2022 MD Governor's race: on Welfare & Poverty


Ashwani Jain: Offer grants, incentives to grocers to serve food deserts

We must encourage healthy eating. Typically, those living in low-income neighborhoods lack access to fresh produce; they live too far away from full-service groceries; they're poorly served by public transit; and what they have is limited to what smaller convenience stores carry. We should offer grants, loans and tax incentives to grocers willing to open stores in underserved and impoverished areas.
Source: Medium.com posting on 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial race May 14, 2021

Doug Gansler: Provide economic incentives to address housing affordability

Provide local governments with the planning tools and economic incentives to address housing affordability without sprawl, through investment in multi-family housing, amended height restrictions on multi-family units, redevelopment of vacant and abandoned properties and repurposing of vacant commercial and office space.
Source: 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial campaign website DougGansler.com Dec 29, 2021

Rushern Baker: Affordable housing is a right

Affordable housing is a right. Studies show that affordable housing means more money spent in local communities, a healthier population, and a decrease in childhood poverty. It helps restore dignity in the homeless population by serving as a bridge to improved quality of life. This can only be accomplished with dedication to fair housing principles that address pervasive stereotyping and systemic bias lurking in rental and lending practices.
Source: 2022 Maryland Governor campaign website RushernBaker.com Jun 24, 2022

Wes Moore: Prioritize environmental justice for low-income communities

Prioritize environmental justice for the low-income communities and communities of color facing the worst effects of climate change by taking action to address extreme heat, improve access to cleaner public transit, increase tree canopy cover to reduce pollution and cool the climate, and ensure equitable access to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.
Source: 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial campaign website WesMoore.com Jul 24, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Welfare & Poverty:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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