Records show the Chair of the MD Public Broadcasting Commission, a major donor to the Governor, was consulted on excluding 2 of the 4 candidates from the debate. They also show that MPT staff wanted to please the Governor and the state legislative leaders.
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Third-party candidates decry exclusion from only debate of the governor's race - Maryland Matters
Eight Democratic gubernatorial candidates took the stage for a 2022 debate, which has two third-party candidates for govenor this year asking what's the big problem with them joining the two major par...