TODAY @ 11AM: MD Dems & Immigration Activists Call on Hidin’ Hogan to Find Courage to Defend His Record

Annapolis, MD—TODAY, Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 11:00AM, Maryland Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Matthews will join Senator Richard Madaleno, Jim Shea, CASA De Maryland Executive Director Gustavo Torres on a press call to urge Hidin’ Larry Hogan to dig deep and find the courage to defend his indefensible record on education, healthcare, and the economy. 

Yesterday, Hidin’ Hogan issued a press release asking for far fewer debates than he called for in 2014, indicating yet again that he wants to limit scrutiny of indefensible record on education, healthcare, and the economy.  What a difference four years makes—in 2014, Hogan called for five televised debates and two radio debates. 

The Hogan campaign did so without first engaging in talks with the Jealous campaign, which is customary. The Jealous campaign has advocated for more than two debates to make sure the debates reflected the full diversity of Maryland and allowed voters far more opportunities to hear both candidates’ visions for Maryland. During the primary, the Democratic field prioritized maximizing the debate and ensuring that voters had the opportunity to hear as many times as possible from the candidates and participated in five televised debates and one radio debate. 

Of the stations Hogan announced he would participate with, he curiously left off the only Spanish-Language network, Telemundo which partners with NBC4. It begs the question of whether Larry Hogan is willing to defend his record on issues particular to the Latino community.

During the primary campaign, Jealous, Madaleno, Shea and all Democratic gubernatorial candidates participated in 6 broadcast debates to ensure that voters had an opportunity to hear directly from candidates and to have them answer pressing questions on their policies and vision for the future of Maryland.