Oprah-Backed Newcomer Eyes Upset in Maryland's Crowded Democratic Gubernatorial Primary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : His platform calls for a legal guarantee of 32 hours of paid employment, a four-day workweek, and free education from pre-K through college.
51% : Franchot, 74, served in the Maryland Assembly for 20 years advocating for gun control, abortion, and increasing the minimum wage before being elected four times as state comptroller, a position he has used to foster widespread name recognition in the state.
51% : An attorney with a law degree from Yale, he is a former vice president at Arnold Ventures, a nonprofit "focused on evidence-based giving in a wide range of categories including criminal justice, education, health care, and public finance."
49% :Gansler, 59, has served 23 years as a state attorney in various capacities, including as Maryland attorney general 2007-15, where he initiated environmental audits to identify sources of Chesapeake Bay pollutants, aggressively prosecuted gangs, and wrote an opinion that the state should recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
44% : He vows to promote abortion, close the racial wealth gap, and help older residents and retirees to stay in Maryland.

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