Maryland
Meet Maryland’s Libertarian nominee for governor David Lashar
Third-party candidate working for Maryland governor
With a little bit greater than a month till voters select Maryland’s subsequent governor, a lot of the eye has been centered on the 2 main candidates — Wes Moore for the Democrats and Dan Cox for the Republicans. However there’s nonetheless one other candidate in search of votes. FOX 5’s Tom Fitzgerald caught up with Libertarian candidate David Lashar in Takoma Park.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – With a little bit greater than a month till voters select Maryland’s subsequent governor, a lot of the eye has been centered on the 2 main candidates — Wes Moore for the Democrats and Dan Cox for the Republicans.
However there’s nonetheless one other candidate in search of votes. His identify is David Lashar and when you may not know who he’s – the 2022 Libertarian nominee for Maryland governor says he’s hoping to alter that.
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Lasher was once Republican, and a Division of Well being official in Governor Larry Hogan’s administration. However he stop the GOP to protest the rise of Donald Trump.
Lasher ran for congress as a Libertarian in 2018 and misplaced, however in 2022 he says so many citizens are turned off by politics, he’s positioning himself as an alternative choice to Cox and Moore.
“The appalling divisiveness that we had in politics between the 2 huge events had been badly mishandled, and I simply needed to step ahead and be another for my fellow residents right here in Maryland that have been in search of another,” Lasher stated.
As for his two main opponents, Lasher stated he is undecided he can win, however hopes to not less than get extra votes than Trump-endorsed Republican Cox. Lasher believes Moore is simply too near Maryland’s Democratic institution to be an actual agent of change.
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Voters FOX 5 spoke with stated they’ve differing opinions about voting for third-party candidates.
Lashar has his work reduce out for him if he hopes to make a dent within the Maryland governor’s race. In a current ballot, carried out by Goucher Faculty and the Baltimore Banner, the Libertarian attracted simply 4% of possible voters.