Two familiar names, former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III and state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot, are ahead in an early poll of the 2022 Democratic primary for governor. But more than 40% of likely voters said they were undecided, and even candidates who have run for statewide office multiple times before or held prominent positions aren’t as well-known as they might imagine.
In an early test of the Democratic primary for comptroller, Bowie Mayor Timothy J. Adams held a narrow lead over state Del. Brooke E. Lierman of Baltimore City. But more than 70% of voters were undecided in that contest.
As candidates for statewide office slowly begin to mobilize for 2022, state Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Prince George’s) commissioned a poll to test their early standing. Peters pays to survey Democratic voters every four years well before the statewide primary, which will be held next year on June 28. A copy of the poll was shared with Maryland Matters.
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