For 15 long years, the voice of the people of the First District of Maryland has not been heard in the U.S. House of Representatives. Our Congressman, Andy Harris, is much more interested in representing others, including Donald J. Trump and his billionaire buddies and corporations.
It is time for a change and that can happen if voters elect Dan Schwartz in November. Scwartz is a strong advocate for the Eastern Shore. Now is your chance to meet him, ask him questions, and judge for yourself.
On Sunday, September 27, Dan will be at St. Paul’s Church, 225 Morris Street, in Oxford, between 2 and 3:30 p.m.
Here is why Dan can win.
Dan has received more than a million dollars in campaign contributions from individuals. And unlike Andy, Dan does not accept PAC and corporate money.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Representative Jamie Raskin, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, and our former Republican District 1 Congressman Wayne Gilchrest have all endorsed him.
For more than 14 years, Dan has worked with state and federal regulators to protect consumers from financial misconduct and abuse. If elected, Dan will continue this priority.
He is one of us. When you listen to him, you will hear him talk about what’s important to the Eastern Shore unlike our incumbent representative, a man who promised to serve not more than six terms in Congress but broke that promise years ago.
On the campaign trail, Dan has indicated that he wants to repeal cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, long-term care, SNAP, and community grants that have hit the Eastern Shore hard. He also wants to hold insurance companies accountable for rising premiums despite their record profits.
Dan advocates bipartisan immigration reform legislation that both protects asylum seekers and secures our borders.
In contrast, Andy has angered many constituents by refusing to hold in-person town hall meetings. Instead, he conducts carefully orchestrated phone calls and closed events. Plus, Andy continues to show extreme support for all things MAGA, including his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and restrict American’s voting rights.
As Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Harris has supported efforts which have disrupted federal and state governance through leadership ousters, mass firings of competent career staff, government shutdown threats, and legislative obstructions.
Harris is an absentee Congressman. He had no time to spend on the Easten Shore but somehow found time to make multiple trips to Hungary in support of Viktor Orban, the almost dictator of Hungary and Putin supporter.
Talk about being out of touch with his constituents and our special environment and local needs, the League of Conservation Voters has rated Andy Harris Zero Percent on the congressional National Environmental Scorecard.
The Trump/Andy Harris policies and legislation causing the high cost of fertilizer and fuel, loss of Chinese and other overseas agricultural customers, and loss of affordable immigrant labor, badly hurt our farmers.
In short, Andy thinks he can avoid accountability by being out of town. Dan is calling him out—and is ready to debate him so we can judge for ourselves who would better represent us.
Plan to attend Dan’s Meet and Greet at St. Paul’s Church in Oxford on Sunday, September 27, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and learn more about how he plans to represent us in Washington.
We have gone without an effective voice in Washington too long. Dan Schwartz can change that. Can we make that happen? Yes, we can.
