In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision Friday overturning Roe v. Wade, Maryland Congressional candidate Heather Mizeur has a message for the women of America: “We do not have time to despair. We must act. That means taking to the streets to demand our voices are heard. It means helping women in states with trigger laws get safe access to abortion. And it means codifying abortion protections into federal law.”
“It also means firing anti-choice zealots like Rep. Andy Harris.”
Mizeur, 49, aims to do just that in her race to unseat the six-term hyper-MAGA Republican in Maryland’s 1st Congressional district in November.
Mizeur is the overwhelming favorite in the Democratic primary on July 19, and she’s out-raised Harris in campaign donations with more than $1.7 million to the Republican’s nearly $1.3 million. But Mizeur’s is an uphill battle in the solidly red district, the only one of eight in Maryland dominated by Republican voters.
Redistricting in the state this year helped move the needle in Democrats’ direction: former President Donald Trump won the old 1st District by 20 points, but with the new boundaries, that lead is cut to +14. It’s still an uphill battle. Maryland’s Eastern Shore is mostly rural and traditionally conservative. Can an out, married, former policy director for Joseph P. Kennedy II and presidential candidate John Kerry triumph in ruby red America?
“Over the decade that Andy Harris has been in office, he has never seen a challenge like this one,” says Mizeur.
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