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GOP Contenders For Governor Meet In Last Debate

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Republican gubernatorial candidates for governor. From left, Harford County Executive David Craig, Del. Ron George, Larry Hogan and Charles Lollar.
Courtesy of Maryland Public Television
Republican gubernatorial candidates for governor. From left, Harford County Executive David Craig, Del. Ron George, Larry Hogan and Charles Lollar.
Credit Courtesy of Maryland Public Television

The four contenders for the Republican nomination to be Maryland’s next governor met this afternoon for their second and final debate before the June 24 primary.

WYPR’snews director JoelMcCordcaught up with state house reporter Christopher Connelly, who was at the Maryland Public Television studios in Owings Mills where the debate was taped.

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Christopher Connelly is a political reporter for WYPR, covering the day-to-day movement and machinations in Annapolis. He comes to WYPR from NPR, where he was a Joan B. Kroc Fellow, produced for weekend All Things Considered and worked as a rundown editor for All Things Considered. Chris has a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley. He’s reported for KALW (San Francisco), KUSP (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and KJZZ (Phoenix), and worked at StoryCorps in Brooklyn, N.Y. He’s filed stories on a range of topics, from a shortage of dog blood in canine blood banks to heroin addicts in Tanzania. He got his start in public radio at WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio, when he was a student at Antioch College.
Joel McCord is a trumpet player who learned early in life that that’s no way to make a living.