Candidates for District 16
Senator (Vote for 1)
Sara Love
Democrat - Incumbent - (website)
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center.
Love was not a Senator when the Montgomery County Senators wrote their letter to CASA threatening to withhold funding because they spoke out against the genocide. However, at a Bethesda Chevy-Chase Democratic club meeting, she said she supported the letter to defund CASA and that it did not violate the First Amendment (she formerly worked with the ACLU).
Delegates (Vote for up to 3)
Ann Guthrie Hingston
Republican - Candidate
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center.
In the JCRC questionnaire wrote that she would support the IHRA definition of antisemitism. This is the weaponized version that conflates criticism of Israel as being anti-semitic. (see here).
Marc Korman
Democrat - Incumbent (website)
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center. Signed a letter condemning CASA for speaking out against the genocide and claiming that referring to Israel’s colonialism is a “trope.”
Bob White
Working Party -Candidate (website)
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center.
Sarah Wolek
Democrat - Incumbent (website)
On the subcommittee that funds the Maryland Israel Development Center. Voted to fund without comment. Has been contacted at least 3 times about the MIDC but refuses to speak up against it it in the subcommittee.
Recommended that activists should seek approval from the Jewish caucus. Also said that instead of ending funding to the MIDC, we should advocate to bring in Palestinian companies to the State.
Teresa Woorman
Democrat - Incumbent (website)
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center.