Maryland House of Delegates District 15 candidate surveys, 2022

Elections in Maryland, 2022

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This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 15 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lily Qi (D)	24.6	31,145
✔		Linda Foley (D)	24.5	31,007
✔		David Fraser-Hidalgo (D)	23.8	30,229
		Stacey Sauter (R)	9.4	11,969
		Matt Wade (R)	8.9	11,330
	Submit photo	Jodi Noah (R)	8.7	11,087
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	4

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 126,771
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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Stacey Sauter (R)

Law enforcement is my number one priority. I want to reverse the incredibly damaging effects of "defunding the police" here. Baltimore is now the number two murder capital in the United States, with Montgomery County experiencing soaring homicide rates, as well. The grim statistics are directly attributable to recent and ineffective policies that weakened, demoralized, and dehumanized our law enforcement. We've been losing sworn officers in droves, and recruitment is way down. Prosecutors are behaving more like public defenders by letting repeat offenders back on the street I believe that refunding the police, bolstering the esteem of our law enforcement, and increasing police presence in our communities can be achieved with concurrent eff

I’m deeply concerned about the state of affairs in our schools. Presently, only 41% of Maryland’s third graders are proficient in reading and math. This backward slide is only partially attributable to Covid mandates and school closures. Other factors include the loss of highly trained and skilled educators. Like law enforcement, we’re losing qualified teachers in droves. Many who report being fed up with the bureaucracy, teaching to test, and with the meddling of politics in education. What higher purpose do we have than to teach our children and to teach them well? This decline has happened under the super-majority, Democrat-controlled legislature. It’s time to take a fresh look at our education system to find more meaningful ways to supp

Maryland’s economy is being dragged down by high taxes and over-regulation. Businesses are leaving the state or bypassing Maryland in favor of Northern Virginia for a more favorable tax and regulatory climate. We have a Democrat super-majority in our legislature who are ultimately responsible for this regression. Large corporations like Clark Construction – a longtime Maryland stalwart – recently took their $4 billion company to Northern Virginia. When Boeing and Raytheon Technologies considered relocating their headquarters to our greater metropolitan area, they ultimately chose NOVA. The same with Amazon when considering a business expansion here. This has to stop. The loss of businesses and jobs means that our ability to pay our pensio

Matt Wade (R)

Economic Growth

Safety

Schools

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Stacey Sauter (R)

Aside from the aforementioned, I am deeply concerned about child welfare in our state. We have a growing number of children in foster care, many of whom age out of the system without the resources or emotional support that they need. It's a proven fact that those children are far more likely to become unemployed, homeless, drug-addicted and/or pregnant, thus initiating another cycle of neglected and abused children. Presently there are allowable practices out there that strip those children of benefits and rights they are due as foster children. As a Maryland legislator I will make it one of my missions to make sure the most vulnerable people in our society have the protection and the resources they need.

Matt Wade (R)

Making this the best world for our children

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