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Pro-Trump Maryland state lawmaker running for governor
Updated: 1:22 PM EDT Jul 5, 2021
Maryland’s gubernatorial race has its first pro-Trump candidate.Delegate Dan Cox, R-District 4, a district that encompasses portions of Carroll and Frederick counties, announced Sunday that he is running for governor in 2022.Cox, 46, called Vice President Mike Pence a traitor in a tweet that he posted during the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.Gov. Larry Hogan, a fellow Republican who is barred by term limits from running again, has dismissed Cox as a “QAnon conspiracy theorist.” QAnon centers on the baseless belief that Trump has been secretly waging a campaign against a Satan-worshipping cabal of “deep state” enemies and prominent Democrats operating a child sex trafficking ring.Cox unsuccessfully sued Hogan over his stay-at-home order at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.Two other Republicans have declared themselves as candidates in the Republican primary for governor: Kelly Schulz, the state’s commerce secretary, and anti-tax advocate Robin Ficker.Nine Democrats have announced their candidacies for the gubernatorial race.The primary is June 28, 2022.
Maryland’s gubernatorial race has its first pro-Trump candidate.
Delegate Dan Cox, R-District 4, a district that encompasses portions of Carroll and Frederick counties, announced Sunday that he is running for governor in 2022.
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Cox, 46, called Vice President Mike Pence a traitor in a tweet that he posted during the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
Gov. Larry Hogan, a fellow Republican who is barred by term limits from running again, has dismissed Cox as a “QAnon conspiracy theorist.” QAnon centers on the baseless belief that Trump has been secretly waging a campaign against a Satan-worshipping cabal of “deep state” enemies and prominent Democrats operating a child sex trafficking ring.
Cox unsuccessfully sued Hogan over his stay-at-home order at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two other Republicans have declared themselves as candidates in the Republican primary for governor: Kelly Schulz, the state’s commerce secretary, and anti-tax advocate Robin Ficker.
Nine Democrats have announced their candidacies for the gubernatorial race.
The primary is June 28, 2022.
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