It doesn’t get the attention or the hype – or the crippling heat – of the Crisfield crab feast, but the annual Washington County Democratic picnic is a must-stop for candidates, and just about all of them were there: All the candidates for governor except Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, all the candidates for Congress in the 6th district, plus Attorney General Brian Frosh, Comptroller Peter Franchot and a number of local officials (including a couple of Republican county commissioners).
“This is like an unofficial kickoff” of the 2018 campaign, observed former Maryland Secretary of State John Willis, who has been going to the Washington County picnic for 40 years.
Peter Perini, chairman of the Washington County Democratic Central Committee, called the event an opportunity “to try to kick the tires a little bit.”
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