From October 29, 2022 post
STEVENSVILLE — As the sun set on the first day of early voting Thursday, incumbent Rep. Andy Harris and Democratic challenger Heather Mizeur faced off in a final candidate forum for the First Congressional District.
The forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Shore, Kent County and Queen Anne’s County and moderated by Sam Shoge of Rivers and Roads Consulting, asked the two candidates their thoughts on voting rights, reproductive healthcare and the greatest threats to democracy in the United States.
Harris, the district’s six-term Republican incumbent, opened his remarks by citing high costs of living, safety and increasing violent crime, the fentanyl crisis, the southern border and parental rights being stripped away as primary concerns.
“What the problem is, is that 80% of Americans think this country is on the wrong track right now,” he said. “We’ve looked at what’s happened over the past few years and they want a different direction.
”Mizeur opened her comments by sharing her experience talking to voters across the First District, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet and believe that few people in government care about them and their challenges.
We need a representative who shows up, who listens, who works hard and who reaches across the aisle to solve problems in a bipartisan way,” she said.
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