Fixing What Annapolis Won’t: Jobs, Energy, and a Plan for Maryland
Dear MoCo
Maryland families are feeling squeezed. Energy bills keep rising. Traffic steals hours every week. Development decisions are being made without the people who actually live here ever having a real say.
I hear this everywhere I go, and it’s exactly why affordability has to be more than a slogan. Families don’t need another speech – they need a plan that lowers costs, fixes what’s broken, and creates real opportunity without raising taxes.
I was recently in Annapolis advocating alongside veterans’ groups and meeting with business and technology leaders to push that exact message. Whether it’s standing up for those who served or working with leaders focused on innovation and growth, my focus is the same: delivering results for Maryland families instead of empty promises.
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The Innovation Corridor: A Plan That Forces Alignment
My Innovation Corridor proposal is the only plan in this race that directly addresses affordability by aligning infrastructure, energy, and job creation into one coordinated strategy. No one else has a serious plan for lowering costs or expanding opportunity, and Maryland families feel that failure every day.
This is not a purely federal solution. But by using federal infrastructure, energy, and innovation funding as leverage, this plan forces state and county leaders to align around a clear set of standards instead of continuing the piecemeal, reactive approach that has left communities frustrated and costs rising.
Here’s what that alignment looks like in practice:
- Rebuilding the American Legion Bridge and widening I-270, I-70, and I-68 to reduce congestion and make commutes manageable again
- Requiring data centers and energy-intensive facilities to generate their own power so families are not stuck paying higher electric bills
- Strengthening grid reliability and easing pressure on residential energy costs
- Creating long-term jobs in AI, biotech, advanced manufacturing, energy, and skilled trades, not just short-term construction
- Protecting farmland and neighborhoods with clear health, safety, and environmental standards set before construction begins
Join Us: Innovation Corridor & Economic Opportunity Town Hall
Chris will be joined by local and regional Republican leaders for an in-person conversation about economic opportunity, energy policy, and infrastructure.
✔ Free event
✔ Complimentary drink ticket for early attendees
✔ Open Q&A
We hope you’ll join us – and bring a friend.
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Help Keep This Campaign Moving
Early support helps us reach voters through yard signs, palm cards, digital outreach, and direct voter contact.
- $100 → 33 yard signs
- $500 → 2,500 palm cards
- $1,000 → Digital outreach reaching voters district-wide
If you’d like to help beyond donating, reply to this email to volunteer, host a meet-and-greet, or help spread the word about the February 17 event.
Together, we’ll send a Marine to Congress.
