Legislative exit interviews (from Maryland Reporter)
MarylandReporter.com has been doing an excellent series of exit interviews with Maryland lawmakers who won’t be seeking re-election this year.
Maryland cycles all its statewide constitutional posts and legislative seats every four years. So turnover in bulk is never surprising, as members of the “Lower Chamber (the House) run for seats in the “Upper Chamber” (the Senate) and a handful are knocked out in intraparty election battles and demographic and electoral swings during the general election.
What is interesting is when you get a good number of folks who decide to resign from public life altogether (at least for now.) Here’s Maryland Reporter’s collection thus far:
- Leaving the legislature, part 1: Murray Levy
- Leaving the legislature, part 2: Sen. Lowell Stoltzfus
- Leaving the legislature, part 3: Bill Bronrott
- Leaving the Legislature, part 4: Sue Hecht
- Leaving the Legislature, part 5: Henry Heller
