Bad Bills In District 8

Here Is A Short List Of Outcomes From the Current Leadership:

District 8 & The Rest of Maryland Deserve Better

  • 2026: $1.4 Billion budget defect

  • Massive Sheraton Hotel closes in downtown Baltimore

  • WalletHub names Maryland 2nd worst U.S. state to start a business in 2026

  • Proposed U.S. Congressional map introduced to eliminate bipartisan state representation

  • High School graduation rate falls 1.2% to 86.4%, despite massive funding spike

  • 12,127 residents lost to domestic migration (6th most in US, per Census)

  • Maryland named 6th worst state for tax competitiveness (per: Tax Foundation)

  • 2025: $3 Billion budget deficit

  • $1.6 Billion tax/fee hike

  • Moody's credit downgrade

  • Vehicle emissions/registration fee spike

  • State hiring freeze/job cuts

  • Soaring utility prices (highest in America according to Doxo)

  • New 3.5% excise tax on rental cars

  • Lost lonQ's quantum computing hub

  • Lost FBI headquarters

  • Lost Washington Commanders

  • Six Flags America closed

  • New 3% IT tax

  • Vending machine tax 6%

  • Vehicle excise tax up to 6.5%

  • $5 tire purchase fee

  • Sports betting tax hike (15% to 20%)

  • Cannabis tax increase (9% to 12%)

  • Car title fee increase ($100 to $200)

  • 3.5% car rental tax

  • Fishing license increase ($25.50 to $52)

  • Boating and Title Registration Fee ($24 to $70)

  • Speed Camera Ticket increases

  • Historic car registration changed from 20 years to model year 1999 or older

  • Public school enrollment falls 11,322 students (1.3%)

  • Maryland has longest hospital ER wait times in nation, at 4:17 (FindEMR)

  • Moody's downgrades Baltimore City's credit rating

  • Baltimore ranked 2nd WORST real estate market in America by WalletHub

  • Maryland's first-in-nation digital advertising tax struck down by court

  • Maryland lost the Triple Crown. The Preakness is no longer included in the Thoroughbred Championship Series.

  • CNBC ranks Maryland's economy 2nd worst nationally

  • S&P lowers Maryland's outlook for existing debt from stable to negative

  • WalletHub ranks Baltimore as 5th worst city in U.S. to raise a family

  • Maryland reissues 400,000 mail-in primary ballots after errors reported

  • Declining water quality at Baltimore's Inner Harbor becomes "growing crisis" (Blue Water Baltimore)

  • USDA plans to relocate Agricultural Research Services out of Maryland (~1,000 jobs)

  • Key Bridge builder contract cancelled. No new timeline given for rebuild

  • Potomac River ranked nation's "most endangered river" (American Rivers)

  • 2nd most expensive state to raise a child (Lendingtree)

  • Paint fee enacted/$2.25 up to 5 gallons