Mason Carter
Posted on 11/10/2022 6:23:32 PM PST by 11th_VA
Mason Carter graduated from high school in May. He lives at home with his parents and doesn’t have a job. Come Tuesday, the 18-year-old Republican who says he has been inspired by former president Donald Trump since age 11 hopes to become one of the youngest public officials ever elected in Maryland.
And his chances look good. Frederick County voted decisively for Joe Biden over Trump in the 2020 presidential contest. But in his race against Democrat Julianna Lufkin, Carter is running for the county council’s 5th District, its reddest and most rural seat, giving him a significant edge. Carter, who declined to be interviewed for this story but did send responses to some questions submitted by email and text, said he wants to reduce taxes and government regulation and improve roads and schools. And he’s running against the decision by county officials to put restrictions in place during the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
What prompted him to run, he said in an email, is his belief that “government should stay off our backs and out of our pockets.” The population of Frederick County, once predominantly rural and still the state’s leading agricultural county, shot up 43 percent in the past two decades, to 280,000. The growth has crowded schools, strained infrastructure, increased public spending and coincided with a shift in the county’s political makeup. Biden’s 2020 win was the first time the county voted for a Democrat for president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964...
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I find it odd that the Trump-hating ComPost is reporting about an 18-year old Republican winning.
Mason Carter
MD ping!
Because he’s young and they don’t take him seriously.
Frederick County has become an Baltimore/Washington exurb...now pushing north of the Mason-Dixon into Adams County, PA.
Apparently he is smart enough to avoid the “gotcha” interview and to just instead respond to their questions by email. That shows he wasn’t looking for the limelight and “media” time.
I predict this young gentleman will go far in life.
A career politician from day 1. What life/business experience does he have?
An 18-year-old follows Trump’s lead and won
Smart young man
Government should stay off our backs and out of our pockets.
Another great reason not to back away from Trump in 2024 it would only feed the socialists.
Yep. Because he's young and does not have the experience.
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