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Former state Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) launched a second bid for governor on Tuesday with an embrace of “progressive” policies aimed at addressing long-simmering inequalities.
He also said the time has come for Maryland to legalize and tax marijuana.
A former two-term A.G. who served eight years as Montgomery County State’s Attorney, Gansler lost the 2014 gubernatorial primary to then-Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D).
He has been out of politics for seven years, serving as an attorney in private practice in Washington, D.C. One of his current clients, an international consortium of road-building companies, is suing the Maryland Department of Transportation.
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May 5, 2021
Former Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) has hired a Maryland campaign veteran to manage his expected bid for governor next year.
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Colin A. Curtis served as a senior policy analyst for the late state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D) before being tapped to run congressional campaigns in Kansas and Michigan.
He returned to Maryland to lead the successful re-election bid of Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) in 2018.
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His Washington, D.C.-based firm, Curtis Strategies, offers communications, campaign, legislative, digital and direct mail consulting services to candidates, issue campaigns, and organizations on the local, state, and federal levels throughout the country, according to his bio.