Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is endorsing John Morse for Maryland’s open Third Congressional District seat, he announced on social media last week.
Morse, a labor lawyer from Annapolis, is one of 22 Democrats seeking to represent the district which includes all of Howard County, a large portion of Anne Arundel County, and part of Carroll County. Nine Republicans are also in the race.
“I am proud to endorse @Morse4Maryland [John Morse] today,” Sanders wrote March 12 on the social media platform X. “John is standing up for a sustainable economy that is focused on everyday people, not the corporate special interests or the billionaire class. I hope Maryland’s 3rd District will support his grassroots campaign.”
Morse has also been endorsed by the United Auto Workers Union, the Association of Flight Attendants, where he once worked, The Communication Workers of America Union and others.
“It means so much to have Senator Sanders’ endorsement,” Morse said in a statement Monday. “I hear from people every day in this district that they are looking for the big, progressive change that I bring to the table with more than a decade of experience fighting for working people in court and in the U.S. Congress.”
Morse believes he brings something different than the rest of the field running for District 3 focusing on the fact that families shouldn’t to pay almost a third of their income on childcare or pay more for less of the same products.
“Senator Sanders started this movement that puts people first and not corporations or the billionaire class and that’s exactly the fight that I bring to this race,” he said.
Morse specializes in various labor issues and plans to advocate for workers’ rights if elected. Morse supports stricter regulations on big businesses and hedge funds, fighting for voters’ rights and ending gerrymandering, or the strategic drawing of legislative maps to benefit one party, and protecting women’s reproductive rights, according to his campaign website.
Maryland’s District 3 representative is currently John Sarbanes who was sworn in to office January 2007. In October 2024 he announced that he would not seek reelection.
The candidate pool includes state senators and representatives, small business owners and veterans.
Most candidates are from in or near the district itself. A few are farther out, residing in Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Montgomery County. Congressional candidates are not required to live in the district they are seeking to represent as long as they live in the state.
Maryland’s primary election will be held on May 14. The general election is Nov. 5.
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