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Mary-Dulany James, a Havre de Grace native and fifth-generation farm owner, is running for Maryland Senate District 34. James previously served as our Delegate representing Harford County. As Delegate she served on the House Appropriations Committee, Vice Chair of the Transportation and Environment Subcommittee, Chair of the Health and Human Resources Committee as well as the Joint Committee on Pensions, and was a member of the Oversight Committee for Program Open Space and Land Preservation.  During her tenure, Mary-Dulany brought back record amounts of money for school construction, resulting in six new modern high schools. She prevented money from being diverted from the state’s nationally-recognized land protection programs created by her late father Senate President William S. James, and brought Towson University to Harford County so that no one in the county would have to leave home to get an excellent and affordable 4-year college degree.             As the only legislator from Harford County in the past 25 years to serve on a Budget Committee, Mary-Dulany ensured that Harford County received its fair share of public investment. She supported local projects touching all communities in the county, including the Humane Society, the Havre de Grace Opera House, Maritime Museum, the Hosannah School, and the Edgewood Community Center on Route 40. Mary-Dulany’s endorsements include the unions IBEW 24, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486, Steamfitters Local 602, the AFL-CIO and the Maryland State Educators Association.

Retired US Army Colonel Bill Montgomery is running for Harford County Council, District E - which includes the communities of Aberdeen, Bel Air, Churchville and Fountain Green.    Bill served as a US Army Officer for over 30 years, retiring in 2014.  He is currently a federal contractor serving as a Technical Project Manager in support of the Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems, based on Aberdeen Proving Ground.   In 2016, Bill was nominated to the Harford County Commission on Veterans Affairs where he advocates for local veterans and their families, connecting them to resources through outreach and education.  In 2019, he joined Harford Community College as an Adjunct Professor in the Business & Applied Technology Division, teaching classes in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship.    Bill lives in Aberdeen with his wife Maria, who is also a US Army veteran and small business owner.  They have two children who graduated from Aberdeen and Edgewood High Schools.  Bill and Maria are members of the Maryland Food Bank Hunger Action Council, which ensures that everyone in Maryland has access to nutritious food.            

Dave Harden is running for US Congress, Maryland District 1.  Dave Harden wants to beat Andy Harris, so Dishing with Dems wants to meet Dave Harden!   Harden is a multi generation Marylander, raised on a farm in Westminster.  He joined the Peace Corps at 22, which inspired a 17-year career in the Foreign Service, working in the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia and Africa. In 2016, President Obama nominated Harden as the Assistant Administrator for the US Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance.  In 2019, Harden was awarded the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service, the highest award in the Foreign Service for “sustained extraordinary accomplishment in the conduct of the foreign policy”. Dave Harden’s platform, which can be found on his website hardenforcongress.com, is moderately progressive, concerned with:  ·         Living wage job creation;  ·         supporting small businesses and Main Street communities;  ·         investing in public education including universal pre-school; ·          expanding the ACA , or Obama Care, to include a public option;  ·         investing in renewable energy infrastructure;  ·         a bipartisan fix to our broken immigration system; and ·         Foreign policy that addresses the global threat of authoritarianism.