Heather Mizeur, a Democratic candidate in the Maryland gubernatorial race, has announced she will participate in the state’s public financing system next year. Mizeur will limit overall spending in exchange for matching funds, and is the first candidate in 20 years to do so.
Public policy professor and chair Donald Norris was interviewed by The Washington Post for an article about Mizeur’s decision. With Mizeur running against two candidates with greater name recognition in Attorney General Douglas Gansler and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Norris said the move is needed for Mizeur to remain competitive.
“It may be a principled matter, but it’s also making a virtue out of a necessity,” Norris said. “It’s very unlikely, given that she’s a dark-horse candidate, that she could raise serious money on her own.”
Mizeur, a Montgomery County delegate, was expected to release several campaign finance proposals, including expanding the state’s public financing system to candidates running for other state offices.
You can read the full article in The Washington Post here.
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