Candidate name: Brian E. Frosh

Party affiliation: Democrat

Place of residence: Chevy Chase

Date of birth: 1946

Place of birth: Washington, D.C.

Current occupation: State Senator⁄Attorney

Education: Walter Johnson High School; B.A.,Wesleyan University; J.D., Columbia University

Community associations, involvement: Chesapeake Bay Commission; Clean Air Trust; Center for Agro-Ecology

Professional associations: Montgomery County Bar Association; Maryland Bar Association

Family: Wife, Marcy; Two children, Elena and Alexandra

Campaign office address and telephone: 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800 West, Bethesda, MD 20814

Candidate web site: www.brianfrosh.com

Link to state Board of Elections campaign finance database

Improving education, traffic congestion and environmental protection.

How would you rate the performance of the current representatives of your district: excellent, good, fair or poor? Why?

Excellent. Delegation is an effective force in Annapolis. Has secured unprecedented funding for county projects in recent years.

Do you support amending the constitution to give the legislature more budget authority?

Yes.

Is the rate of growth in Maryland too fast, too slow or about right, and why?

Sprawl continues to be a serious problem leading to traffic congestion and environmental degradation. Economic and job development have grown at healthy rates.

What programs would you like to add or cut from the state budget? How would you pay for additional programs? What would you do with the money from any cuts you make?

The unnecessary and inappropriate cuts to Open Space Program and to University of Maryland should be restored. State should close loopholes that allow corporations to avoid Maryland income and transfer taxes.

Are there specific taxes or fees that you would cut?

If projected revenues were sufficient, I would roll property tax rates back to pre-Ehrlich Administration levels.

Do you support slot machines for Maryland? Why or why not?

No. Projected returns are unlikely to make up for additional expenses to State and local governments and for adverse impacts on local businesses.

Do you support giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants?

Everyone who drives should be licensed to make sure that they are insured and competent behind the wheel. Requirements under the federal Real ID Act will keep people not legally in the country from getting driver’s licenses.

Do you support in-state tuition to illegal immigrants?

I would consider it for long-term residents brought into the country as children who take all possible steps to obtain legal status.

What is the biggest problem facing higher education and what would you do to solve it?

Ehrlich Administration budget cuts forced huge tuition increases that threaten to put college out of reach for middle and working-class families. Legislation I sponsored would create a budget formula that adequately funds public higher education and limit tuition increases.

Where would you get more money for the Transportation Trust Fun?

The state should do a better job of allocating the resources it now has in the TTF.

What specific transportation projects do you see as priorities for the state?

The Purple Line should be a high priority.

Should there be a dedicated funding source for Washington and Baltimore mass transit?

Yes.

Would you re-regulate the electricity industry?

I opposed deregulation in 1999 and would favor moving toward re-regulation if it can be done without dramatic increases in consumers’ utility bills.

Do you believe Maryland’s gun control laws are too strict, not strict enough or just right?

Not strict enough.

What is your position on abortion?

I support a woman’s right to choose.

Should the Maryland constitution be changed to allow same-sex marriages?

The recent Circuit Court decision holds that the Constitution already allows same-sex marriage.

Does the state need stricter controls to protect the environment?

The State needs stricter controls on emissions that pollute the air and water and on sprawl, but it also needs better enforcement of existing environmental laws. For example, there are only 18 air pollution inspectors to monitor more than 11,000 stationary sources of emissions.

Do you favor widening the Beltway? Do you favor toll lanes? How would you pay for them and how would implement them into the system?

No. No.

Do you favor building the Purple Line? What kind of transportation do you favor? How would you pay for it and how would you reconcile the effects as it cuts through dense established neighborhood.

I favor the inner Purple Line on the existing right of way using light rail, berms and buffers to minimize the impact on neighborhoods.