Maya Rockeymoore “strongly considering” running for Governor of Maryland

Maya Rockeymoore has revealed that she is “strongly considering” running for governor of Maryland.

Rockeymoore, a Democrat, told reporters in an interview, that the health care debate in Washington has shown that Republicans in the nation’s capital are not considering the needs of women, children and minorities.
“Gutting Medicaid is simply an unacceptable proposition, and it has a disproportionately negative effect on women and children,” Rockeymoore said.

She said she believes more decisions about important issues like health care will fall to state leaders, where governors will have a lot of say in who gets needed services. She also said she does not have confidence that Republican Governor Larry Hogan “can make the right decisions on behalf of Maryland’s families, and particularly women and their families.”

“We are paying attention to the details of policy perhaps more closely and heavily now than in a long time, and we are afraid,” Rockeymoore said in the interview.
“We are afraid of this leadership. We think that it’s failed leadership, and we deserve better. I’m referring to (President Donald) Trump, Hogan, the GOP in Congress. I’m putting them all together.”

Hogan joined a bipartisan group of 11 governors who say Senate Republicans should abandon the effort to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it later. Still, Maryland Democrats have criticized the governor for not taking a stronger stand much earlier in the debate.

Rockeymoore said she may announce a decision “within the next few weeks.” She is married to U.S. representative (congressman) Elijah Cummings.

The field for Maryland’s Democratic nomination is growing into a crowded one with nearly a year to go until the June 26 primary.
State Senator Richard Madaleno, of Montgomery County, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and former NAACP President Ben Jealous are running. Entrepreneur Alec Ross and lawyer Jim Shea also are running. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and U.S. Rep. John Delaney also are weighing a run. Delaney has said he plans to announce a decision by the end of the month.

Source: The Associated Press.