PM Weekly Memo for Monday November 14, 2022: We Voted for A New Progressive Era and We Won!
[Pre-header]: Our weekly newsletter covering the 2022 election and news you can use!

Dear Friend,

The results (or at least most of them) are in! We used our voices and our votes to elect more women and people of color to offices up and down the ballot, to legalize cannabis, and to affirm our support of democracy! We’re taking some time this week and next to celebrate and to reflect on our 2022 electoral program and the overall election results.

That’s why we’re holding a virtual statewide election debrief this Thursday evening Nov.18 at 7:00 pm to discuss the results and what’s next. Please join us! [link removed]

PM’s volunteers and leaders helped power us to victory in the Primary and in the General. We appreciate how many of them stepped up to bolster our voter turnout efforts when we needed them. The conversations they had with community members had a decisive impact on races in rural, suburban and urban districts across the state.

We made history!
Wes Moore, Brook Lierman, Anthony Brown will become our next Governor, Comptroller and Attorney General.

We recruited progressive candidates for our Slate and supported candidates from our MPLI program. We’re thrilled they won!

Delegates Sheila Ruth (District 44B) and Jamila Woods (District 26 )
Prince George’s County Councilmembers Edward Burroughs, Wala Blegay and Krystal Oriadha who is the frist openly LGBTQ person ever elected to the Council.
Montgomery County Councilmembers Laurie-Anne Sayles (At-Large) and Natali Fani Gonzalez (District 6)
Tiffany Jones, Democratic Party Central Committee, Baltimore City
Ian Miller, Democratic Party Central Committee in Baltimore County

We organized to win another game changing ballot measure, Question 4, cannabis legalization, that passed overwhelmingly.

More progressive victories and results can be found on our website: progressivemaryland.org

Thank you!

Onward,,
The Progressive Maryland Team








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PM Endorsed Candidate Results: progressivemaryland.org
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Updates: PM Task Forces and Issue Campaigns

Health Care For All
We’re getting ready for the state legislative session where we will be working to get relief for people with crushing medical debt; to expand healthcare Marylanders in need; and to make sure the Prescription Drug Accountability Board gets off to a strong start in their actions to set upper price limits (UPLs) on some medications. People’s Action led a protest at the Indianapolis HQ of Elevance Health this morning to escalate the fight against patient claim denials by the insurance industry: tell this private insurer to pay for the care people need. To get involved in the campaign for healthcare justice, contact Patty.

Campaign For Justice and Ending the War on Drugs
Thanks to years of organizing and advocating for marijuana reform, Ballot Question 4 passed, legalizing cannabis in Maryland starting next summer. Check this article to learn more about what’s next: [link removed]

If you’re interested in joining our ongoing efforts, please contact Kurt or Dev.


Returning Citizens Task Force (RCTF)
RCTF will hold its regular bi-weekly meeting tomorrow, November 15, between 6:00 -- 7:00 pm. Our agenda will include a discussion of setting plans and goals for the New Year, a brief review of the results of Maryland's election results (and the country’s), and a report from our Housing committee. To learn more, contact Kurt




Local Chapter Updates:

Progressive Harford County
Join Zack Frink and other Chapter leaders and PM members for our Election Debrief: [link removed]

Lower Shore Progressive Caucus
Join Kris Urs, PM’s organizer on the Eastern Shore and some of the leaders from LSPC at our election debrief. We’ll talk about some of the results in this part of the state and what’s ahead for building more progressive power in this region. [link removed] Contact [email protected]

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State and National News:
As happened in three other states, Democrats in Maryland swept the top state elected offices -- governor, comptroller and attorney general -- and all three winners now have a long list of promises to keep. All three have created transition teams that will be recommending next steps and ideas about policies and actions that will help them meet the expectations.
And -- big surprise -- Georgia officials have already come up with a way to excuse voter suppression for the Senate runoff Dec. 6.
Plus health news that could have been buried by 24/7 ballot-counting, and the steady rumble of statewide education policy, gearing up for big changes. Read about this and more in News You Can Use for this week, our blog rounding up state and national news and trends bearing on progressive perspectives.

Progressive Maryland BlogSpace:
We value creating space for our members to express their thoughts on any issues related to our campaigns. Have an idea for a blog post? You can submit writing, film, graphic design, etc. to be published on our website to the blog moderator Woody.
New Today – Winners in MD line up next steps, face promise-keeping
New Today – PM Statement Against Recent, Local Antisemitism Graffiti
Tomorrow: "The Great Mystery of Democracy" -- then the year-round fight to keep it
Struggles for kids learning – and for families fighting inflation and greed – top the News You Can Use
Shaky performance on environment, grid cleanup draws notice -- news you can use
Voting (and your plan) gets clearer; schools, new laws and more
Mail ballots will be counted on time; caregiving, education recovery and mental health on Assembly agenda
>>Read more on the homepage of progressivemaryland.org

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