Clarification: The endorsements referenced by Jim Brochin by the Maryland League of Conservation Voters refer to his senate races; the group did not endorse any candidates in the Baltimore County executive race.
A barrage of campaign mailers and television ads have hit Baltimore County voters in recent days — most of them paid for by a slate created by former County Executive Jim Smith to benefit Councilwoman Vicki Almond — claiming that Jim Brochin has an “A” rating from the NRA. The Democratic state senator did earn the top score from the gun-rights group in 2006 and 2010, but in 2014 he’s had a failing grade.
Brochin and Almond are both running, along with John Olszewski Jr., in the Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive. The election is Tuesday.
Over the weekend, Brochin sat down to discuss his past votes on guns and to explain some of his other positions, including those related to gay marriage, fracking, earned sick leave — as well as a statement he made shortly after Donald Trump was elected in which he said voters should “give [Trump] a chance.”
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Here’s a thought. Politicians are elected to represent their constituents (that’s the theory anyhow…) – some of which belong to the NRA. So when politicians try to leverage support by demonizing the organization as a big bad wolf, they are in fact attacking their own constituents as the NRA is an organization comprised of people (its members) who reside in communities like yours – not a faceless corporate lobbying machine.