Bob White
Working ClassQ1 Maryland residents are facing sharply rising electricity bills driven by a combination of power plant retirements, surging market prices, and rapidly growing demand (including from the proliferation of data centers across the region). If elected, what specific steps will you take to address the causes of high energy costs for Maryland residents and businesses, including data centers?
“We need to slow data center growth and put it under open local supervision-not just bribing a government official to ram it through. We need to see that the power company makes gradual and predictable rate changes.”
Q2 Since early 2025, Maryland has lost nearly 25,000 federal jobs (more than any other state) as funding cuts to federal agencies including the NIH, NASA, and NIST take effect. How would you approach strengthening Maryland’s economy, and what steps would you take to ensure that workers across different roles and education levels benefit from those efforts?
“We need to find a way to get more funding for science-once we loose it it will be hard to replace. Tax the rich.”