Maryland Sierra Club announces more than 50 General Assembly endorsements for 2018 elections

October 11, 2017

For Immediate Release: Maryland Sierra Club announces more than 50 General Assembly endorsements for 2018 elections

Tuesday October 10, 2017
Contact: Josh Tulkin
Cell: 650-722-3171

College Park. This morning the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club announced over 50 “early endorsements” of incumbent state senators and delegates who, in their service in the General Assembly, have helped lead the fight to protect and preserve Maryland’s environment.

“These Sierra Club endorsed candidates have demonstrated strong leadership in promoting clean air, clean water, and cleaner energy for a healthier Maryland,” said Josh Tulkin, Director of the Maryland Sierra Club.

“The Sierra Club supports incumbents who stand with us for the environment. These legislators have voted consistently to provide Marylanders clean air and water, restore the Chesapeake Bay, and combat climate change,” said Betsy Johnson, Political Chair for the Maryland Sierra Club.

The Maryland Sierra Club has a rigorous process for endorsement. The first step is to review the voting records, public statements, and public advocacy of incumbents seeking re-election to decide upon early endorsements. Next, the Sierra Club will review questionnaire responses and conduct interviews of other incumbents, as well as additional candidates. This includes legislators appointed to their seats, and incumbents seeking to move from the House of Delegates to the State Senate. The Maryland Sierra Club’s Political Committee conducts thorough reviews of all candidates based on their environmental records and policy positions.

The Maryland Sierra Club has set a goal of raising $100,000 to support pro-environment candidates in the 2018 election. It has already raised over $40,000.

ENDORSED CANDIDATES FOR STATE SENATE AND HOUSE OF DELEGATES

District	Chamber	First Name	Last Name
3	Senator	Ronald	Young
3A	Delegate	Karen	Young
3A	Delegate	Carol	Krimm
10	Delegate	Ben	Brooks
11	Senator	Bobby	Zirkin
11	Delegate	Shelly	Hettleman
11	Delegate	Dan	Morhaim
11	Delegate	Dana	Stein
12	Delegate	Clarence	Lam
12	Delegate	Eric	Ebersole
12	Delegate	Terri	Hill
13	Senator	Guy	Guzzone
13	Delegate	Frank	Turner
13	Delegate	Vanessa	Atterbeary
13	Delegate	Shane	Pendergrass
14	Delegate	Anne	Kaiser
14	Delegate	Eric	Luedtke
15	Senator	Brian	Feldman
15	Delegate	David	Fraser-Hidalgo
15	Delegate	Kathleen	Dumais
16	Delegate	Ariana	Kelly
16	Delegate	Marc	Korman
16	Senator	Susan	Lee
17	Delegate	Jim	Gilchrist
17	Delegate	Andrew	Platt
17	Senator	Cheryl	Kagan
17	Delegate	Kumar	Barve
18	Delegate	Al	Carr
19	Delegate	Bonnie	Cullison
19	Delegate	Marice	Morales
20	Delegate	David	Moon
21	Senator	Jim	Rosapepe
21	Delegate	Joseline	Pena-Melnyk
22	Senator	Paul	Pinsky
22	Delegate	Tawanna	Gaines
22	Delegate	Alonzo	Washington
22	Delegate	Anne	Healey
24	Delegate	Erek	Barron
25	Delegate	Dereck	Davis
26	Delegate	Kriselda	Valderrama
30A	Delegate	Michael	Busch
32	Delegate	Mark	Chang
34A	Delegate	Mary Ann	Lisanti
39	Delegate	Kirill	Reznik
39	Delegate	Shane	Robinson
42A	Delegate	Stephen	Lafferty
43	Delegate	Maggie	McIntosh
44	Senator	Shirley	Nathan-Pulliam
46	Senator	Bill	Ferguson
46	Delegate	Luke	Clippinger
46	Delegate	Brooke	Lierman
47A	Delegate	Jimmy	Tarlau

About the Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 2.4 million members and supporters nationwide, and over 160,000 in Michigan. In addition to creating opportunities for people of all ages, levels and locations to have meaningful outdoor experiences, the Sierra Club works to safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and litigation. For more information, visit http://www.sierraclub.org.

Paid for by the Maryland Sierra Club PAC. By authority of Sierra Club Maryland Chapter Political Action Committee, Michael A. Pretl, Treasurer.