Equality Maryland Endorses Lt. Gov. Brown

Equality Maryland, the state’s leading gay rights political action committee, has endorsed Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown’s candidacy to become the next governor of Maryland, even though Del. Heather Mizeur is trying to become the first openly gay governor of the state.

Carrie Evans, Equality Maryland’s executive director, said Lt. Gov. Brown and his running mate Howard County Executive Ken Ulman would be the most effective at advancing the group’s issues.   The group also praised Mizeur and Attorney General Doug Gansler for their support.  

"Equality Maryland's PAC has worked since 2006 to help elect individuals who will fight for LGBT equality.  It is remarkable that seven years later, we have come to a point where all three Democratic candidates for Governor are enthusiastically supportive of LGBT issues," Chairman Tim Williams said in a news release.

The political action committee also endorsed 36 candidates for Maryland General Assembly:

State Senator

Del. Susan Lee, District 16

Del. Veronica Turner, District 26

Sen. Brian Feldman, District 15

Sen. Delores Kelly, District 10

Sen. Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Sen. Richard Madaleno, District 18

Sen. Roger Manno, District 19

Sen. Nathaniel McFadden, District 45

Sen. Karen Montgomery, District 14

Sen. Jamie Raskin, District 20

Sen. James Rosapepe, District 21

Sen. Bobby Zirkin, District 11

House of Delegates

Del. Charles Barkley, District 39

Del. Kumar Barve, District 17

Del. Michael E. Busch, District 30

Del. Luke Clippinger, District 46

Del. Kathleen Dumais, District 15

Del. Tawanna Gaines, District 22

Del. Adrienne Jones, District 10

Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18

Del. Peter Hammen, District 46

Del. Anne Healey, District 22

Del. James Hubbard, District 23

Del. Benjamin Kramer, District 19

Del. Stephen Lafferty, District 42

Del. Eric Luedtke, District 14 

Del. Aruna Miller, District 15

Del. Peter Murphy, District 28

Del. Dana Stein, District 11

Del. Kirill Reznik, District 39

Del. Barbara Robinson, District 40

Del. Shane Robinson, District 39

Del. Samuel “Sandy” Rosenberg, District 41

Del. Kris Valderrama, District 26

Del. Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18

Del. Craig Zucker, District 14