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Race to replace Maryland Sen Ben Cardin heats up as Rep David Trone launches campaign
The Maryland U.S. Senate race is rising as Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin prepares to step down after 56 years in politics.
Rep. David Trone introduced Thursday he’s searching for the Democratic Social gathering’s nomination to switch Cardin because the veteran lawmaker enters retirement.
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Rep. David J. Trone, D-Md., delivers remarks at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. (Brian Stukes/Getty Pictures)
Trone is the founding father of Complete Wine & Extra, a wine and spirits distributor. He efficiently ran for workplace in Maryland’s sixth congressional district throughout the 2018 midterm elections.
Cardin has served within the Senate since 2006, when he received a seat to switch retiring Democrat Paul Sarbanes. Earlier than that, he was a congressman who represented a big a part of Baltimore and a number of other close by suburbs, successful his first U.S. Home race in 1986.
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Montgomery County Council Member Will Jawando. (Getty)
Trone is the second Democrat to announce a marketing campaign to switch Cardin, following Montgomery County Council Member Will Jawando’s announcement Tuesday.
“I’m pleased with all I’ve executed for Maryland. I’ve given my coronary heart and soul to our nice state, and I thank Marylanders for trusting me as your consultant for all these years. Thanks, Maryland,” Cardin tweeted Monday, sharing a video of his retirement announcement.
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Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., attends a information convention on the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
In video message together with his spouse, Myrna, Cardin recalled it has been 56 years since he first ran for workplace.
“You realize, Myrna, it’s been the consideration of my life to signify the individuals of Maryland first within the Maryland Basic Meeting, then as speaker of the Home, later as a member of the Home of Representatives, and now as a United States senator,” Cardin mentioned. “When this time period ends, it is going to be my final 12 months as an elected official. I cannot search re-election.”
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., throughout a listening to on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
Throughout his tenure within the Senate, Cardin has taken a largely liberal stance in advocating on well being care, retirement safety, the setting and monetary points.
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The senator has additionally been a number one advocate for clear water and the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, which flows by means of his house state.
Fox Information’ Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.