-19 pandemic.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_politics">National politics</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: National politics">edit</a>]</div> Franchot endorsed U.S. senator from Illinois <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> for <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">president</a> on January 10, 2008.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> He endorsed former secretary of state <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> for <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign">president</a> on November 17, 2015.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Franchot endorsed Senator <a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar" title="Amy Klobuchar">Amy Klobuchar</a> for <a href="/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign">president</a> on February 17, 2020.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redistricting">Redistricting</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Redistricting">edit</a>]</div> Franchot supports using a <a href="/wiki/Redistricting_commission" title="Redistricting commission">bipartisan commission</a> consisting of an equal amount of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents to draw the state's congressional and legislative districts.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> He also supports splitting the state legislature's 47 <a href="/wiki/Multi-member_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-member districts">multi-member districts</a> in 141 <a href="/wiki/Single-member_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-member districts">single-member districts</a>.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Franchot supported a 2012 ballot referendum to repeal the state's congressional maps.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> The measure was rejected 64%–34% in November 2012.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_issues">Social issues</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Social issues">edit</a>]</div> Franchot supports the removal of <a href="/wiki/Confederate_monuments" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate monuments">Confederate monuments</a> in Maryland, rallying for the removal the <a href="/wiki/Talbot_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Talbot Boys">Talbot Boys</a> statue on social media.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> The Talbot Boys statue, the last Confederate monument on public land in Maryland, was removed in March 2022.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> In December 2012, Franchot said that he would allow <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_married_couple" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex married couple">same-sex married couples</a> to file taxes jointly.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taxes">Taxes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Taxes">edit</a>]</div> Franchot opposes levying a <a href="/wiki/Carbon_tax" title="Carbon tax">carbon tax</a>, saying that it's more important to get a buy-in from fossil fuel companies to develop <a href="/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage" title="Carbon capture and storage">carbon capture</a> technology.<a href="#cite_note-ClimateVotersGuide-108">[108]</a> Franchot opposed legislation introduced during the 2012 legislative session that would levy a <a href="/wiki/Fuel_tax" title="Fuel tax">fuel tax</a> indexed to <a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> After Governor Hogan signed legislation enacting a 30-day <a href="/wiki/Gas_tax_holiday" title="Gas tax holiday">gas tax holiday</a> amid the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russo-Ukrainian War</a>, Franchot said that "the hammer" would fall on gas station owners who refused to lower fuel prices.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> In April 2022, Franchot wrote in an op-ed to Maryland Matters encouraging the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland General Assembly</a> to extend the state's 30-day gas tax holiday by an additional 90 days.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> In May 2022, Governor Hogan wrote to Franchot asking him to suspend the mandated gas tax increase, to which Franchot replied asking Hogan to declare a state of emergency to suspend the gas tax until September.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> Franchot called for the General Assembly to form a special legislative session to pass legislation giving him the authority to suspend the state's inflation-based gas tax increase, which is scheduled to take effect in July.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> Legislative leaders rejected Franchot's request, saying that the gas tax hike pause would "not result in Marylanders seeking a price reduction at the pump" and would cost the state over $200 million in transportation funding.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Transportation">edit</a>]</div> Franchot supports building the proposed <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(Baltimore)" title="Red Line (Baltimore)">Red Line</a> transit line, but says the state should consider a <a href="/wiki/Monorail" title="Monorail">monorail</a> instead of "automatically going with conventional rail or <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Successful-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Franchot&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Electoral history">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District Democratic Primary Election, 1986<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,912 </td> <td style="text-align:right">17 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sheila_E._Hixson" title="Sheila E. Hixson">Sheila Ellis Hixson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,921 </td> <td style="text-align:right">14 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dana_Lee_Dembrow" title="Dana Lee Dembrow">Dana Lee Dembrow</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,341 </td> <td style="text-align:right">13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert G. Berger </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,068 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Louis H. D'Ovidio </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,956 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">DeVance Walker Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,904 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mary Dunphy </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,449 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Fredrica F. Hodges </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,179 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Mennell </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,403 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">H. Evan DuQuette </td> <td style="text-align:right">706 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District General Election, 1986<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,255 </td> <td style="text-align:right">23 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,596 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,457 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stuart T. Eisen </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,483 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Gordon Bennett </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,431 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ronald T. Richard </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,572 </td> <td style="text-align:right">9 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland's 8th Congressional District Democratic Primary Election, 1988<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">36,734 </td> <td style="text-align:right">56 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rosemary Glynn </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,748 </td> <td style="text-align:right">26 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ralph K. Shur </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,833 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">George E. Benns </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,725 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland's 8th Congressional District Election, 1988<a href="#cite_note-1988g-5">[5]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Constance_A._Morella" class="mw-redirect" title="Constance A. Morella">Constance A. Morella</a> (inc.) </td> <td style="text-align:right">172,619 </td> <td style="text-align:right">62.