Sen. Richard S. Madaleno, Jr: Democrat for Governor

Today, we continue our series of Conversations with the Candidates who will be on the June 26th primary ballot here in Maryland.Tom's guest is Sen. Richard S. Madaleno, Jr. He is one of nine Democrats running for Governor on the ballot this June. The winner will go up against Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in the general election in November.Unlike several of his Democratic opponents, Sen. Madaleno is not a political outsider. He has represented Montgomery County in the MD Legislature for more than 15 years -- first in the House of Delegates and, since 2007, in the State Senate. Since 2015, he has been Vice-Chair of the powerful Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. He is the first openly gay person elected to the MD House of Delegates and the State Senate. If elected, he would be the first openly gay governor of any state in America.His running mate is Luwanda W. Jenkins, a Baltimore native and business executive who served in the administrations of Maryland’s last three Democratic governors -- O’Malley, Glendening ---- Schaefer. Video of this conversation was shown live on the WYPR FB page. Check that out here. Sen. Madaleno took your questions, questions, emails and tweets.Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.