{"id":9532,"date":"2018-02-19T11:18:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T16:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T16:18:44","slug":"madaleno-announces-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9532","title":{"rendered":"Madaleno Announces Running Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Luwanda Jenkins and Rich Madaleno<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is the press release from the Madaleno campaign:<\/em><\/p>\n

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Rich Madaleno S<\/strong>elects Baltimore Native, Luwanda Jenkins, as Running Mate<\/strong><\/p>\n

BALTIMORE, Md.\u2014Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sen. Richard Madaleno announced today his selection of Baltimore native Luwanda Walker Jenkins as his running mate.<\/p>\n

Jenkins, 55, has a record of results from her extensive work in the public and private sectors to expand opportunity for all Marylanders, especially women and minorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuwanda and I are committed to making Maryland the state that will be known for its high quality of life, progressive values and wider access to opportunity for all,\u201d Madaleno said. \u201cLuwanda shares my values and sensible vision for Maryland\u2019s future and will strengthen my administration\u2019s ability to achieve my goals, especially in the areas of economic development and expanding small business development for minorities and women.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement was held at Western High School in Baltimore, the city\u2019s all-girls public high school that she attended. \u201cWestern set the foundation for my support for a strong public education system and to do whatever I can to help families achieve the American dream,\u201d Jenkins said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to join Rich. My entire career has been about leveraging opportunity to make a better quality of life for Marylanders. I\u2019m excited to travel across the state and share our ticket\u2019s plan for action and engage Marylanders in how to make our state better,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Jenkins said she would focus on four main areas: improving K-12 public education, especially for high-poverty communities, and ensuring more college affordability and access; reducing wealth inequities; growing women- and minority-owned small businesses; and ensuring gender equity to increase Maryland\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween our shared progressive vision for Maryland, my budget and finance mastery, and Luwanda\u2019s economic development and community relations expertise, we\u2019ve got a winning team,\u201d Madaleno said.<\/p>\n

A Madaleno-Jenkins vision for Maryland presents a stark contrast to Gov. Larry Hogan\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur vision focuses on improving the quality of life for all Marylanders and making sure that people and communities with the most needs actually get the help they need to succeed. We will work to strengthen communities\u2014from urban centers like Baltimore to rural areas on the Eastern Shore and in western Maryland\u2014and make wise budgetary decisions that will make positive change but won\u2019t break the state treasury,\u201d Madaleno said.<\/p>\n

Jenkins has wide experience in the public and private sectors. Most recently, Jenkins has been the chief operating officer of the LEADERship program, a Baltimore-based leadership development program. From 2016-17, Jenkins was vice president of community relations and diversity at The Cordish Companies. During her 2012-15 tenure at Coppin State University in Baltimore, she was involved in implementing the \u201cCoppin State University Review Plan\u201d that addressed the university\u2019s performance, fiscal accountability, enrollment and graduation rates to put the university on a course for future growth. As former Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley\u2019s special secretary of the Office of Minority Affairs from 2007-12, Jenkins created programs to provide opportunities for small and minority-owned firms in the state.<\/p>\n

As a way to give back to her hometown of Baltimore, Jenkins coordinated the Baltimore Sun\u2019s \u201cReading by 9\u201d program to help strengthen Baltimore City school children\u2019s reading achievement. The program included community book distributions to low-income children, summer reading programs and grants to non-profit literary organizations. The program won national and local awards.<\/p>\n

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Madaleno bio – http:\/\/madalenoformaryland.com\/meet-rich\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Jenkins bio – http:\/\/madalenoformaryland.com\/meet-luwanda\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Luwanda Jenkins and Rich Madaleno Here is the press release from the Madaleno campaign: Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Rich Madaleno Selects Baltimore Native, Luwanda Jenkins, as Running Mate BALTIMORE, Md.\u2014Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sen. Richard Madaleno announced today his selection of Baltimore native Luwanda Walker Jenkins as his running mate. Jenkins, 55, has a record of results … Continue reading Madaleno Announces Running Mate<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-governors-race"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2tK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9534,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9532\/revisions\/9534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}