Ben Hightower
What this job does: Your district's one senator in the Maryland Senate (47 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and taxes and propose changes to the state constitution for voters to decide, like the questions on this ballot. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Retired Navy hospital corpsman
- Lives in
- Howard County
Background
- Served 20 years in the U.S. Navy as a hospital corpsman, including six combat deployments. source: benhightower.org
- Worked on policy at the Pentagon. source: benhightower.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Lower household and energy costs; property tax relief. source: benhightower.org
- Raise teacher pay, expand vocational training, keep partisan politics out of classrooms. source: benhightower.org
- Support first responders; expand mental health and addiction programs. source: benhightower.org
- Cut regulations for small businesses and expand access to grants and loans. source: benhightower.org
- Farmland preservation and Chesapeake Bay protection. source: benhightower.org
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