Tension has been building in recent weeks between Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Attorney General Douglas Gansler, both Democratic candidates in Maryland’s race for governor.
The Gansler campaign has criticized Brown for his handling of the state’s rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Brown’s campaign has come under fire for using a tracker to document any Gansler missteps.
Laura Hussey, assistant professor of political science, was interviewed for a Capital News Service article about the growing level of tension between the two campaigns.
“It’s a little bit nastier than I recall from recent races [in Maryland]. They had their disagreements. But I don’t recall it as being as uncivil as this one,” Hussey said.
She added the sparring between the campaigns is a reflection of the current political culture.
“It’s part of a trend toward greater incivility in our politics that is afflicting everybody,” Hussey said. “Politics is nastier. We can see that [on the national level] in what goes on between Democrats and Republicans in Congress.”
“They don’t have the same social ties that they used to. They don’t practice the same norms of politeness and deference,” she said.
You can read the full article in the Capital News Service here.
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