2020 Maryland District 8 Republican Primary Election for Congress Voters Guide
June 2, 2020
2020 District 8 Republican Primary Election for Congress
We will update our voting guide periodically as candidates make their platforms available.
Maryland Republican Candidates Guide 8th Congressional District includes campaign emails, social media, and websites of each Maryland District 8 Republican Primary Congressional Candidate.
Should voters need additional information about their preferred candidate’s profile. An active social media is a good representation of how connected the candidate would be if elected. Vote in Maryland’s Republican Primary election with ease with kBoulevard’s voting guide for the 2020 Republican Primary Congressional District 8 Election.
The primary election for the Maryland District 8 Republican Primary Congressional candidates was on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Top issues for this election include accountability, economic development, and education. Check out kBoulevard’s Maryland Congressional Republican Candidates for the 8th district candidates’ guide.
Learn more about the Maryland District 8 Republican Primary Election, visit Maryland Board of Elections.
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Republican Candidates for Congressional District 8
(Click candidate’s name for website)
Gregory Thomas Coll
(Winner)
- Profession: System Engineering Team Manager
- Profession: Worked with United Space Alliance
- Education: B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2003
- Profession: Director of Operations for a small startup
- Accolade: Awarded Outstanding Teacher of the Year in Ward 8 in Washington D.C.
- Education: M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology
Patricia Rogers
- Education: B.A. from American University School of Public Affairs
No Social Media
Shelly Skolnick
- Profession: Attorney
- Education: B.A. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael Yadeta
- Experience: Community Organizer
- Education: M.A. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
For the official 2020 Primary Election results for Montgomery County, check out Maryland Board of Elections.
Maryland’s Republican Primary Election – Congressional District 8 – is up for election. This candidates’ guide compiles vital sections of each Republican candidates’ platform, initiative, and social media profiles as well as any pertinent public information. We hope you find our republican candidate guide 8th congressional district insightful.
kBoulevard’s candidate guides develop profiles of each candidate for U.S. Representative for Maryland District 8 and their policies, which are categorized by hot issues such as accountability, economic development, foreign policy, and more. This guide offers a summary of critical differences between each candidate on issues that matter most.
Republican Candidates for Congressional District 8 by Topic
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Economic Development
Seeks to make Montgomery County communities more economically stable
Seeks to bring in more companies and better-paying jobs by providing more efficient job training
- Prioritizes Economy
- Supports substantial tax, patent, and business incentives for companies to move their factories from China to the U.S.
- Supports increasing the federal minimum wage to $15/hour for adults 18 years or older
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Education
Developed an internship program in partnership with SEEC, to help young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities become independentÂ
Supports early childhood education and increased funding
- A proponent of creating vocational training schools for dropouts and the homeless
- Prioritizes Education
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Environment
- Advocates climate change needs to be addressed rationally
- Supports tax and patent incentives for the discovery and use of new technology to reduce global warming
- Supports expanding oil production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Foreign Policy
Advocates South Korea should pay for U.S. military defense
Supports the trade war with China
- Supports installing anti-missile defense systems in South Korea and Japan
- Opposes withdrawing the U.S. from the Iran Nuclear Agreement
- Opposes pulling out of the nuclear deal
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Government Accountability
A proponent of simplifying regulations and space flight requirements
A proponent of limited governments
Supports decreasing regulations
- Opposes efforts to impeach President Donald Trump
- Supports allowing federal programs consolidate into block grants that allow city governments more flexibility in spending federal funds
- Advocates to reduce gridlock in Congress
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Gun Rights
A proponent of the Second Amendment
- Supports fingerprint technology that only allows the gun owner to shoot the gun
- Supports universal background checks before a gun purchase
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Health and Human Services
Advocates for a healthcare system based on free-market principles that promote competition and drive down cost, and gives power to patients and physicians
A proponent of flex spending accounts with unspent money should roll over with zero restrictions
Prioritizes getting people back to work earliest in the least risky and most necessary businesses
- Supports adding two public options to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, allowing U.S. citizens to buy into Medicaid and Medicare
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Immigration
Supports legislation simplifying the legal immigration process
Advocates for smart immigration reform to protect Marylander’s job while helping those that need it most
- Prioritizes immigration
- Supports legislation that would allow adults who came to the U.S. illegally a path to green card status, unless they honorably served the U.S. military
- Supports providing a path to citizenship for the “dreamers” who came to the U.S. illegally as minors
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Public Safety
Supports local police stopping criminal activity, illegal firearm possessions
- Advocates a hard stance against drug cartels
- Opposes the legalization of marijuana
Republicans for Congressional District 8 on Taxes
Supports the federal tax cuts of 2017
Advocates to lower taxes on the middle class and small businesses
- Advocates to lower taxes
- Opposes the reduced tax rate for high-income earners
- Opposes the limit on deducting state and local taxes
- Supports the increase of standard deductions
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