Exactly a month ago, Harford County Executive David R. Craig became the first Republican candidate to declare his candidacy for Governor of Maryland. This month, he won our Md. Republicans' Poll with 49% (256 votes).
Delegate Ron George, who came in 2nd place, had a fair showing this month, receiving 27% (141 votes). George announced his candidacy shortly after Craig.
U.S. Marine Corps Major Charles Lollar, who has yet to announce his candidacy, received 20% (103 votes). Lollar is expected to make his announcement sometime in September.
Overall, RWB had our largest survey-sample yet; 524 responses. Not only did we break our response record, but we also have more results than usual.
This month, we asked voters: Who would you pick for Lt. Governor on a ticket with your candidate?
The results, were quite surprising. Nearly twice as many voters who chose Lollar for Governor, chose Lollar for Lieutenant Governor. 32% of voters said they would pick Lollar, 17% preffered Laura Neuman, 16% chose Jeannie Haddaway, 13% chose Kelly Schulz, 10% wanted Nancy Jacobs, 5% chose Kathy Szeliga, 3% said Jim Rutledge, and 4% said other.
We also asked voters: Which of the two Democratic candidates (Brown or Gansler) do you believe would be the weakest in the General Election. 57% said Doug Gansler, 43% said Anthony Brown. RWB is considering starting a Md.Democrats' Poll...
See RWB Averages for Results By County
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Other than bringing a pretty young female face to the Republican ticket, Delegate Jeannie Haddaway (R) doesn't offer much. A rather ineffective legislator, she sponsored just 1 bill that passed muster during the 2013 session- one that helps small local breweries. In 2010 she seemed obsessed with getting a law passed that required Maryland citizens to be background checked and fingerprinted before they could use certain International personal introduction sites. Haddaway promoted this rather bizarre romance law with a liberal taxpayer funded organization, the Polaris Project. Haddaway seems to be a natural hypocrite, who decried big government spending during a 2011 media campaign, while at the same time steering wasteful pork barrel projects to her own district.
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