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">102,478 </td> <td style="text-align:right">37.3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District Democratic Primary Election, 1990<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,202 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,959 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,553 </td> <td style="text-align:right">20 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert G. Berger </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,221 </td> <td style="text-align:right">19 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Diane Kirchenbauer </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,879 </td> <td style="text-align:right">18 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District General Election, 1990<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">18,303 </td> <td style="text-align:right">34 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,958 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,871 </td> <td style="text-align:right">33 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District Democratic Primary Election, 1994<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,276 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,312 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,307 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Steven Silverman </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,979 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Graham </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,082 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District General Election, 1994<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">19,679 </td> <td style="text-align:right">30 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">19,423 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">18,854 </td> <td style="text-align:right">28 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Harrison </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,248 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District Democratic Primary Election, 1998<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,758 </td> <td style="text-align:right">30 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,558 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,487 </td> <td style="text-align:right">25 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Diane Nixon </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,117 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert B. Bates </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,276 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District General Election, 1998<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">22,396 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,895 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">21,208 </td> <td style="text-align:right">26 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">John C. Leahy </td> <td style="text-align:right">6,020 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James K. Harrison Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,602 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Franklin U. Hackenberg </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,163 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District Democratic Primary Election, 2002<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,720 </td> <td style="text-align:right">28.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,278 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gareth_E._Murray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gareth E. Murray (page does not exist)">Gareth E. Murray</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,125 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dana Lee Dembrow </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,601 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Diane Nixon </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,556 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Luis Alvarez </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,444 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">E. Richard Rosenthal </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,674 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert B. Bates </td> <td style="text-align:right">968 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.8 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland House of Delegates 20th District General Election, 2002<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sheila Ellis Hixson </td> <td style="text-align:right">19,841 </td> <td style="text-align:right">26.72 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">18,273 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.61 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gareth E. Murray </td> <td style="text-align:right">15,803 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21.28 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Linda Schade </td> <td style="text-align:right">10,101 </td> <td style="text-align:right">13.60 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jae Donald Collins </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,294 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kenneth Klein </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,855 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.54 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-In" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-In">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">96 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.13 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland Comptroller Democratic Primary Election, 2006<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">215,192 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Janet S. Owens </td> <td style="text-align:right">200,292 </td> <td style="text-align:right">34.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Schaefer" title="William Donald Schaefer">William Donald Schaefer</a> (inc.) </td> <td style="text-align:right">174,071 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29.5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland Comptroller General Election, 2006<a href="#cite_note-2006g-9">[9]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,016,677 </td> <td style="text-align:right">59.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anne M. McCarthy </td> <td style="text-align:right">703,874 </td> <td style="text-align:right">40.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-In" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-In">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,219 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland Comptroller General Election, 2010<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,087,836 </td> <td style="text-align:right">61.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Henry Campbell </td> <td style="text-align:right">691,461 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-In" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-In">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,799 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland Comptroller General Election, 2014<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,061,267 </td> <td style="text-align:right">62.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">William Henry Campbell </td> <td style="text-align:right">630,109 </td> <td style="text-align:right">37.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-In" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-In">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,941 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-In" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-In">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anajli Reed Phukan </td> <td style="text-align:right">595 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland Comptroller General Election, 2018<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Franchot </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,620,264 </td> <td style="text-align:right">72.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anjali Reed Phukan </td> <td style="text-align:right">624,871 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#F8F9FA;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-In" class="mw-redirect" title="Write-In">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn"> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,103 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Maryland gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2022<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Moore" title="Wes Moore">Wes Moore</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Miller" title="Aruna Miller">Aruna Miller</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">217,524 </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em">32.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Perez" title="Tom Perez">Tom Perez</a></li><li>Shannon Sneed</li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right">202,175 </td> <td style="text-align:right">30.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Peter Franchot</li><li>Monique Anderson-Walker</li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right">141,586 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rushern_Baker" title="Rushern Baker">Rushern Baker</a> (withdrawn)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Navarro" title="Nancy Navarro">Nancy Navarro</a> (withdrawn)</li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right">26,594 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Gansler" title="Doug Gansler">Doug Gansler</a></li><li>Candace Hollingsworth</li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right">25,481 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_King_Jr." title="John King Jr.">John King Jr.</a></li><li>Michelle Siri</li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right">24,882 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Ashwani Jain</li><li>LaTrece Hawkins Lytes</li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right">13,784 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Jon Baron</li><li>Natalie Williams</li></ul></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,880 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Segal" title="Jerome Segal">Jerome Segal</a></li><li>Justinian M. 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