Editor’s note 5/27/2022: I have brought this home from the dead Examiner.com pages.
In 2010 Brendan Madigan was one of the youngest statewide candidates in the country, making headlines as the first Republican to file in the race for Comptroller. While he didn’t win the nomination, he still garnered 25% of the vote in a three-way primary and finished second.
Now a student at the University of North Carolina, Brendan has remained active in politics – enough so that he felt it “appropriate” to release a statement on his political future given the early entry of 2010 GOP Comptroller nominee William Campbell into the 2014 fray.
“After taking a realistic look at the race over several months, I made the decision not to seek the office of Maryland Comptroller in 2014,” said Madigan. “While I will not be seeking the office of Comptroller of Maryland, I remain interested in pursuing lower office in 2014, namely the Delegate seat in my home district of 5B where Delegate (Wade) Kach has made a number of anti-family votes.”
Madigan reserved a formal announcement for later in 2013, but given some of the rumors around Annapolis that Kach switched his original vote against same-sex marriage with the expectation of securing a state position, it’s quite possible the veteran Baltimore County legislator may not run again, opening the seat to new contenders in a reconfigured district. Kach’s former District 5B has been reconstituted into District 42B, taking in a smaller portion of Baltimore County.
At a time when most college graduates are out looking for a job Madigan could be in the final stages of a primary battle, perhaps against a Delegate who’s been in office for Madigan’s entire lifetime. Brendan has established himself as a young Republican to watch.