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"Peter Franchot, a Democrat who can be reliably found in no one's pocket." – The Baltimore Sun

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In 2006, Peter Franchot ran a historic campaign bringing people together across Maryland. He won endorsements from unions, organizations, elected officials and thousands of people across Maryland.

Just a month after Peter’s victory, a Baltimore Sun headline read, "Franchot bet big and won big." The article continued:

You want something big in politics? You have to take big risks. You have to be willing to know that people are laughing at you and avoiding your fundraising calls because they think you're delusional.

This year's exemplar of the implausibly bold would be Del. Peter Franchot of Montgomery County, who thought he could topple one of Maryland's political icons, William Donald Schaefer - a former two-term governor, savior of Baltimore and comptroller. Dream on, people said.

But there he was Nov. 8, with more than a million votes and one of Maryland's most important offices. As a member of the state's Board of Public Works, he'll have one of three votes on billion-dollar spending projects.

Had there not been entertaining and important races at every point of the horizon, Mr. Franchot's win would have been the story of the year. Maybe it is anyway.

Peter Franchot won by building a broad coalition of support from people across Maryland. During the campaign, Comptroller Franchot spoke from the heart. He talked about his broad experience, his core principles and spoke to the desire of people across Maryland for meaningful change. And in response, voters from Baltimore to Cumberland, Salisbury to Prince George’s County, united for a proud Democrat who wasn’t afraid to stand up for our shared values. These are just a few of the organizations, leaders, unions and newspapers that stood with Peter during his 2006 campaign for change.

Newspapers

Baltimore Sun
Washington Post
The Afro
The Capital

Unions

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
Amalgamated Transit Union
American Federation of Teachers
Baltimore Building & Construction Trades, AFL-CIO
Baltimore Hispanic Democratic Club
Baltimore Professional Fire Fighters Association (Local 734)
Baltimore County Professional Fire Fighters Association (IAFF Local 1311)
Baltimore Teachers Union
Central Baltiomore County Democratic Club
CASA De Maryland
Columbia Democratic Club
Communication Workers of America
County Seal Democratic Club (Southeastern Baltimore County)
Democracy for Howard County
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local Union #26)
International Operating Engineers (Local 3)
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilot
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Ironworkers (Local 16)
Greater Washington Board of Trade
Laborers International Union of North America
Maryland ACORN PAC
Maryland/DC SEIU State Council
Maryland/DC State Council of Machinists
Maryland League of Conservation Voters'
Maryland Sierra Club
Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police
Maryland State Teachers Association (MSTA)
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters
Montgomery County Education Association
Montgomery County Professional Firefighters Association (1664)
NARAL Pro-choice Maryland
National Association of Women
New Democratic Coalition of Northwest Baltimore
New Seventh District Democratic Civic Club
Planned Parenthood
Plumbers & Pipefitters (Local 486)
Progressive Maryland
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Sheet Metal Workers
UFCW Local 27
UFCW Local 400
UNITE-HERE Local 25
UNITE-HERE Mid-Atlantic Region
United Auto Workers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
United Food & Commercial Workers
United Steelworkers District 8
United Transportation Union
Washington Area Building & Construction Trades, AFL-CIO

Leaders

The Hon. Jack Johnson (Prince George's County)
Senator Ulysses Currie (Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee, Prince George's County)
Senator Brian Frosh (Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee, Montgomery County)
Senator Gloria Lawlah (Sub. Com. Chair, Health & Human Services, Prince George's County)
Delegate Kumar Barve (House Majority Leader, Montgomery County)
Delegate Derrick Davis (Chairman, Economic Matters; Prince George's County)
Delegate Sheila Hixson (Chair, House Ways & Means Committee; Montgomery
County)
Delegate Charles Barkley (Chair, Montgomery House Delegation)
Delegate Salima Marriott (Chair, Baltimore City Delegation; Baltimore City)
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, (President, Women Legislators of Maryland; Baltimore County)
Delegate Marilyn Goldwater (Vice Chair, Health & Government Operations, Montgomery County)
Senator Jennie Forehand (Deputy Majority Whip, 2003-. Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Federal Relations; Montgomery County)
Senator Sharon Grosfeld (Montgomery County)
Senator Paul Pinsky (Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, Prince George's County)
Delegate Curt Anderson (Sub. Chair, Estates & Trusts; Baltimore City)
Delegate Joanne Benson (Prince George's County)
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo (Chair, Sub. Com., Land Use & Ethics; Howard County)
Delegate William Bronrott (Chair, Sub. Com. Chair, Local Government & Bi-county Agencies; Montgomery County)
Delegate Emmett Burns (Vice Chair, Civil Right Committee; Baltimore County)
Delegate Galen Clagett (House Vice-Chair, Joint Audit Committee; Frederick County)
Delegate Clarence Davis (Chair, Sub Com. Finance Resources Committee; Baltimore City)
Delegate Kathleen Dumais (Montgomery County)
Delegate Brian Feldman (Montgomery County)
Delegate Melony Griffith (Prince George's County)
Delegate Anne Healey (Vice Chair, Ways & Means Committee, Prince George's County)
Delegate Marvin Holmes (Prince George's County)
Delegate James Hubbard (Chair, Sub. Com. Public Health & Long Term Care; Prince George's County)
Candidate Jolene Ivey (Prince George's County)
Delegate Anne Kaiser (Montgomery County)
Delegate Nancy King (Montgomery County)
Delegate Jane Lawton (Montgomery County)
Delegate Susan Lee (Montgomery County)
Delegate Richard Madaleno (Montgomery County)
Delegate Karen Montgomery (Montgomery County)
Delegate Gareth Murray (Montgomery County)
Delegate Rosetta Parker (Prince George's County)
Delegate Obie Patterson (Chair, Sub. Com. Election Law; Prince George's County)
Delegate James Proctor (Chair, Sub. Com. Education & economic development Calvert & Prince George's County)
Delegate Victor Ramirez (Prince George's County)
Delegate Justin Ross (Prince George's County)
Delegate Luiz Simmons (Chair, Sub. Com. Civil Law & Procedure; Montgomery County)
Delegate Herman Taylor (Montgomery County)
Delegate Veronica Turner (Prince George's County)
Delegate Michael Vaughn (Prince George's County)