Grassroots organization United for Maryland held its version of a “fireside chat” on Sunday, Feb. 18 in Bethesda, featuring five of the seven Democratic gubernatorial candidates, including Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, former Michelle Obama policy director Krish Vignarajah, state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno (D-Montgomery), tech entrepreneur Alec Ross, and former NAACP chief Ben Jealous.
Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker and attorney Jim Shea did not attend.
United for Maryland is a political action committee and “coalition of diverse grassroots organizations dedicated to informing the public, encouraging debate and organizing support for leading candidates,” according to its website.
Ryan R. Miner, MBA is the founder, editor in chief, and senior reporter of A Miner Detail, the Maryland investigative journalism publication he launched in April 2015. He hosts the A Miner Detail Podcast, distributed across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and seven other platforms. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Miner holds a B.A. in political science from Duquesne University (2008) and an MBA from Mount St. Mary's University (2020). He teaches at Frederick Community College. He is also the founder of Sentinel Silver, LLC, Maryland's first older adult technology institute, and the publisher of The Senior Soup, a Maryland senior advocacy platform. His longer story is at ryanrminer.com. Reach him at Ryan@AMinerDetail.com or (240) 244-7075.
