Carroll County Businessman Challenges Van Hollen
The Republican candidate will launch his campaign in all three of District 8's counties.
Dave Wallace, a Republican businessman from Carroll County, is planning to run against Rep. Chris Van Hollen in the coming congressional election. Wallace will announce his candidacy in each of District 8's three counties Thursday, including a stop at the Social Security Administration in Rockville at 5:30 p.m. Van Hollen has won his last four elections with more than 70 percent of the vote, but that was before the state approved a congressional redistricting plan that splits much of Montgomery County between Districts 6 and 8 and brings parts of Frederick and Carroll counties into Van Hollen's district. Wallace said in a statement that the people of District 8 deserve a more reliable leader than Van Hollen. "Van Hollen is irresponsible, …
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Mike Rolfes
8:02 pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2012
"But the amount of good being done with your tax dollars was probably lost to your view." I argue MORE good can be done by people outside of a bloated government when left to their own devices since the private individual is much more efficient in using his capital and just as wise in its application. The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. – Thomas Jefferson more ›