Candidates for District 17
Senator (Vote for 1)
Cheryl Kagan
Democrat - Incumbent (website)
Wrote letter to CASA threatening to withhold funding because they spoke out against the genocide.
Made a public statement condemning Montgomery College showing the film Occupation of the American Mind
Has not made a statement about Maryland’s funding of the Maryland Israel Development Center.
Went to Israel on a trip paid for by the Israeli government. Events with the Jewish National Fund were included (see video). When activists approached her about the trip, she doubled down and made a photo from her trip as her Facebook banner.
Helene Meister
Republican - Incumbent (website)
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center.
Delegates (Vote for up to 3)
Julie Palakovich Carr
Democrat - Incumbent (website)
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center.
Ryan Spiegel
Democrat - Incumbent (website)
Has not responded to our questions about funding for the Maryland Israel Development Center.
Made a public statement condemning Montgomery College showing the film Occupation of the American Mind.
Signed a letter condemning CASA for speaking out against the genocide and claiming that referring to Israel’s colonialism is a “trope.”
Joe Vogel
Democrat - Incumbent (website)
Has called Jewish Voice for Peace and If Not Now “fringe organizations that are far, far outside of the mainstream views of American Jews.” In his author bio for the TImes of Israel, identifies as pro-Israel.
Signed a letter condemning CASA for speaking out against the genocide and claiming that referring to Israel’s colonialism is a “trope.”
Has not responded to our questions about Maryland’s funding of the Maryland Israel Development Center.