aryland Comptroller Peter Franchot is promising to name a Black woman as his running mate in his 2022 run for governor and wants proposed marijuana legalization to benefit minority and women-owned businesses.
Franchot, a Democrat, also said he would also create a cabinet level office for the Secretary of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
That office will have a focus on improving diversity in government and “economic empowerment for communities that have been structurally denied opportunity”, Franchot’s campaign said in an announcement.
The Democratic unveiled policy proposals aimed at Black Marylanders and communities of color on Monday, Aug. 9.
